space flight - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Barthes and Utopia: Space, Travel, Writing

Book by Diana Knight; Clarendon Press, 1997

Subjects:

Barthes, Roland, Exoticism In Literature, Homosexuality In Literature, Space Flight In Literature, Travel In Literature, Utopias In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Barthes and Utopia explores the central role of utopias throughout the work of Roland Barthes, from demystification to structuralism, from textuality and sexual hedonism to his final preoccupation with love and mourning. Drawing on an unusually wide range of texts, Knight goes to the heart of ...
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Barthes and Utopia explores the central role of utopias throughout the work of Roland Barthes, from demystification to structuralism, from textuality and sexual hedonism to his final preoccupation with love and mourning. Drawing on an unusually wide range of texts, Knight goes to the heart of Barthes's imaginative processes, his affective world, and his idiosyncratic value system. But, because utopia is the meeting point of Barthes's lifelong concern with the relationship between history, language, and sexuality, her study also inserts Barthes's work into larger political and theoretical concerns, in particular into ongoing debates around Orientalism and homosexuality.
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Teacher in Space: Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Legacy

Book by Colin Burgess; University of Nebraska Press, 2000

Subjects:

Challenger (Spacecraft)--Accidents, Mcauliffe, Christa--1948-1986--Influence, Space Flight, Teachers--United States

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

Christa McAuliffe's name is deeply entrenched in American history as the teacher who died when the Challenger exploded in January 1986. Innovative and devoted to her profession, Christa brought to her own life and to her students the joy and excitement of learning, exploration, and accomplishment ...
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Christa McAuliffe's name is deeply entrenched in American history as the teacher who died when the Challenger exploded in January 1986. Innovative and devoted to her profession, Christa brought to her own life and to her students the joy and excitement of learning, exploration, and accomplishment. Her integrity and love of life endeared her to people both before and during her NASA training. Honest, direct, and outspoken, she did not hesitate to speak out on behalf of the constituency she felt she had been selected to represent: American public school-teachers and the children in their classrooms.
It is important to know that Christa's dreams did not die with her. Following the disaster many foundations, institutions, and learning centers were set up to honor the Challenger crew. Craters on the moon and even asteroids have been named in their memory. Teacher in Space explores and celebrates Christa's life and legacy and suggests that her goals of involving and educating children are being fulfilled even today.
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Spacefaring: The Human Dimension

Book by Albert A. Harrison; University of California Press, 2001

Subjects:

Astronautics--Human Factors, Interstellar Travel, Manned Space Flight, Space Colonies

Collections: Entire Library

The stars have always called us, but only for the past forty years or so have we been able to respond by traveling in space. This book explores the human side of spaceflight: why people are willing to brave danger and hardship to go into space; how human culture has shaped past and present missions; ...
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The stars have always called us, but only for the past forty years or so have we been able to respond by traveling in space. This book explores the human side of spaceflight: why people are willing to brave danger and hardship to go into space; how human culture has shaped past and present missions; and the effects of space travel on health and well-being. A comprehensive and authoritative treatment of its subject, this book combines statistical studies, rich case histories, and gripping anecdotal detail as it investigates the phenomenon of humans in space--from the earliest spaceflights to the missions of tomorrow.
Drawing from a strong research base in the behavioral sciences, Harrison covers such topics as habitability, crew selection and training, coping with stress, group dynamics, accidents, and more. In addition to taking a close look at spacefarers themselves, "Spacefaring "reviews the broad organizational and political contexts that shape human progress toward the heavens. With theongoing construction of the International Space Station, the human journey to the stars continues, and this book will surely help guide the way.
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Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon

Book by Colin Burgess, Kate Doolan, Bert Vis; University of Nebraska Press, 2003

Subjects:

Astronauts--Death, Astronauts--Soviet Union--Biography, Astronauts--United States--Biography, Space Flight To The Moon--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

This book enriches the saga of mankind's greatest scientific undertaking, Project Apollo, and conveys the human cost of the space race--by telling the stories of those sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died reaching for the moon.
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Choosing the Right Stuff: The Psychological Selection of Astronauts and Cosmonauts

Book by Patricia A. Santy; Praeger Publishers, 1994

Subjects:

Astronauts--Psychology, Space Flight--Psychological Aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

