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To Reach the High Frontier: A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles
"A valuable contribution to the field of aerospace literature," this book includes an extensive overview of Delta history and development along with chapters on Atlas, Titan, Scout, Space Shuttle, and much more.
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Many other excellent books about spaceflight are recommended here.
Archive for January, 2000
29-Jan-00 | Stardust on course
Stardust (Delta 266) had three TCM burns between 18 and 22 January, which put it on course for a gravity assist fly-by of Earth in January 2001. After that, another 3 years will pass before Stardust’s encounter with comet Wild-2.
29-Jan-00 | MPL and DS-2 both lost
Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space 2 were both lost on 3 December, 1999. NASA abandoned the search in mid-January, but not before evidence surfaced that appears to show a deep canyon passing through the landing site.
29-Jan-00 | FUSE begins operations
FUSE (Delta 271) is beginning to open astronomers’ eyes following a seven-month shakedown phase. (12-Jan-00 NASA Press Release) This mission has a good chance of providing some disturbingly theory-tweaking observations, but since spectroscopy doesn’t usually include “pretty” pictures, FUSE may linger in undeserved obscurity.