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      Linking the Space Shuttle and Space Stations: Early Docking Technologies from Concept to Implementation

      David J. Shayler

      How could the newly authorized space shuttle help in the U.S. quest to build a large research station in Earth orbit? As a means of transporting goods, the shuttle could…

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      Gemini 4: An Astronaut Steps into the Void

      David J. Shayler

      The flight of Gemini 4 in June 1965 was conducted barely four years after the first Americans flew in space. This would be double the experience gained from the six…

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      Gemini Flies!: Unmanned Flights and the First Manned Mission

      David J. Shayler

      In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade. With just a handful of years…

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      Assembling and Supplying the ISS: The Space Shuttle Fulfills Its Mission

      David J. Shayler

      Telling the story of the International Space Station from the perspective of the space shuttle s involvement in the assembly and re-supply of the station over 13 years, this book…

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      Gemini 5: Eight Days in Space or Bust

      David J. Shayler,Mike Shayler

      This third book of the Gemini mission series focuses on the flight that simulated in Earth orbit the duration of an eight-day Apollo mission to the Moon.

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      Manned Spaceflight Log II-2006-2012

      David J. Shayler,Michael D. Shayler

      Manned Spaceflight Log discusses over 40 recent spaceflights from September 2006 through September 2012, a time of great change in human spaceflight history.

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      The Last of NASA’s Original Pilot Astronauts: Expanding the Space Frontier in the Late Sixties

      David J. Shayler,Colin Burgess

      Three years later, following the sudden cancellation of the USAF’s highly classified Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) project, seven military astronauts were also co-opted into NASA’s space program. This book represents…

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      Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration

      Brian Harvey,David J. Shayler

      This book tells the story of the Soviet and Russian lunar programme, from its origins to the present-day federal Russian space programme. Brian Harvey describes the techniques devised by the…

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      NASA’s First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection: Redefining the Right Stuff

      David J. Shayler,Colin Burgess

      So too did these 35 men and women, swept up in the dynamic thrust and ongoing development of America’s Space Shuttle program. This book on the Group 8 Astronauts, the…

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      The Hubble Space Telescope: From Concept to Success

      David J. Shayler,David M. Harland

      The highly successful Hubble Space Telescope was meant to change our view and understanding of the universe. Within weeks of its launch in 1990, however, the space community was shocked…

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      Enhancing Hubble’s Vision: Service Missions That Expanded Our View of the Universe

      David J. Shayler,David M. Harland

      This book tells the story of the four missions to maintain Hubble’s successful operation. Between 1997 and 2009 these repaired, serviced and upgraded the instruments on the telescope to maintain…

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      Spacelab Payloads: Prepping Experiments and Hardware for Flight

      Michael E. Haddad,David J. Shayler

      Spacelab was a reusable laboratory facility that was flown on the Space Shuttle from 1983 to 1998. Completing 22 major missions and contributing to many other NASA goals, Spacelab stands…

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      Outpost in Orbit: A Pictorial & Verbal History of the Space Station

      David J Shayler,Robert Godwin

      The story of the space station encompasses the efforts of thousands of people going back many generations and hailing from many different countries. The concept of a space station seems…

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