awesome-space-books

A list of space exploration related books (some are online, some are on paper)

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Awesome Space Books / GitHub lists on space sciences and technology

awesome-space 107 almost 3 years ago links to online resources
aero-structures 35 over 4 years ago some useful aerospace engineering links

Awesome Space Books / Reference books / Mission analysis and design. Project management

9780792359012 . W. J. Larson and J. R. Wertz (Editors). Microcosm Press, 1999. ISBN
9780387215198 . Harland, Shayler, Lorenz. 2005. ISBN
9781881883074 . J.R. Wertz. Microcosm, 2001. ISBN
9783540729426 . Claudio Maccone. Springer, 2009. ISBN
NASA Cost Estimation web site An old and unmaintained version of
NASA Commission Report
Senate Commission Report

Awesome Space Books / Reference books / Ballistics, dynamics, and control

9781615830442 . Bong Wie. AIAA, 1998. ISBN
9781601195395 . (2nd ed.). Peter H. Zipfel. AIAA, 2007 ISBN
9783319255385 . Leonardo Mazzini. Springer, 2016. ISBN
9780080541730 . B.D. Tapley, B.E. Schutz, G.H. Born. New York, Elsevier, 2004. ISBN
Free PDF . Hoots, Roehrich. The foundational work on General Perturbations theory used in the SGP4 propagator for TLE (Two Line Element) data
Free PDF form Caltech , Koon, Lo, Marsden & Ross, 2006
9781600867200 Paul Zarchan, Howard Musoff, Frank K. Lu. (3rd ed.) AIAA, 2009. ISBN
0080470548 . Howard Curtis, 2005. ISBN
here . John R. London III, Lt Col, USAF. Research Report No. AU-ARI-93-8, Air University Press, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, October 1994. Available

Awesome Space Books / Reference books / Propulsion

AIAA, 1992 . Dieter K. Huzel and David H. Huang.
Free PDF from MIT . G.P. Sutton & O. Biblarz. John Wiley & Sons, 2001
Free PDF from NTRS via WebArchive . NASA, 1972. SP-194. Harrje D.T., Reardon F.H
Free PDF from NASA . Dan M. Goebel, Ira Katz
An Introduction to Rocket Missile Propulsion Rocketdyne Technical Training publication that covers basic rocket equations in a simplified manner. 'Annoying page-at-a-time viewer but a valuable resource.'
Glossary of Terms Used in Chemical Propulsion Systems Defines most commonly used words used in discussing chemical rocket systems. (Link changed to Wayback version for safety against possible NTRS purges)

Awesome Space Books / Reference books / Thermal control

9781884989117 . David G. Gilmore (ed.) AIAA, 2002. ISBN

Awesome Space Books / Reference books / Communications

Available online at JPL . Ed.by Hamid Hemmati. JPL, 2005
here . Joseph H. Yuen (Ed.), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1982, (JPL Publication 82-76) Available

Awesome Space Books / Reference books / External risks

9783540376743 . Heinrich Klinkrad. 2006. ISBN
Online . NASA, 2008 (expired in 2013). Still
9780521471282 . Daniel Hastings & Henry Garrett. Cambridge Univ.Press, 1996. ISBN
Planetary Protection Policy COSPAR

Awesome Space Books / Reference books / Reentry

9781601191984 . John J. Bertin. AIAA, 1994. ISBN
Free download in EPUB / MOBI / PDF formats via NASA e-Books page . Roger D. Launius, Dennis R. Jenkins, NASA
Free PDF online . Lt.-Col. Kerry D. Hicks, 2009. ( )

Awesome Space Books / Reference books / Operations

9783709118023 . Thomas Uhlig, Florian Sellmaier, Michael Schmidhuber. Springer, 2014. ISBN
pdf . NASA, 1996. Available in (CAUTION: NTRS - files are prone to disappearance - use Wayback Machine if 404'ed)

