This full-color textbook will help students and professionals understand the space environment and its impacts on spacecraft design, engineering, and performanc

The breakup of the Space Shuttle Columbia as it reentered Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003, reminded the public--and NASA--of the grave risks posed to spa

Significantly revised and expanded, this new edition features four new chapters on Risk Management, Formation and Evolution of the Universe, Time and Reference

Progress in space safety lies in the acceptance of safety design and engineering as an integral part of the design and implementation process for new space syst

Fundamentals of Space Systems was developed to satisfy two objectives: the first is to provide a text suitable for use in an advanced undergraduate or beginning