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Tiny Animals Exposed To Outer Space (September 30, 2007) -- For the first time ever, animals are being exposed to the natural space environment, with both vacuum conditions and cosmic radiation. One of the aims of sending the tiny tardigrades into space is to ... > full story

Dealing With Threatening Space Rocks (September 25, 2007) -- Every now and then a space rock hits the world's media -- sometimes almost literally. Threatening asteroids that zoom past the Earth, fireballs in the sky seen by hundreds of people and mysterious ... > full story

Greeks Get Space-based Help In Wake Of Deadly Fires (September 23, 2007) -- Cleanup and rebuilding teams responding to the devastation across Greece caused by this summer's deadly fires are getting help from space. A series of crisis map products based on satellite ... > full story

Lift-off For Foton Microgravity Mission (September 17, 2007) -- An unmanned Foton spacecraft, carrying a payload of more than 40 ESA experiments, was successfully launched September 14. The Soyuz-U launcher lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The ... > full story

Cluster And Double Star Uncover More On Bright Aurorae (September 12, 2007) -- Cluster data has helped provide scientists with a new view of magnetospheric processes, challenging existing theories about magnetic substorms that cause aurorae and perturbations in GPS signals. The ... > full story

What Is Dark Energy? 'Beyond Einstein' Program Aims To Investigate (September 10, 2007) -- NASA and the US Department of Energy should pursue the Joint Dark Energy Mission as the first mission in the "Beyond Einstein" program, according to a new report from the National Research Council. ... > full story

'Lego-block' Galaxies Discovered In Early Universe (September 7, 2007) -- The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope have joined forces to discover nine of the smallest, faintest, most compact galaxies ever observed in the distant universe. ... > full story

'Heart' Of Herschel Space Observatory Almost Ready (September 6, 2007) -- By the end of 2007, the assembly of the ESA's Herschel far-infrared space observatory -- the latest mission to study the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies -- will be ... > full story

Greece Suffers More Fires In 2007 Than In Last Decade, Satellites Reveal (September 3, 2007) -- Greece has experienced more wildfire activity this August than other European countries have over the last decade, according to data from ESA satellites. The country is currently battling an outbreak ... > full story

Amateur Astronomers Help Professionals Unveil The Atmosphere Of Venus (August 27, 2007) -- Since its launch in 2006, ESA's Venus Amateur Observing Project has invited amateur astronomers to submit scientifically useful images and data to support scientists working on the Venus Express ... > full story

Hinode Helps Unravel Long-standing Solar Mysteries (August 27, 2007) -- A year after launch, scientists working with Hinode, a Japanese mission with ESA participation, are meeting to discuss latest findings on solar mysteries -- including new insights on solar flares and ... > full story

Hurricane Dean Tracked From Space (August 21, 2007) -- ESA satellites are tracking the path of Hurricane Dean as it rips across the Caribbean Sea carrying winds as high as 260 km per hour. The hurricane, which has already claimed eight lives, is forecast ... > full story

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Space Mission Analysis and Design, 3rd edition (Space Technology Library) (Space Technology Library)
This practical handbook for Space Mission Engineering draws on leading aerospace experts to carry readers through mission design, from orbit selection to ground ops. SMAD III updates the technology, ... > read more

The Production of Space
Henri Lefebvre has considerable claims to be the greatest living philosopher. His work spans some sixty years and includes original work on a diverse range of subjects, from dialectical materialism ... > read more

Riding Rockets : The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
On February 1, 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts, twenty-nine men and six women, were introduced to the world. Among them would be history makers, including the first American woman ... > read more

The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
Sometime this century the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all other natural factors. Over the past decade, the world has seen the most powerful El Niño ... > read more

DietMinder Personal Food & Fitness Journal (A Food and Exercise Diary)
The DietMinder is a deluxe food diary with plenty of room to record quantities and food counts (calories, fat, carbs, protein, etc.) of breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. A special area for daily ... > read more

Universe
Continuing in the bestselling tradition of Animal and Earth, DK brings you Universe - a truly definitive guide that takes you on a tour from the Solar System to the farthest limits of ... > read more

The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850
"Climate change is the ignored player on the historical stage," writes archeologist Brian Fagan. But it shouldn't be, not if we know what's good for us. We can't judge what future climate change will ... > read more

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy : The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating
Aimed at nothing less than totally restructuring the diets of Americans, Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy may well accomplish its goal. Dr. Walter C. Willett gets off to a roaring start by totally ... > read more

A Briefer History of Time
Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author’s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects ... > read more

First Man : The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Perhaps no ... > read more