London, 1957, 36 p Научно-популярный журнал Британского Межпланетного Общества Editorial Visit to Vanguard by Arthur C. Clarke Rockets and A rtif icial Satellites in the I .G .Y . by K. W. Gotland The scope and objectives of the International Geophysical Year, with background histories of the rockets and artificial satellites that will play vital roles in this exciting...
London, 1993, 36 p Научно-популярный журнал Британского Межпланетного Общества 398 RETURN TO THE MOON TO STAY Earth orbit rendezvous with a revived Saturn V is proposed by Thomas J. Frieling. 402 LUNAR BASE SITING Selection of a site for a lunar base is considered by Robert L. Staehle et al. 404 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION Two types of luriar vehicle have been outlined i n work at...
London, 1993, 36 p Научно-популярный журнал Британского Межпланетного Общества AIR-LAUNCHED BOOSTERS Advantages of space launch from aircraft are reviewed by David L. Wade. ESA STUDIES REUSABLE WINGED LAUNCHERS ESA carries out a general assessment to facilitate access to space. RUSSIAN COSMONAUTICS IN DIFFICULT TIMES Yuri Kolesnikov writes about the problems and prospects of...
London, 1993, 36 p Научно-популярный журнал Британского Межпланетного Общества ESA SEEKS SPACE COOPERATION WITH Russia As joint ESA-RKA (Russian Space Agency) space transportation studies near com pletion a followon agreement is sought. SPACE TRANSPORTATION PLANS OF ESA The current status is reviewed of Ariane-5, Hermes (re-oriented) and FESTI P. ASSURED CREW RETURN VEHICLE ESA...
London, 1993, 36 p
Научно-популярный журнал Британского Межпланетного Общества
MARS OBSERVER - ARRIVING FOR WORK
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Imagine Publishing, 2014. — 100 p. — ISSN 2050-0548. The Great Comet Chaser: Rosetta Get into Astronomy Today - Everything you need to know to start stargazing in our big and easy-to-follow guide All About the Biggest Galaxy in Space - Explore IC 1101, a monster galaxy 3 million light years wide. Neptune Explorers - Why this giant ice planet is the target of several future...
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Imagine Publishing, 2014. — 100 p. — ISSN 2050-0548. Destination ice planet Uranus Edge of the Universe - What strange sights lie beyond our most powerful telescopes? Life in the Solar System - Our search for living worlds among the barren planets. 10 Incredible space robots - Droids that endure the dullest, dirtiest and most dangerous missions in space. Discover a comet - How...
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Springer Science+ Business Media, New York, 2013, 399 p. Для открытия файла также необходимо скачать Part 1, Part 2 и воспользоваться руководством по открытию файла, состоящего из нескольких архивированных частей. As it was, China's first satellite in orbit was the biggest of the superpowers. China was the third space power to recover its own satellites, put animals in orbit, and...
Springer Science+ Business Media, New York, 2013, 399 p. Для открытия файла также необходимо скачать Part 1, Part 3 и воспользоваться руководством по открытию файла, состоящего из нескольких архивированных частей. As it was, China's first satellite in orbit was the biggest of the superpowers. China was the third space power to recover its own satellites, put animals in orbit, and...
Springer Science+ Business Media, New York, 2013, 399 p. Для открытия файла также необходимо скачать Part 2, Part 3 и воспользоваться руководством по открытию файла, состоящего из нескольких архивированных частей. As it was, China's first satellite in orbit was the biggest of the superpowers. China was the third space power to recover its own satellites, put animals in orbit, and...
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London, 2014, 162 Pages
Welcome to the first in our brand-new series of Artist’s Guides – unlocking the powerful tools of the creative suites you use and helping you to produce your best art ever.
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Hong Kong, 2011, ver.3.5 The current version is intended for advanced lunar observations. It is also a complement to the cartographic Rükl Atlas of the Moon and the large-plate Hatfield Photographic Lunar Atlas. The book collects about 270 photographs including the mosaics. Most of them were taken in Hong Kong with a 10-inch (254 mm) Newtonian reflector and a 1/4-inch CCD since...
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Canada Science and Technology Museum, SkyNews Inc., 2014, 48 p
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Editor’s Report
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Awesome Eye
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Terence Dickinson
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CRC Press, 2014. — 1237 р. — ISBN: 1482208474 Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species-the first catalogue of its kind-covers all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 and 2012, comprising 3,509 living and 274 extinct species allocated to 539 living and 112 extinct genera. Also included are 54 genera and 302 species that are dubious or invalid,...
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Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2004. — 48 p. — ISBN13: 978-1841766911. The Space Shuttle is one of the oldest and most famous manned launch systems – the only launch vehicle that has been used for a longer period of time is the Soviet (now Russian) R-7 booster. By the start of the third millennium, the Space Shuttle had carried crews into space over 85 times. Although not a military...
М.: Едиториал УРСС, 2010. — 304 с.
В книге рассказывается о научных проблемах фундаментальных космических исследований, о значении исследования и освоения Луны, происхождении системы Земля—Луна, проблеме гелия-3, о выборе между Марсом и Луной в качестве национального приоритета в космических исследованиях, о российских проектах «Луна-Глоб» и «Фобос-Грунт», осуществляемых в...
Cambridge: Sky Publishing, 2005. — 125 p. — ISBN: 978-19315593172006. Perfect for experienced stargazers and beginners alike, Sky & Telescope’s Pocket Sky Atlas will have you exploring the heavens in no time. Sky & Telescope’s celestial atlases are the standard by which all other star atlases have been judged for a half century. We raised the bar again with our Pocket Sky...