References

General rocket engines

• PWR Engineering Threshold Journal - "Turbopumps for Liquid Rocket Engines" [1] Very detailed explanation of rocket engine turbo pumps and their complexity.

ISS

• Description of the Common Berthing Mechanism [2]
• Mars Center [3] Homepage with lots of 1:100 paperscale models of ISS, space shuttle and Soyuz.

Soyuz

• Suzy's Russian Space Site[4] Lots of information on Baikonur and the Soyoz and Proton programs. A wealth of info on the Russian space program in general!
• Samara Space Center [5] The manufactorer of the soyuz launch vehicle and its various upper stages.

Space Shuttle, STS

• NASA drawings of the Space Shuttle [6] detailed plans in PDF format
• NASA Shuttle Flight Data Files [7]
• Scaled Drawings of the Space Shuttle[8] 1:200 scale drawings
• Clip Art from NASA[9] Images of the Shuttle (and most of the other craft flown at Edwards from the 1940's to present)
• Historic SpaceSystems[10] detailed drawings with dimensions of the Shuttle.
• Data Processing System Dictionary [11] Contains detailed descriptions of the CRT displays shown in the shuttle.

Collections, Miscellaneous

• Capcom Espace [12] detailed description of the US Space Program (in French).
• NASA Dryden Graphics[13] Hundred of drawings of various aircraft flown at Dryden Test Center (Edwards).
• Ninfinger Productions[14] Mailing list archive with lots of drawings and photographs about spaceflight.
• The Blueprint Collection[15] A collection of drawings of aircraft and other vehicles.
• Simviation [16] A link page for three view drawings of historic aircraft.
• Dimensions of the Human Figure[17] Useful for the designer of cockpits and spacecraft.
• Vessel Aerodynamics A brief description of how aerodynamics are modelled in Orbiter.
• ISS Acronyms and Abbreviations Specific to the Internationl Space Station.
• Russian glossary of important words from Russian spaceflight.
• Atomic Rockets [18] Resource for SF writers; good info for anyone interested in rocket engines; great SciFi pictures!
• Roskosmos [19] The Russian federal space agency.
• MARS center - paper scale models [20] High quality paper scale models of ISS and related space hardware.
• Simple Hohmann Calculator [21] Calculate Hohmann transfers between Orbits on various bodies.

External Links

• high school coursework