awesome-space-books
Space guide
A curated collection of space exploration resources and references for professionals and enthusiasts.
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 | 109 | 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 | ||
| . 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 | 137 | 7 months ago | |
| Videos | 137 | 7 months ago | |
| Alcubierre drive | 137 | 7 months ago | |
| EM-Drive | 137 | 7 months ago | |
| Launches, ephemerides, observations | 137 | 7 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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