Coming Home–Reentry and Recovery from Space

NASA Special Publication-2011-593. Coming Home–Reentry and Recovery from Space. "This book relates in a chronological manner the way in which NASA has approached the challenge of reentering the atmosphere after a space mission and the technologies associated with safely dealing with the friction of this encounter and the methods used for landing safely on Earth." Part of the NASA Aeronautical Book Series. Written by Rodger D. Launius and Dennis R. Jenkins. Dated 2012.

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