The International Space Station (ISS) program began in 1993, with Russia joining the United States, Europe, Japan, and Canada. Crews have occupied ...

The U.S. has spent almost $43 billion to develop, assemble, and operate the International Space Station (ISS) over the past two decades. The NASA A...

The International Space Station (ISS) celebrated 10 years of operations in November 2008. Today, it is more than a human outpost in low Earth orbit...

The legendary World War II Luftwaffe fighter unit Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" is the subject of this new, large-format, illustrated volume. Traci...

Volume two, Operational History, covers the training, transport, deployment and a month by month fighting account of the two Panzer Jäger units eq...

Volume two, Operational History, covers the training, transport, deployment and a month by month fighting account of the two Panzer Jäger units eq...

The famous "Tante Ju" in its legendary transport role over a variety of war fronts.

1930-1940 era Junkers aircraft in its civilian and wartime roles.

Having spent much of its quarter century of military service in the shadows of more glamorous aircraft, the tough, hard-working H-43 helicopter is ...

In 2014, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) major pr...

Due to their unique flexibility and high reproducibility, lasers have been traditionally used in processes such as cutting, drilling, machining, we...

Laser ablation is the process of removing material from a solid (or occasionally liquid) surface by irradiating it with a laser beam. At low laser ...

This book considers some general laser-induced processes that are involved in laser-matter interactions. A brief review is presented about a very i...

This compilation titled "Laser Therapy: Types, Uses, and Safety" focuses on varied aspects of laser (photobiomodulation, PBM) therapy ranging from ...

Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is at present one of the most interesting technique for thin film deposition. In the PLD process a film is formed by ...

Developments in lasers continue to enable progress in many areas such as eye surgery, the recording industry and dozens of others. This book presen...

It is expected that ongoing advances in optics will revolutionise the 21st century as they began doing in the last quarter of the 20th. Such fields...

It is expected that ongoing advances in optics will revolutionise the 21st century as they began doing in the last quarter of the 20th. Such fields...

It is expected that ongoing advances in optics will revolutionise the 21st century as they began doing in the last quarter of the 20th. Such fields...

Last Hope is the story of the often heroic by governments to provide their aerial warriors with the tools to evade capture when forced down in enem...

A forceful study of an elite group of men chosen to form the U. S. Marines' only medium bomber group during WWII. Verterans recall their service fl...

This volume in the series presents the light tank destroyers of the Wehrmacht with accurate scale drawings and previously unpublished photographs.

Still the largest U.S. military aircraft more than three decades after its first flight, the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy remains an integral part of Air Mo...

It's called the Raptor. The F-22 will be the U.S. Air Force's premier fighter for the first decades of the 21st century. Like other expensive milit...

This second of a two volume study closely examines the development and uses of personal flying equipment issued to the combat personnel of the Luft...

Fundamental physics has now been stuck for almost a century. Ever since the discovery of general relativity and quantum mechanics in the early 1900...

This book provides a snapshot of how well NASA is planning and executing its major acquisitions -- an area that been on the Government Accountabili...

As the demand for space availability in marine environments increases due to the upward trend and intensity of human activities, Marine Spatial Pla...

This book covers the development of the unique MAUS armored fighting vehicle.

Most famous German aircraft of WWII, in its variety of markings on a variety of war fronts.

Created by aviation pioneer Willy Messerschmitt, the Bf 109 was an innovative, ground-breaking design. In the face of stiff competition from other ...

As the Luftwaffe's standard fighter, beginning in 1937 the Bf 109 was produced in large numbers and after the outbreak of the Second World War saw ...

Very influential design was the first and only rocket fighter used in WWII.

This new book is the third of a multi-volume series covering the complete history of Germany's legendary World War II jet fighter, the Messerschmit...

This new book is the third of a multi-volume series covering the complete history of Germany's legendary World War II jet fighter, the Messerschmit...

This new book is the third of a multi-volume series covering the complete history of Germany's legendary World War II jet fighter, the Messerschmit...

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Into the arms of the angels went pilots...

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Powered by a single HeS 001A turbojet e...

Shock impact alterations influence the structure, mineralogy, chemistry and the mechanical properties of many meteorites. The first chapter overvie...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the classification, geology and exploration of asteroids and meteorites. Topics ...

Microbiochips, such as a lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices and micro total analysis systems, can be regarded conceptually as a biological equivalent of c...

This book titled "Microfiltration: Principle, Process and Applications" is formed of 6 chapters covering many research aspects on microfiltration. ...

The MiG-29 Fulcrum is acknowledged as the finest lightweight, multi-role fighter ever produced in Russia. It was designed to operate under wartime ...

The history of the iron ore trade on the Great Lakes, from 1900 to 1980, is perhaps best related in visual form. Historians and enthusiasts alike c...

This follow-up to the first Mine to Mill book continues the exploration of the American iron ore trade on the Great Lakes from the golden age of pi...

News accounts of miners losing their lives as a result of accidents at underground coal mines have appeared more often in recent years. The methane...

This book examines the 2011 edition of U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Commodity Summaries (MCS), which includes information on events, trends and...

Mountaintop removal mining involves removing the top of a mountain in order to recover the coal seams contained there. It creates an immense quanti...