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** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **
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Soldato
Hi space friends. Wondering if I could ask a question?
Can anyone recommend a good space book, not a noob guide or something too indepth but a nice big book with maybe lots of pics as a Christmas present to my father.
I saw some peeps post some books around last year on the items I purchased thread but can't find them through search.
Thanks
Can anyone recommend a good space book, not a noob guide or something too indepth but a nice big book with maybe lots of pics as a Christmas present to my father.
I saw some peeps post some books around last year on the items I purchased thread but can't find them through search.
Thanks
A selection, look on Amazon, the first three are quite large:
Space: From Earth to the Edge of the Universe (DK)
Universe Hardcover – 1 Oct 2012
Norman Mailer: Moonfire, the Epic Journey of Apollo 11
New Space Frontiers: Venturing into Earth Orbit and Beyond
Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, 1963 - 1972
The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA's First Space Plane
Galaxy: Mapping the Cosmos
Rollout a Proton-M/Briz-M which will launch a Garpun military satellite today:
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Tim Peake mission overview:
Tim Peake and fellow Expedition 46/47 crew members preparing for launch:
About the launch:
http://blogs.esa.int/tim-peake/2015/12/09/launch-timeline/
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Tonight TV: Horizon Tim Peake Special: How To Be An Astronaut on BBC TWO at 20:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0327fp0
Tuesday Launch: Soyuz TMA-19M at 11:03 UTC December 15
Coverage on NASA TV: http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
Tim Peake and fellow Expedition 46/47 crew members preparing for launch:
About the launch:
http://blogs.esa.int/tim-peake/2015/12/09/launch-timeline/
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Tonight TV: Horizon Tim Peake Special: How To Be An Astronaut on BBC TWO at 20:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0327fp0
Tuesday Launch: Soyuz TMA-19M at 11:03 UTC December 15
Coverage on NASA TV: http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
Soldato
Can't wait for Tim Peake to tweet the photo of him on the ISS holding up the Stoke City FC flag.
Soldato
BBC News channel also covering the launch in the morning.
Soldato
Great list, thanks very much. I shall have a look and see what I think he'd like.
Cheers
I forgot two others which are beautifully illustrated histories but are expensive
Spaceshots and Snapshots of Projects Mercury and Gemini: A Rare Photographic History
Moonshots and Snapshots of Project Apollo: A Rare Photographic History
These are photo album gems and may take him down memory lane.
Launch of a Proton-M/Briz-M with a Garpun military satellite:
Soyuz TMA-19M rollout:
Tuesday Launch: Soyuz TMA-19M at 11:03 UTC December 15
Coverage on NASA TV: http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
and BBC News.
Tuesday Launch: Soyuz TMA-19M at 11:03 UTC December 15
Coverage on NASA TV: http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
and BBC News.
Soldato
Oh ffs, I was thinking the launch was now, but it's tomorrow *slaps head*
Pre-launch press conference:
Quite a few questions for Tim Peake but you'll have to skip the ones asked in Russian.
Quite a few questions for Tim Peake but you'll have to skip the ones asked in Russian.
A look at spacesuit development:
Caporegime
I reckon its going to blow up just after launch.
Soldato
Tim Kopra looking forward to today:
Launch Today at 11:03 UTC
Coverage on NASA TV: http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
and BBC News.
Launch Today at 11:03 UTC
Coverage on NASA TV: http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
and BBC News.