Earth Space Institute Book Series
Multiple Gravity Assist Interplanetary Trajectories
1st Edition
By A V Labunsky, O V Papkov, K G Sukhanov
June 30, 2020
Reflecting the results of twenty years; experience in the field of multipurpose flights, this monograph includes the complex routes of the trajectories of a number of bodies (e.g., space vehicles, comets) in the solar system. A general methodological approach to the research of flight schemes and ...
Space Radio Science
1st Edition
By O.I. Yakovlev
April 25, 2002
Space Radio Science deals with the theory and practice of space communications with Earth's satellites and interplanetary probes, interstellar radio communications in our galaxy, and the effects of gravitational fields on propagating radio waves. The text describes a method of radio occultation ...
Physics of Fluids in Microgravity
1st Edition
Edited
By Rodolfo Monti
January 10, 2002
In a microgravity experiment, the conditions prevalent in fluid phases can be substantially different from those on the ground and can be exploited to improve different processes. Fluid physics research in microgravity is important for the advancement of all microgravity scients: life, material, ...
Large Space Structures Formed by Centrifugal Forces
1st Edition
By V A Koshelev, V M Melnikov
October 28, 1998
This book describes a feasible means of constructing such a reflector, as well as simple, reliable and low-cost structures for television and radio transmissions, debris removal from space and the development of solar sails for interplanetary missions. The aim of this book is thus to provide a ...
Space Science in China
1st Edition
Edited
By Wen-Rui Hu
August 20, 1997
Space science in China is one of the most active areas in modern science, and China has played a dynamic and steadily increasing role in this field since the 1960s. Until recently, however, activity in China was a mystery to the rest of the world. With the commercial importance of space, and the ...