For the first time the history of the psychological and psychiatric evaluation of astronaut and cosmonaut candidates is detailed. The general public and many professionals assume that psychological issues have been and will be extremely important factors in successful space exploration. This book ...
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For the first time the history of the psychological and psychiatric evaluation of astronaut and cosmonaut candidates is detailed. The general public and many professionals assume that psychological issues have been and will be extremely important factors in successful space exploration. This book, however, documents how NASA underutilized, downplayed, then ultimately ignored psychiatric and psychological characteristics in selecting astronauts, until very recently.
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Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center 1960-1990

Journal article by Rick W. Sturdevant; The Oral History Review, Vol. 29, 2002

Subjects:

Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center 1960-1990 (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

Power to Explore: a History of Marshall Space Flight Center 1960-1990 by Rick W. Sturdevant...included their official renaming as the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in honor of a great American military...
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Testing the Limits: Aviation Medicine and the Origins of Manned Space Flight

Journal article by Rick W. Sturdevant; Air Power History, Vol. 54, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Testing the Limits: Aviation Medicine and the Origins of Manned Space Flight (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Medicine and the Origins of Manned Space Flight. by Rick W. Sturdevant...Medicine and the Origins of Manned Space Flight. By Maura Phillips Mackowski. College...medicine, on the other hand, became space medicines taproot. Maura Phillips...
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Is Dual-Task Performance Necessarily Impaired in Space?

Journal article by Barry Fowler, Otmar Bock, Deanna Comfort; Human Factors, Vol. 42, 2000

Subjects:

Astronauts--Physiological aspects, Manned space flight--Research, Reaction time--Research, Tracking (Psychology)--Research

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...not a necessary c oncomitant of space flight if attention is paid to task design...of the psychological aspects of space flight. Aviation Space and Environmental...during short-term and long-term space flight. Brain Research Reviews, 28, 215-221...
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Space: The New Frontier! Hotel Guests Would See the Sun Rise 15 Times a Day and Use Velcro Suits to Crawl around Their Pod Rooms by Sticking Themselves to the Walls like Spiderman When They Were Tired of Floating around in Zero Gravity

Journal article by Stephen Baird; The Technology Teacher, Vol. 67, 2008

Subjects:

Space flight--Social aspects, Space tourism--Forecasts and trends, Space transportation--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...formerly known as the Virginia Space Flight Center, to offer a "one-stop...eventually host cargo delivery and space tourism flights (Mid-Atlantic, 2007). 4. Kodiak...three days before their launch. Space flights will last approximately 2.5 hours...
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Dual-Task Performance in Space: Results from a Single-Case Study during a Short-Term Space Mission

Journal article by Dietrich Manzey, Bernd Lorenz, Albrecht Schiewe, George Finell, Gerhard Thiele; Human Factors, Vol. 37, 1995

Subjects:

Astronauts--Psychology and mental health, Human information processing--Research, Space flight--Psychological aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...might be differentiated during space-flights: 1. stressors arising from the...of the psychological aspects of space flight. Aviation, Space, and Environmental...Garshnek, V. (1989). Soviet space flight: The human element. Aviation, Space...

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Lowering the Cost of Space Flight

Magazine article by Les Johnson; The Futurist, Vol. 34, May 2000

Subjects:

Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System (Rocket)--Testing, Rocketry--Product development, Space flight--Innovations, United States. Marshall Space Flight Center--Product development

Collections: Entire Library

Lowering the Cost of Space Flight by Les Johnson New...and engineers at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama are working on...is a scientist at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center and a member of the World...
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A Two-Planet Species? the Right Way to Think about Our Space Program

Magazine article by William Langewiesche; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 293, January 2004

Subjects:

Manned space flight, Manned space flight--Management, Space flight, Space flight--Management, Space programs--Management, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Management

Collections: Entire Library

...purpose and future of the U.S. human-space-flight program is under way, though perhaps...change. The proponents of manned space flight--particularly at NASA--are in an...only the excitement of a human-space-flight program can persuade the American...
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U.S.-Russian Cooperation in Space: A Good Bet

Magazine article by John M. Logsdon, Ray A. Williamson; Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 11, Summer 1995

Subjects:

Astronautics and state--Political aspects, Interplanetary voyages--Planning, Russia--Relations with the United States, Space flight--Planning, Space stations--Planning, United States--Relations with Russia

Collections: Entire Library

...United States and Russia in human space-flight holds the key to humanitys future...Russia joining forces in human space flight and exploration, and it may become...U.S.-Russian program for human space-flight outweigh the risks. We believe...
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Long Shot: Defying the Odds, Even before the Recent Loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, an Eccentric Company Called Sea Launch Has Become the First Private Enterprise to Send Large Rockets into Space-From an Enormous Floating Launch Pad That Sails to the Equator for Blast off. Has the Era of Private Space Travel Begun?

