Flight - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Flight write by Christopher C. Kraft. This book was released on 2001. Flight available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is the account of Chri Kraft and the U.S. space program from its infancy to its greatest triumphs.
Mission Control
Mission Control - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mission Control write by Michael Peter Johnson (Historian). This book was released on 2015. Mission Control available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Johnson Space Center -- 2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- 3. European Space Operations Centre -- 4. International Cooperation -- 5. Tracking Networks -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Out of This World
Out of This World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Out of This World write by Paul Sean Hill. This book was released on 2018-01-04. Out of This World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Failure is always an option... For more than 50 years, NASA's Mission Control has been known for two things: perfect decision making in extreme situations and producing generations of steely-eyed missile men and women who continue that tradition. A key to that legacy of brilliant performance is a particular brand of leadership, especially at the working level in Mission Control. Take the ultimate insiders look at the leadership values and culture that created the best team on this planet. Paul Sean Hill was responsible for NASA's Mission Operations support for manned space flight from 2007-2011. In this candid book he shows that the secret to Mission Control's success has never been rocket science and that the real practice of perfect decision making can be applied to any organisation or team. By demonstrating how his Mission Control team nurtured a culture which has delivered impossible wins for decades, Hill provides a guide for all leaders to boost their company's performance at all levels. Whether failure means cost and schedule overruns, quality reduction, loss of market share, bankruptcy - or putting someone's life a risk, how we lead can determine whether even small mistakes are dealt with or are left to snowball out of control and destroy an enterprise. Discover how to take leadership from the Mission Control Room to your boardroom and beyond, and achieve this out-of-this-world leadership environment in your team.
Go, Flight!
Go, Flight! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Go, Flight! write by Rick Houston. This book was released on 2015-12. Go, Flight! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At first glance, it looks like just another auditorium in just another government building. But among the talented men (and later women) who worked in mission control, the room located on the third floor of Building 30--at what is now Johnson Space Center--would become known by many as "the Cathedral." These members of the space program were the brightest of their generations, making split-second decisions that determined the success or failure of a mission. The flight controllers, each supported by a staff of specialists, were the most visible part of the operation, running the missions, talking to the heavens, troubleshooting issues on board, and, ultimately, attempting to bring everyone safely back home. None of NASA's storied accomplishments would have been possible without these people. Interviews with dozens of individuals who worked in the historic third-floor mission control room bring the compelling stories to life. Go, Flight! is a real-world reminder of where we have been and where we could go again given the right political and social climate.
Mission Control
Mission Control - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mission Control write by Michael Peter Johnson. This book was released on 2015-10-18. Mission Control available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Brave astronauts, flaring rockets, and majestic launches are only one side of the story of spaceflight. Any mission to space depends on years--if not decades--of work by thousands of dedicated individuals on the ground. These are the people whose voices offer a friendly link to Earth in the void of space, whose hands maneuver rovers across the face of planets, and whose skills guide astronauts home. This book is a long-overdue history of three major centers that have managed important missions since the dawn of the space age. In Mission Control, Michael Johnson explores the famous Johnson Space Center in Houston, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, and the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany--each a strategically designed micro-environment responsible for the operation of spacecraft and the safety of passengers. He explains the motivations behind the location of each center and their intricate design. He shows how the robotic spaceflight missions overseen in Pasadena and Darmstadt set these centers apart from Houston, and compares the tracking networks used for different types of spacecraft. Johnson argues that the type of spacecraft and the missions they controlled--not the nations they represented--defined how the centers developed, yet these centers ended up playing vital national roles as space technology became a battleground for international power struggles in the Cold War years and even after. The most visible part of a conflict that was just as real as the wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan and caused great global anxiety, mission control centers have served as symbols of national security in the public eye and pivotal links in the history of modern technology.
