Resultados para "Homer" en Astronomía y espacio

Tommaso Ghidini, da vent'anni coinvolto nei più prestigiosi programmi aerospaziali al mondo e alto funzionario dell'Agenzia Spaziale Europea, quella passione l'ha scoperta molto presto: il volo. L'irresistibile attrazione per quello spazio senza confini che è il cielo, sottile congiunzione tra la Terra e le stelle, ha plasmato la sua esistenza. Ghidini oggi ha occhi che vedono il futuro più da vicino di molti altri.

Your mattress. Your phone camera. The water from your tap. NASA made all of them better. Hidden in your home right now are dozens of technologies that began as solutions to the extreme challenges of space exploration. None of them were supposed to end up in your house. But here we are. If you’ve ever wondered why we spend money on space when there are problems to solve on Earth, this book provides the answer. The technologies developed to keep astronauts alive, healthy and productive have transformed life for billions of people here on Earth.

Beyond Earth The Ten Breakthroughs That Redefined Humanity’s Journey Into Space is a sweeping and exhilarating exploration of how humanity crossed the threshold from dreamers beneath the stars to explorers among them. For thousands of years, the night sky was a place of myth and imagination, a distant realm beyond human reach. But within a single century, everything changed. Through courage, rivalry, ingenuity, and relentless determination, humanity took its first steps into the cosmos and discovered a universe more astonishing than we ever imagined.

In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons - a former lead engineer in support of NASA - takes listeners behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years. Discover the people, the events, and the risks involved in one of the most important parts of space missions: bringing the astronauts back home to Earth.  Clemons joined Project Apollo in 1968, a young engineer inspired by science fiction and electrified by John F. Kennedy's challenge to the nation to put a man on the moon. 

An incredible true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all–outer space For a special breed of individual, the call of space is worth the risk it entails: men such as U.S. astronauts Donald Pettit and Kenneth Bowersox, and Russian flight engineer Nikolai Budarin, who in...

An incredible, true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all—outer spaceIn the nearly forty years since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, space travel has come to be seen as a routine enterprise—at least until the shuttle Columbia disintegrated like the Challenger before it...

Until I began to build and launch rockets, I didn't know my hometown was at war with itself over its children, and that my parents were locked in a kind of bloodless combat over how my brother and I would live our lives....And I didn't know that the enthalpy decrease in a converging passage...

Embark on a calming astronomy journey through our galaxy that trades complex astrophysics for pure cosmic wonder. Perfect for an unwinding late-night walk or a relaxing evening commute, this story-driven tour shrinks the vastness of space down to an intimate scale. You will navigate the grandest...

Discover the epic history and visionary space exploration that will turn the red planet into humanity's next frontier. Whether you are fueling your curiosity during a daily commute or unwinding before sleep, this awe-inspiring narrative captures the mystery of our celestial neighbor. Transition...

Master the wonders of space exploration and orbital living without the dense textbook jargon to slow your daily commute. This inviting, plain-language audio experience lifts you gently from familiar Earth concepts straight into the marvels of microgravity. Whether you are unwinding before sleep...

Inspired by insights gained in spaceflight, a NASA astronaut offers key lessons to empower Earthbound readers to fight climate change. "A must read for anyone who cares about this planet—which should be all of us.” ―Astronaut Scott Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Endurance When...

From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer, a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable. We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly...