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Astronautic Engineering

Astronautics Stuctures Manual, Volume I, Volume II and Volume III - NASA's complete hand-design document for building rocketships. This is a free download!

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Standard Handbook for Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers
by Mark Davies
McGraw-Hill Professional; October 10, 2002
ISBN: 0071362290

AIAA Aerospace Design Engineers Guide
by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; 5th edition September 2000
ISBN: 1563475901

Introduction to Aerospace Structural Analysis
by David H. Allen, Walter Haisler
John Wiley & Sons; February 1985
ISBN: 0471888397

Fundamentals of Space System (The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory Series in Science And Engineering)
by Vincent L. Pisacane, Robert C. Moore
Oxford University Press; May 1994
ISBN: 0195074971

Standard Handbook for Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers
by Mark Davies
McGraw-Hill Professional; (October 10, 2002)
ISBN: 0071362290

Space Transportation: A Systems Approach to Analysis and Design (Aiaa Education Series)
by Walter Edward Hammond
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; January 1, 2000
ISBN: 1563470322

Linear Quadratic Regulator Design for an Unpowered, Winged Re-Entry Vehicle (Series 08 - Astrodynamics and Satellite Systems , No 3)
by E. Mooij
Coronet Books; September 1998
ISBN: 9040715971

Reducing Space Mission Cost (Space Technology Library)
by James Richard Wertz, Wiley J. Larson
Kluwer Academic Publishers; July 1996
ISBN: 0792340213 (hb)
Microcosm, Inc; June 1, 1996
ISBN: 1881883051 (pb)

Automated Rendezvous and Docking of Spacecraft
by Wigbert Fehse
Cambridge University Press; November 2003
ISBN: 0521824923

Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space
by National Research Council Committee on Advanced Technology forU.S., Committee on Advanced Technology, Natl Res Council, National Research Council
National Academy Press; August 1997
ISBN: 0309057442

Elements of Spacecraft Design
by Charles D. Brown
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; February 2003
ISBN: 1563475243

Space Vehicle Design (Aiaa Education Series)
by James R. French, Michael D. Griffin
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics;
ISBN: 0930403908 (January 1991) ISBN: 1563475391 2nd edition (August 2004) You may pre-order to reserve your copy.

Space Vehicle Mechanisms: Elements of Successful Design
by Peter L. Conley
Interscience; January 1998
ISBN: 047112141X

Spacecraft Thermal Control Handbook: Fundamental Technologies
by David G. Gilmore
Aerospace Corp; 2nd edition December 2002
ISBN: 188498911X

Computational Rigid Vehicle Dynamics
by Amnon Katz
Krieger Publishing Company; Book and Disk edition January 1997
ISBN: 1575240165

Advances in the Bonded Composite Repair of Metallic Aircraft Structure
by A. Baker, R. Jones, F. Rose, K. J. Rao
Elsevier Health Sciences; November 1, 2002
ISBN: 0080426999

Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms: From Concept to Launch (Space Technology Library)
by Thomas P. Sarafin, Wiley J. Larson
Kluwer Print on Demand; January 1998
ISBN: 0792334760
Microcosm, Inc; May 1, 1995
ISBN: 1881883035

Spacecraft Systems Engineering
by Peter Fortescue, John Stark, Graham Swinerd
John Wiley & Sons; 3rd edition
ISBN: 0471619515 (pb)
ISBN: 0470851023 (hb)

Space Mission Analysis and Design, Third Edition (Space Technology Library Volume 8)
by James R. Wertz, Wiley J. Larson
Kluwer Academic Publishers; 3rd edition September 1, 1999
ISBN: 0792359011

Reducing Space Mission Cost (Space Technology Library)
by James Richard Wertz, Wiley J. Larson
Microcosm, Inc; June 1, 1996
ISBN: 1881883051 (pb)
Kluwer Academic Publishers; July 1996
ISBN: 0792340213 (hb)

Human Spaceflight: Mission Analysis and Design (Space Technology Series)
by Wiley J. Larson, Linda K. Pranke
McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing; October 26, 1999
ISBN: 007236811X

Cost-Effective Space Mission Operations
by Daryl, G. Boden, Wiley J. Larson
McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing; March 1, 1996
ISBN: 0070063826

Walking in Space: Development of Space Walking Techniques
by David Shayler
Springer Verlag; November 2003
ISBN: 1852337109

A Vision of Future Space Transportation (Apogee Books Space Series)
by Tim McElyea, David Brin
Apogee Books; Book and CD-ROM edition April 25, 2003
ISBN: 1896522939

Design Methodologies for Space Transportation Systems
Walter E. Hammond
AIAA,
ISBN: 1-56347-472-7

Space Vehicle Design (AIAA Education Series)
by Michael D. Griffin
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; January 1991
ISBN: 0930403908
New Edition: ISBN: 1563475391

International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems
by Steven J. Isakowitz
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; 4th edition November 2003
ISBN: 156347591X

Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
by Marcel J. Sidi (Author)
Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt); Reprint edition (August 2000)
ISBN: 0521787807

The Space Environment: Implications for Spacecraft Design
by Alan C. Tribble
Princeton Univ Pr; November 2003
ISBN: 0691102996

Spacecraft-Environment Interactions
by Daniel Hastings, Henry Garrett
Cambridge University Press; 1st edition January 15, 2000
ISBN: 0521471281

Space Exploration: Missions Engineering
by Gordon Woodcock
Krieger Publishing Company; September 2004
ISBN: 0894640259

Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms from Concept to Launch (The Space Technology Library)
by Thomas P Sarafin (Editor)
Microcosm, Inc; (May 1, 1995)
ISBN: 1881883035

Dynamics of Very High Dimensional Systems
by Earl H. Dowell, Deman Tang
World Scientific Pub Co; February 2004
ISBN: 9812384677

Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing
by Wieslaw Staszewski, Geoffrey Tomlinson, Christian Boller
John Wiley & Sons; January 2004
ISBN: 0470843403

International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems
by Steven Isakowitz, Joshua Hopkins
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; 4th edition November 2003
ISBN: 156347591X

Analytical Mechanics of Space Systems
by Hanspeter Schaub, John L. Junkins
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Book and CD edition (October 2003
ISBN: 1563475634