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Springer Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006 by Tim Furniss , Shayler David
This flagship work charts a complete chronological log of orbital manned spaceflight. Included are the X-15 "astroflights" of the 1960s, and the two 1961 Mercury and Redstone missions which were non-orbital. There is an image depicting each manned spaceflight, and data boxes containing brief biographies of all the space travelers. The main text is a narrative of each mission, its highlights and accomplishments, including the strange facts and humorous stories connected to every mission. The resulting book is a handy reference to all manned spaceflights, the names of astronauts and cosmonauts who flew on each mission, their roles and accomplishments. Preliminaries.- Nonstandard Models.- Nonstandard Real Analysis.- Enlargements and Saturated Models.- Functionals, Generalized Limits, and Additive Measures.- Nonstandard Topology and Functional Analysis.- Miscellaneous.