Download or read book Life Sciences and Space Research XXIV 1 written by COSPAR. Plenary Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Life Sciences and Space Research XXIV 3 written by COSPAR. Plenary Meeting and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1992 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout its history, mankind has wondered about the origins and the distribution of life in the universe. Since the development of space technologies and the exploration of the Moon and of our neighbour planets by use of space vehicles, extraterrestrial biology has become established as a scientific topic. Comets, chondritic meteorites and interplanetary dust of our solar system bear witness to the existence of a dynamic organic chemistry from its earliest stages, during the condensation of the solar nebula. Recent observational, theoretical and experimental studies of comets, above all of the comet Halley and of our volatile-rich minor bodies, and their relationship to the early evolution of terrestrial planets and the origin of life were discussed at the meetings on Structure and Organic Chemistry in Comets and Chemical, Physical and Astronomical Perspectives on Life in the Universe. Among the terrestrial planets and satellites, Mars has received increased interest within the space agencies, which have put forward a number of mission scenarios, including human expeditions.

Download or read book Exploring the Living Universe written by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Life Sciences Strategic Planning Study Committee and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Life in Space written by Maura Phillips Mackowski and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little-known yet critical part of NASA history Life in Space explores the many aspects and outcomes of NASA’s research in life sciences, a little-understood endeavor that has often been overlooked in histories of the space agency. Maura Mackowski details NASA’s work in this field from spectacular promises made during the Reagan era to the major new directions set by George W. Bush’s Vision for Space Exploration in the early twenty-first century. At the first flight of NASA’s space shuttle in 1981, hopes ran high for the shuttle program to achieve its potential of regularly transporting humans, cargo, and scientific experiments between Earth and the International Space Station. Mackowski describes different programs, projects, and policies initiated across NASA centers and headquarters in the following decades to advance research into human safety and habitation, plant and animal biology, and commercial biomaterials. Mackowski illuminates these ventures in fascinating detail by drawing on rare archival sources, oral histories, interviews, and site visits. While highlighting significant achievements and innovations such as space radiation research and the Neurolab Spacelab Mission, Mackowski reveals frustrations—lost opportunities, stagnation, and dead ends—stemming from frequent changes in presidential administrations and policies. For today’s dreams of lunar outposts or long-term spaceflight to become reality, Mackowski argues, a robust program in space life sciences is essential, and the history in this book offers lessons to help prevent leaving more expectations unfulfilled.

Download or read book Large Space Structures Systems in the Space Station Era written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Life Sciences and Space Research written by COSPAR. and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Life and Gravity written by COSPAR. Scientific Assembly and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Life Sciences and Space Research written by R. Holmquist and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Sciences and Space Research, Volume XVII contains the proceedings of the Open Meeting of the Working Group on Space Biology of the Twenty-first Plenary Meeting of COSPAR, held in Innsbruck, Austria, from May 29 to June 10, 1978 and of the Symposium on Gravitational Physiology which also took place in Innsbruck, Austria, on June 2 and 3, 1978. The papers review the results of research in the life sciences with respect to space biology, including chemical data returned from the Viking Lander experiments. The engineering design of biologically closed ecological systems suitable for very long term space flight or space colonies is also described. This volume is comprised of 41 chapters and begins with a discussion on closed regenerative life support systems for space travel and their implications for ecological science. Subsequent chapters examine closed ecology in space from a bioengineering perspective; technology requirements for nonterrestrial ecosystems; carbon suboxide polymer as an explanation for the wave of darkening observed on Mars; and volcanism and soil mercury on Mars, along with their consequences for terrestrial microorganisms. The next sections focus on the biology of extreme environments such as Central Antarctica, radiation biology in space, and gravitational physiology in relation to humans and animals. This book will be of interest to space scientists, space biologists, and those engaged in the life sciences, space research, molecular biophysics, biochemistry, and physiology.

Download or read book In situ Impact Detection Techniques Interplanetary Dust and Future Mars Exploration written by COSPAR. Scientific Assembly and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1995 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume details future exploration programme plans to Mars and also reports on investigations of Mars. Additionally, considerable space is devoted to in-situ impact techniques - derivation of physical properties and also the interaction of interplanetary dust with planets.

Download or read book Scientific Ballooning written by COSPAR. Panel on Technical Problems Related to Scientific Ballooning. PSB Meeting and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1995 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Thermosphere ionosphere middle Atmosphere Coupling and Dynamics written by COSPAR. Scientific Assembly and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1995 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback. The global thermosphere-ionosphere-middle atmosphere system is being extensively studied by means of satellites, rockets and ground-based observations. Research includes coupling between the ionized and neutral part of the atmosphere, coupling between high and low latitudes, coupling with the mesosphere and thermosphere as well as between the plasmasphere and the magnetosphere and ionosphere. The developments in this area by means of observations and modelling are presented in the twenty-nine papers contained in this volume.

Download or read book The Atmospheres of Venus and Mars written by COSPAR. Scientific Assembly and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1995 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A presentation of the proceedings of the C3.1 Meeting of COSPAR Scientific Commission C, held during the 30th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Hamburg, 1994. This study analyzes Martian dynamics along with recent developments in understanding photochemistry and the origins of Martian atmosphere.

Download or read book Literature 1992 Part 1 written by Astronomisches Recheninstitut and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 1456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts" appearing twice a year has become oneof the fundamental publications in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics andneighbouring sciences. It is the most important English-language abstracting journal in the mentioned branches. The abstracts are classified under more than a hundred subject categories, thus permitting a quick survey of the whole extended material. The AAA is a valuable and important publication for all students and scientists working in the fields of astronomy and related sciences. As such it represents a necessary ingredient of any astronomical library all over the world.

Download or read book Remote Sensing for Oceanography Hydrology and Agriculture written by COSPAR. Plenary Meeting and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1993 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided into three main sections, this text presents: the results derived from satellite studies of the ocean; a variety of hydrology related areas including evapotranspiration and soil moisture; and the concept of Vegetation Condition Index in which the intensity of drought is assessed.

Download or read book Life Sciences and Space Research written by P. H. A. Sneath and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Sciences and Space Research, Volume XII documents the proceedings of the Life Sciences sessions of the 16th Plenary Meeting of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) held in Konstanz in May and June 1973. This compilation includes several studies on the biological effects of radiation produced by particles of very high energy, including the kind of cellular damage these particles cause and the technique for recording particle tracks in relation to biological objects. The effects of weightlessness upon developmental processes in biology and the interaction between weightlessness and other effects of space flight are also deliberated. This book likewise provides a brief discussion on the field of planetary quarantine, implying that all the planets should be protected from unwise contamination. This publication is valuable to students and researchers conducting work on exobiology, radiation biology, gravitational biology, or planetary quarantine.