Dragonfly

Dragonfly

Author: Bryan Burrough

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Published: 2000-03-01

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 9780060932695

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Presents a behind-the-scenes account of NASA's ambitious and sometimes tumultuous involvement with Russia's problem-plagued Mir space station over three years.


Crisis at Low Earth Orbit: Sabotage of the International Space Station

Crisis at Low Earth Orbit: Sabotage of the International Space Station

Author: Dave Felsburg

Publisher: Xulon Press

Published: 2020-10-15

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781632212078

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The historic all-cosmonaut spacewalk had just completed. The crew of the international space station was reconfiguring its systems for routine flight. They felt the customary ignition of the thruster engines to correct for changes in the station's low Earth orbit during the eight-hour spacewalk. This time, they felt the engines ignite two more times in just six minutes. The scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and operators at US Space Force's Space Operations Center at Vandenburg, were reporting orbital changes for thousands of space objects. Some changes were causing orbital intersections threatening both objects involved. For the space station, such a collision would result in loss of lives. Whatever this problem was, it established a Crisis at Low Earth Orbit. Time was scarce as NASA and the USSF began emergency coordination with its top technologists to find the problem and save the space station and its crew. They looked to Dr. Doug Dugan to lead the isolation and repair efforts quickly. Dugan had exceptional expertise in all the systems and agencies involved in this crisis. He had solved major defense system problems before; could he solve this Crisis at Low Earth Orbit in time? Dr. Dave Felsburg, having completed his six-textbook series on outreach, evangelism, and church growth, offers his third novel from the technical side of his forty-year bivocational career. The doctor holds engineering degrees at the bachelor's and master's levels, a diploma and four years of post-graduate seminary work, and a PhD in organizational behavior and management. His secular work was in design, development and deployment of missile warning, space surveillance and atmospheric defense sensors and command and control systems for the US Government. His career traversed civilian and military Government service, executive management, and entrepreneurial leadership of four companies he founded. He lives with his wife, Isabel in central Florida.


Star Challengers: Space Station Crisis

Star Challengers: Space Station Crisis

Author: Rebecca Moesta

Publisher: WordFire +ORM

Published: 2014-01-08

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1614750971

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From two New York Times–bestselling authors, a group of talented young people heads to the International Space Station for a new mission: saving Earth from invasion . . . Now that JJ Wren, her brother Dylan, and friends King and Song-Ye have seen Earth’s dark future—facing an invasion by the hideous alien Kylarn—they know they have to prepare the human race. At the local Challenger Center, the mysterious Commander Zota sends JJ and her friends off on another mission, this time to the International Space Station Complex, where they meet old friends, survivors from the disaster at Moonbase Magellan, as well as a mysterious girl, Mira, who claims to be from the past. Another Star Challenger with her own mentor, just like Commander Zota. Together, they have to discover and stop the continuing plans of the alien invaders. And the Kylarn have set their sights on conquering, or destroying, the space station, so that Earth has no protection at all! “The Star Challengers books inspire young readers with [a] sense of adventure, introducing them to a universe of exciting possibilities.” —Buzz Aldrin “[There’s] never a dull moment in these fast-paced books . . . Don’t miss this thought-provoking series.” —Lurlene McDaniel, author of Breathless


Dragonfly

Dragonfly

Author: Bryan Burrough

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9781841150871

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Space is dangerous. Life in space unbearably fragile. Blasting across it in a rocket is daring enough, but to really claim it, to tame it, you have to stay there, to live in it. Only a few have tried, in every case their courage beyond question. Because in space even a fleck of paint can be deadly. Spacewalking outside the Mir station, though seemingly tranquil, is in effect walking at 18000 miles per hour. That one fleck of paint has the destructive power of a dum-dum bullet.


Off The Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard The Space Station MIR

Off The Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard The Space Station MIR

Author: Jerry M. Linenger

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2000-01-13

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780071378628

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“An engrossing report.”—Booklist “Vividly captures the challenges and privations [Dr. Linenger] endured both before and during his flight.”—Library Journal Nothing on earth compares to Off the Planet—Dr. Jerry Linenger’s dramatic account of space exploration turned survival mission during his 132 days aboard the decaying and unstable Russian space station Mir. Not since Apollo 13 has an American astronaut faced so many catastrophic malfunctions and life-threatening emergencies in one mission. In his remarkable narrative, Linenger chronicles power outages that left the crew in complete darkness, tumbling out of control; chemical leaks and near collisions that threatened to rupture Mir’s hull; and most terrifying of all—a raging fire that almost destroyed the space station and the lives of its entire crew.


Sky Static

Sky Static

Author: Antony Milne

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2002-10-30

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0313015554

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Space junk crashing into Earth is a real and escalating danger. Milne provides the first synthesis of the interdisciplinary work of the scientific community, which has been investigating how the satellite industry can be protected from manmade and natural space hazards. The result is an invaluable book for those concerned with space missions and space disasters, those worried about cosmic radiation and its effects on humans, members of the Spaceguard defense movement, and anyone concerned with defense and international cooperation efforts in general. Tens of millions of objects may exist in space, ranging in size from grains of sand to entire rocket boosters. Many fireballs seen in the skies, often thought to be UFOs, are in fact manmade debris. Plutonium and other highly toxic fuels from failed Russian craft have already contaminated inhabited areas of Central Asia. Natural hazards such as comet particles can travel at 100 times the speed of a bullet and can severely damage satellites. There is also the danger of spaceweather effects, such as cosmic rays, that could interfere with a spacecraft's electronics and interrupt the global transmission of telephones and television.


Star Challengers

Star Challengers

Author: Rebecca Moesta

Publisher: WordFire Press

Published: 2013-11-15

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781614750963

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June Scobee Rodgers Presents Star Challengers Book 2: Space Station Crisis The Star Challengers, a group of talented young people bound together by a common interest in the space program, return to the Challenger Center for their next mission. Mysterious Commander Zota once again sends them into the future, and this time they will work aboard the International Space Station Complex. They will live without gravity, orbiting high above the Earth-and defend humanity against a ruthless alien invasion!


Back to Earth

Back to Earth

Author: Nicole Stott

Publisher: Seal Press

Published: 2021-10-12

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1541675037

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Inspired by insights gained in spaceflight, a NASA astronaut offers key lessons to empower Earthbound readers to fight climate change When Nicole Stott first saw Earth from space, she realized how interconnected we are and knew she had to help protect our planetary home. In Back to Earth, Stott imparts essential lessons in problem-solving, survival, and crisis response that each of us can practice to make change. She knows we can overcome differences to address global issues, because she saw this every day on the International Space Station. Stott shares stories from her spaceflight and insights from scientists, activists, and changemakers working to solve our greatest environmental challenges. She learns about the complexities of Earth’s biodiversity from NASA engineers working to enable life in space and from scientists protecting life on Earth for future generations. Ultimately, Stott reveals how we each have the power to respect our planetary home and one another by living our lives like crewmates, not passengers, on an inspiring shared mission