Magazine article by Gregg Easterbrook; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 291, May 2003

Subjects:

Sea Launch L.L.C.--Analysis, Sea Launch L.L.C.--Services, Space flight--Services

Collections: Entire Library

...the nation has been reminded that space flight is hazardous; and even when all...considered certifiable. Could space flight undergo a similar progression...simple, affordable approaches to space flight. Soviet rocket engines became sufficiently...
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Meet the World's First Female Private Space Explorer: In First Glimpsing Earth from Space, Ansari Wrote in Her Blog That, "Here It Was, This Beautiful Planet Turning Graciously about Itself, under the Warm Rays of the Sun ... So Peaceful ... So Full of Life ... No Signs of War, No Signs of Borders, No Signs of Trouble, Just Pure Beauty."

Magazine article by Laura Grover; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 135, January 2007

Subjects:

Ansari, Anousheh--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Space flight

Collections: Entire Library

...ANSARI made history with her recent space flight as a primary crew member on the...to the nongovernmental, private space flight industry. She entered it in a big...the private race to affordable space flight. Diamandis explains a fundamental...

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I'M BOLDY GOING WITH CAPTAIN KIRK; Brummie to Join Actor on Space Flight

Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), October 10, 2004

Subjects:

Branson, Richard

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...BOLDY GOING WITH CAPTAIN KIRK; Brummie to Join Actor on Space Flight. Byline: TOM WELLS ADVERTISING guru Trevor Beattie...signed up for Sir Richard Bransons first commercial space flight. He will join Kiss rocker Gene Simmons and Star Treks...
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Space Flight of Fantasy

Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), December 4, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Space Flight of Fantasy. FOR the past eight months...Russia, having been on a night helicopter flight which actually flew in circles over the...base in Britain. Here the set includes a space shuttle complete with lab and a mission...
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RETRO REPORT-OCTOBER, 1957:soviets Win Race for First Space Flight

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 5, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...1957:soviets Win Race for First Space Flight. Byline: By TONY WOOLWAY Western...rocketed an Earth satellite into outer space and it is now circling the world...this tiny star on its 123/4-minute flight from one end of the horizon to the...
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He's the Rocket Man! It's an Awesome Thing, Says Pilot, 62, after First Private Space Flight

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 22, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Pilot, 62, after First Private Space Flight. Byline: DAVID GARDNER...to pilot a privately-financed flight into space. He took his SpaceShipOne craft...could be lining up for affordable space flights within ten years. Forty-three...
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Dreams'll Take Flight at Ultimate Sleep-Over: Families Invited to Spend Night at Air, Space

Newspaper article by Yvonne J. Medley; The Washington Times, January 4, 1996

Subjects:

Smithsonian Institution. National Air and Space Museum

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Dreamsll take flight at ultimate sleep-over...spend night at Air, Space by Yvonne...19 can dine in the Flight Line Cafeteria, find...Living and Working in Space"; on Oct. 4, family...how the dream of flight took form and where...National Air and Space Museum, Room 3733...

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Space Exploration

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Gemini 4, and subsequent flights established techniques for rendezvous and docking in space. The first actual docking...Countdown: A History of Space Flight (1997); F. J. Hale, Introduction to Space Flight (1998); R. D. Launius...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Arsenal (now the Marshall Space Flight Center) at Huntsville, Ala...are the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center near Houston, Tex., where flights are coordinated, and the...divisions: the offices of Space Flight, Space Science Programs...
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Space Shuttle

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...flights (1981 82) of the space shuttle Columbia, operational flights began in Nov., 1982...suspension of additional flights for a year while the...Missions of the space shuttle have included...Challenger Disaster: Tragic Space Flight (1999); M. O. Thompson...
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Space Science

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...are four basic categories of space mission. The sounding rocket is restricted to suborbital flights with maximum altitude between...high velocity during a long flight. Landing on the earth or any...any spacecraft. In the manned space program, shielding that comes...

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