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COSMODROME
BOOKS
Retro Rockets: Experimental rockets
1926-1941 by Peter Alway (Saturn Press, 1997) (American
edition, available through online bookstores).
Looks at the early liquid-fuelled rockets of Robert Goddard and his
contemporaries in the US, Germany and Soviet Union. Documented with
flight plans, photographs and data.
Rockets Into Space by Frank
Winter (Harvard University Press, 1993) £8.95.
Discusses the technological breakthroughs of the evolution of rocket
propulsion and vehicle design over the last 30 years.
V-2 Rockets by Paula Younkin
(Prentice Hall and IBD, 1994) £9.95.
Traces the history of early rocket development and the beginnings of
the American Space Programme.
The History Of Rockets
by Ron Miller (TBS, 1999) £7.99.
Surveys the invention, development and different uses of rockets from
Ancient Greece to outer space.
Rockets, Missiles and Spacecraft
of the National Air and Space Museum by Gregory P Kennedy (Smithsonian
Institute Press, 1980) £7.75.
A look at the exhibits in the museum traces the history of rocketry
and space exploration.
Spaceflight and Rocketry: A chronology
by David Baker (Facts on File, 1996) £64.95.
A day-to-day chronology of space technology and rocketry from 300BC
to 1993, with technical specifications for every major rocket, satellite
and space probe.
Twentieth Century Inventions: Rockets
and spacecraft by Robert Snedden and Tim Berke (Hodder Wayland,
1997) £10.99.
Explains the history of rockets and their uses and explores the spin-offs
of space programme technology.
- Technical
Handbook of Model Rocketry
by G Harry Stein (John Wiley and Sons, 1994) £14.50.
Official handbook of the US National
Association of Rocketry, considered to be the bible of model rocketry.
Rocket Propulsion Elements: An
introduction to the engineering of rockets by George P. Sutton
(John Wiley and Sons, 1992) £89.50.
Investigates different rocket types including liquid, solid, hybrid
fuel and electric propulsion.
- American
and Soviet Space Programmes
Race To The Moon by William
B Brewer (Praegar, 1993) £18.50.
Chronicles the American space race to beat the Soviet Union in landing
a man on the moon.
Dragonfly: NASA and the crisis
aboard Mir by Bryan Burrough (Fourth Estate, 1999) £7.99.
Presents a behind-the-scenes account of NASA’s involvement with
Russia’s Mir Space Station over three years.
The Infinite Journey: Eye witness
accounts of NASA and the age of space by William E Burroughs
(Discovery Books, 2000) £20.00.
Celebrates space exploration and pays tribute to those who made it
all possible.
Countdown by T A Heppenheiner
(John Wiley and Sons, 1999) £12.95.
Looks at the evolution of the US, Russian and European space programmes
and compares the cost and developments of the space race programme.
Korolev by James Harford
(John Wily and Sons, 1997) £21.50.
Packed with photographs detailing
the history of the Soviet Space Programme and the genius behind it
all.
- Magazines
Space and Communications
42 Keephatch Road
Wokingham
Berkshire RG40 1QD
Tel: 0118 9774000
Magazine of Spacecraft mission and technology
Quarterly magazine dealing with technological developments in aeronautics.
£44 for a yearly subscription.
Astronomy Now
PO Box 175
Tonbridge
Kent TN10 4QX
Tel: 01732 367542
Fax: 01732 356230
E-mail: editorial@astronow.cix.co.uk
Monthly magazine with information and news on the latest in astronomical
matters. £2.70 per issue.
Society for Popular Astronomy
36 Fairway
Keyworth
Nottingham NG12 5DU
Email: SPAastronomy@aol.com
Website: www.popastro.com
Quarterly publication containing articles about all aspects of astronomy,
development in space flight and research. Free to members. Contact
website for details.
Sport Rocketry
c/o Thomas Beach
Editor
432 Pruitt Avenue
White Rock
NM 87544
USA
Website: www.nar.org/SPR
Bi-monthly magazine. The official journal of the National Association
of Rocketry. Features launch coverage, ‘how to’ articles,
rocket plans, scale data and product reviews.
