Space Handbook: Astronautics and Its Applications

xvi, 330 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; Introduction; Space Environment; Trajectories and Orbits; Rocket Vehicles; Propulsion Systems; Propellants; Internal Power Sources; Structures and Materials; Flight Path and Orientation Control; Guidance; Communication; Observation and Tracking; Atmospheric Flight; Landing and Recovery; Environment of Manned Systems; Space Stations and Extraterrestrial Bases; Nuclear Weapon Effects in Space; Cost Factors and Ground Facilities; Current Programs; Specific Flight Possibilities; Observation Satellites; Meteorological Satellites; Navigation Satellites; Satellites as Communication Relays; Balloon Satellites; Bombing from Satellites; Scientific Space Exploration; Astronautics in the U.S.S.R.; Astronautics in Other Countries; Appendix; Glossary; Index.