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SpaceX's Dragon: America's Next Generation Spacecraft

By Erik , Seedhouse

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2016
ISBN
9783319215143, 9783319215150, 3319215140
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
7 MB (7464617 bytes)
Series
Springer-Praxis books in space exploration
Pages
xvii, 188 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Interplanetary voyages;Reusable space vehicles;Spa

Description

SpaceX -- Commercial crew programs -- Dragon design, development, and test -- Dragon at the International Space Station -- Dragon delivers -- NASA's crewed development program -- DragonLab -- Preparing for crew : Dragon V2 -- Red Dragons, Ice Dragons, and the Mars Colonial Transporter.;"...Describes the extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement that have placed this revolutionary spacecraft at the forefront of the launch industry and positioned it as the precursor for ultimately transporting humans to Mars. It describes the design and development of Dragon, provides mission highlights of the first six Commercial Resupply Missions, and explains how Musk hopes to eventually colonize Mars." -- back cover. SpaceX -- Commercial crew programs -- Dragon design, development, and test -- Dragon at the International Space Station -- Dragon delivers -- NASA's crewed development program -- DragonLab -- Preparing for crew : Dragon V2 -- Red Dragons, Ice Dragons, and the Mars Colonial Transporter.

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