Quest and Modern Astronomer
Cspace Press
PO Box 9331
Grand Rapids
MI 49509 - 0331
USA
E-mail: gswanson@vixa.voyager.net
Monthly publication dealing with all aspects of space enquiry and
technological advances.
Space Times
6352 Rolling Mill Place
Suite 102
Springfield
VA 22152-2354
USA
Website: www.astronautical.org
Bi-monthly publication from the American Astronomical Society dealing
with issues in space policy and future exploration. Details are available
from the website regarding subscriptions and membership.
COSMODROME ORGANISATIONS
The British National Space Centre
151 Buckingham Place Road
London SWB WSS
Tel: 020 7215 0807
Website: www.bnsc.gov.uk
Britain’s space agency which provides focus for
government on UK space policy. One of the world’s largest users
of space data and technology.
Society for Popular Astronomy
36 Fairway
Keyworth
Nottingham NG12 5DU
Email: SPAstronomy@aol
Website: www.popastro.com
Aimed at beginners in astronomy of all ages. It
produces a quarterly magazine and members receive at least six news
circulars each year.
United Kingdom Rocketry Association
(UKRA)
Pete Davy
PO Box 1561
Sheffield S11 7XA
Tel: 01526 460279
Email: media@ukra.org.uk
Website: www.ukra.org.uk
A new international organisation in the UK promoting
model and high-power rocketry at all levels.
MARS Advanced Rocketry Society
Richard
Osbourne
Mars Flight
Crew
c/o 28 Heathfield Gardens
Golders Green
London NW11 9JA
Email: richard@mars.org.uk
Website:
www.mars.org.uk
An advanced
amateur rocketry organisation, with over 20 years' rocket launching
experience; aims
include the development of small, low-cost research rockets for scientific
and educational use.
Science Museum
Exhibition Road
South Kensington
London SW7 2DD
Tel: 0870 8704868
Website: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Runs exhibitions relating to space including Star
Trek: Federation Science (until April 2001) and the IMAX experience.
COSMODROME WEBSITES
- Russian
Space Information
Virtual Space Museum
http://vsm.host.ru
Investigates the 3-D models and photographs of Russian spacecraft
and looks at the history and advances of Russian cosmology.
Space Research Institute (IKI)
www.iki.rssi.ru
Contains information on Russian space research programmes and missions
including planetary exploration, space plasma physics and high-energy
astrophysics. Data archive also available.
Space
Russia
http://users.ev1.net/~larin/space_russia/
Provides information on Russian space organisations and projects,
with excellent links, online resources and publications on the Russian
space industry.
Mir Space Station
www.mirstation.com
Gives the history of Mir with facts on missions, photographs, video
clips and future plans for the Space Station.
Friends and Partners in Space
www.friends-partners.org/friends/Mirnet/home.html
A joint Russian-United States project to allow collaboration of information
and improve communication between Russian and American scientists.
- History
of Rocket Development
Rocket
Development
http://web.mit.edu/16.00/www/aec/rocket_history.html
Contains a gallery of rockets developed this century with photographs
of Goddard’s first liquid-propelled rocket made in 1926.
Aeronautics Laboratory for Science
Technology and Research
www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/rocket-history.htm
Provides a history of rocketry and links to their other aeronautic pages.
Chronology of Space Exploration
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/
A time line showing the chronology of the space race and other information
about planetary missions.
- General
Interest Sites
The Rocket Man
www.the-rocketman.com
Devoted to civilian rocketry with information and articles, events,
kit reviews and supplies.
Rocketry Online
www.Rocketryonline.com
Gives up-to-date information about model high powered and amateur
rocketry with discussion forums and a chat room.
Extreme
Rocketry
www.extremerocketry.com
Online magazine gives news about latest launches, reviews of products
and projects to make. Apply online for subscription.
The British National Space Centre
www.bnsc.gov.uk
Current information regarding Britain’s development of
space technology.
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