Awesome Space Books / Manned exploration references

NASA Human-rating standards (2012 revision, valid through 2016)
Space Settlements - a design study (1977)
NASA Johnson Space Center Flight Data File page : Links to .pdf copies of Shuttle and Station crew procedures and training manuals
The ISS: Operating an Outpost in the New Frontier : Contains good descriptions and schematics of ISS systems, as well as descriptions of ISS operations and training. Written from a flight control viewpoint

Awesome Space Books / Model and amateur rocketry

Online source , Leroy J. Krzycki, Rocketlab / China Lake, CA., 1967

Awesome Space Books / History books and collections

Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants John D Clarke:
Key documents in the history of space policy NASA:
part 1 Boris Tchertok. Rockets and People. Vol.1: , ,
online NASA History Office books ( )
Space Shuttle Operations and Infrastructure: A Systems Analysis of Design Root Causes and Effects Carey McCleskey. (2005)
Space Shuttle Missions Summary (NASA, 2011)
Apollo manuals from Ron Burkey
Stages to Saturn , Roger E. Bilstein. 1980
Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket, 1958-2002
A brief history of the DoD space test program , ANSER, 1993
9780387698489 Energiya-Buran: The soviet space shuttle. Bart Hendrickx, Bert Vis. Springer, 2007. ISBN
0805059857 , George Dyson. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2002. ISBN
here (PDF) . Available
WebArchive PDF version . A highly detailed reference on Space Shuttle systems from Rockwell International, one year into the flight program. . NASA has a full HTML version of the 1988 revision online but it omits all the illustrations
Shuttle Operational Data Book Volume IV (partial) Part of the "crash book" issued to rescue personnel in the early parts of the shuttle program, contains highly detailed drawings of the Orbiter exterior and some interior systems. Sadly incomplete. (h/t OrganicMarble)

Awesome Space Books / Miscellaneous / Lists of online books/reports

https://www.nap.edu/topic/420/space-and-aeronautics/space-systems-and-hardware Downloadable PDFs from the National Research Council:

Awesome Space Books / Miscellaneous / Lists in this repository

NASA NTRS papers of interest 133 6 months ago
Videos 133 6 months ago
Alcubierre drive 133 6 months ago
EM-Drive 133 6 months ago
Launches, ephemerides, observations 133 6 months ago

Awesome Space Books / Miscellaneous / Online courses and textbooks (free of charge)

NASA Basics of Space Flight
Khan Academy
The Physics Hypertextbook
Bookboon's Engineering section
Engineering Mathematics: YouTube Workbook
Alison Foundation Diploma in Mathematics - Science, Technology and Engineering

Awesome Space Books / Miscellaneous / What to do next

(Wikipedia) List of aerospace engineering schools
NASA Astronaut selection

Awesome Space Books / The list of (historical and current) launch vehicle user manuals

Saturn V (SA-503 manual)
Delta 2
Delta 4
Atlas 5 &
Athena Ic and IIc
Ariane 5
Vega
Soyuz (from Baykonur), archived at Arianespace as of 2007-03-04
Soyuz (from Baykonur), StarSem as of 2013-06-20
Soyuz (from Guiana Space Centre) as of 2012-03
Proton Mission planning guide Rev.7 from ILS
Long March 2C an archive copy (1999) from GlobalSecurity in separate chapters
Long March 3A (final version, 2011)
H-IIA 2001. You can also contact the manufacturer
PSLV as of 2005
Taurus-II archived at Wayback Machine
Zenit-3SL (from Sea Launch) (Rev.D User guide, December 2012)
Dnepr-1
Rockot
Minotaur I as of 2011-06-16
Pegasus a historical copy from Web Archive as of 2014-07-02. Merger with ATK did not leave stones unturned
Falcon 9 (from SpaceX)
solid rocket boosters H3 (a planned Japanese 4t - to - SSO launcher with , subsidizing future ICBM conversion potential)

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