The Mammoth Book of Space Exploration and Disasters

exploring!… what a privilege!” The opening sequence of the television science fiction series, Star Trek, began “Space, the final frontier…”

In 2003, a new form of propulsion drive was described as “the Star Trek propulsion drive”. It is currently driving the European Space Agency’s Smart 1 probe to the moon.

List of Illustrations

Soviet Semyorka boosters

Which way to the moon?: lunar landing techniques

Mercury capsule and escape tower

Angles for orbit, retro-firing and re-entry

Three orbit paths, tracking and communications stations of Project Mercury

Sections of the Gemini capsule

Comparative sizes of NASA spacecraft

Comparative sizes of NASA launchers for manned space flight

Apollo 13’s journey 11–17 April 1970

Repairs to Skylab

The Mir space station

Mir: an unmanned Progress supply vessel crashes into Mir (25 June 1997)

The European Space Agency’s Smart 1

Smart 1’s elliptical orbits

Cross-section of Smart 1’s ion engine

Timeline of the Galileo probe (1610–2003)

Geocentric theory of the universe

High-altitude man-carrying rocket as conceived by Arthur C. Clarkein 1951

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Carpenter, Scott & Stoever, Kris, For Spacious Skies, Harcourt, 2002.

Clarke, A.C., The Exploration of Space, Temple Press, 1951.

Coster, Graham (ed.), The Wild Blue Yonder, Picador, 1997.

Duke, Neville & Lanchberry, Edward, Sound Barrier, Cassell & Co., 1954.

Gilzin, K., Sputniks and After, Macdonald, 1954.

Glenn, John & Taylor, Nick, John Glenn: a memoir, Bantam Books, 2000.

Glenn, J., Carpenter, S., Grissom, V., Slayton, D. & Schirra, W., Into Orbit, Cassell/Time Inc., 1962.

Lindsay, H., Tracking Apollo to the Moon, Springer, 2001.

Lovell, J., & Kluger, J., Apollo 13, Pocket Books, 1995.

Swanson, G.E. (ed.), Before this decade is out… personal reflections on the Apollo program, University Press of Florida, 2002.

Turnhill, Reginald, The Moon Landings: an Eyewitness Account, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Von Braun, Wernher & Ryan, Cornelius, Across the Space Frontier, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1952.

Wolfe, Tom, The Right Stuff, Jonathan Cape, 1979.

Other titles available from Robinson Publishing

The Mammoth Book of Endurance & Adventure

Ed. Jon E. Lewis

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Eyewitness recollections from the world’s most intrepid adventurers It recounts over 50 true-life adventures taken from contemporary memoirs, letters and journals of ordinary mortals who achieved extraordinary things.

The Mammoth Book of Special Forces

Ed. Jon E. Lewis

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Thirty true and graphic accounts of the most heroic SAS and Special-forces missions ever undertaken into the most dangerous place of all – behind enemy lines This up-to-date collection includes recent operations into Iraq in 2003, Afghanistan and Bosnia and features the entire range of special forces from SAS, Commandos and Rangers to Navy SEALS and paratroopers.

The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots

Ed. Jon E. Lewis

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Relive the exploits of Manfred von Richthofen, Eddie Rickenbacker, Richard Hillary, Johnnie Johnson, Luftwaffe WWII aces Heinz Knoke and Johannes Steinhoff, and over 20 others This is a comprehensive and fascinating book about a form of combat that has changed beyond recognition over the last hundred years It gives vivid insights into both the daily round and the dangers, such as bailing out over enemy territory, surviving in an Iraqi POW camp, or getting shot down in a blazing Spitfire.

The Mammoth Book of Heroes

Ed. Jon E. Lewis

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True courage is one of the most highly valued attributes of humanity Gathered together in this volume are over 70 accounts, many of them in the words of those who were there, about men and women who showed real courage, often with their lives on the line No fictional hero can match the true courage of Ernest Shackleton, the bravery of British soldiers at Rorke’s Drift, or the spirit of Annie Sullivan teaching the deaf and blind Helen Keller to speak and read This is an inspiring collection that celebrates the brave of heart through the ages.

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