Résultats pour "2" dans Exploration spatiale

Evan and Anya flee Aethos with a target on their backs. Unfortunately, the ship's sentient AI is missing thousands of years of history and is just as surprised to be on the run. As they search for the ship's makers, Evan and Anya soon discover that the interstellar plot to transform the Commonwealth with alien tech runs much deeper than they'd ever imagined.

As the Oort Federation becomes a major force in the Solar System, Braxton Thorpe passes the Federation chairmanship to former US President John Butler, so Thorpe can move on.

On the remote world of Eden's End, Alexander has carved out a fragile refuge: a workshop turned enterprise, a home for thousands, and a place to raise the daughter he never expected to have. But peace never lasts. The pirate attack that nearly destroyed them has not gone unnoticed. The Sol Treaty Organization has begun to take an interest, and so has Katalynn Char, the ruthless warlord who rules the region. Worse still, the man who first sent the pirates refuses to let Alexander slip away. This time, he has hired a relentless killer, one who will stop at nothing to drag Alexander back.

The black monolith has escaped destruction—for now. What no one on the moon realizes is that the artifact is holding the explorer who first touched it captive in a very special way. Will he be able to escape this trap in time? If not, the very existence of the solar system is at stake. Because the monolith has a purpose that its human discoverers would consider utterly impossible—if they knew about it.

Lucas Ramsay thought he was ready. He thought his plan was foolproof. But he was wrong. When the Baaku come for him on a remote Earth outpost, they challenge everything he knows to be true. Soon, he’s on the run as a renegade, someone who’s willing to cross the line and do whatever it takes, all in a quest to find those he lost and set things right. He vows to never stop searching.

Michael Gorton, bestselling author and real-life innovator, whose books are grounded in the breakthroughs of tomorrow tells a story filled with adventure, science, romance and unexpected twists. The Tachyon Tunnel series introduces new concepts that take science fiction to a new level. Time travel where humans have changed something has implications on the laws of physics.

More intrigue as a familiar hallucinogen finds its way into Ramses society. Are their long-time adversaries behind it? Time for Major Tom to save the Empire again… Ready for more comic adventures with your favorite feline? Listen to “Nipped in the Butt.”

Set in the world of Slingshot, Navy SEAL Derek “Tiger” Baily and his SEALS Winged Insertion Command develop the experimental Gryphon hardshell wingsuit from the initial version 7 to the enhanced Gryphon-10 MK 4. Tiger makes a basejump from Slingshot, 80 klicks up, and finally, the team drops from LEO—Low Earth Orbit.

Im 22. Jahrhundert hat die Menschheit Raumstationen in der Unendlichkeit errichtet und erforscht das Sonnensystem - bemüht, im Weltall das zerbrechliche Gleichgewicht aufrechtzuerhalten, das auf der Erde zwischen den zwei Machtblöcken existiert: der "Union" und den "Republiken". Mark Brandis ist Testpilot für die neutrale Venus-Erde Gesellschaft für Astronautik (VEGA). Als Commander fliegt er die neuen Schiffe Hermes, Invictus und Explorator.

At the opening of our story, the Gauntlet is secure once again in government hands but able to flex incredible power when introduced into any Theatre of War or Battle Space. Globally, nations search in vain to develop similar weapons systems and the threat of North America having unlimited power in the form of Gauntlet proves too much for some. Dr. Paul Stewart is once again thrust reluctantly into the limelight as he and fellow scientists try to prevent chaos from reigning supreme as potential foes conceive, contrive, and put into action an outlandish plot to defy the allies.

Trotz aller dem Schwarzen Planeten eigenen Gefahren untersuchen zwei Astronauten den neu entdeckten Himmelskörper. Sie finden Hinweise auf seine sagenumwobene Herkunft und sein enormes Alter, und bald bemerken sie, dass Amphitrite ein noch viel größeres Geheimnis verbirgt. Währenddessen nähert sich der uralte Neuling auf seiner ungewöhnlichen Bahn der Erde. Der schwarze Staub, der seine Oberfläche bedeckt, interessiert wegen seiner ungewöhnlichen, gewinnversprechenden Eigenschaften gleich mehrere Unternehmen.

Airina thinks the threat of a nuclear war that could destroy humanity is over, but new messages, similar to those before, are arriving again. This time, they know the messages are coming from Jupiter, and it is just one phrase repeated nonstop in regular intervals. “WE NEED HELP!” The messages keep coming unmercifully, contaminating all screen devices in the world like an unstoppable virus infecting humanity, but this one doesn’t cause illness and death; it causes insanity. Something has to be done.

When I'm assigned to report on the alien bride program, I'm thrilled to get a break from the crowded city. No noisy apartment building. No synthesized food. But Mitra is nothing like I thought it would be. It's beautiful, yes, but it's also a rugged land on the border of enemy territory. It all changes when the warlord rescues me from being trampled by a ugris. Adrik is big and gruff and everything I never wanted in a man, but he's all I can think about.

2125: Mark Brandis wird beauftragt, den neuen Leichten Kreuzer Hermes zu testen: mit einer Schutzmission. Doch Scott und seine Crew sind unauffindbar, und eine weitere Gefahr naht, mit der niemand gerechnet hatte.

Kril Granger has gathered a good crew and managed to finish a profitable job. But things are a little too hot in their usual regions, so it's time to pick up stakes and head coreward. Along the way, they'll be passing through the dark spaces of the galaxy and turning up threats ranging from overprotective AIs to invasive nano-using overlords. All this while dealing with a mixed, quarrelsome crew that would rather die than give up their secrets. It's a hard life being a scrapper. It's a harder death if they get it wrong...

Back at the joint Zvezda-US Copernicus Moonbase, the precarious Cold War cease-fire between the NASA and Soviet crews comes under threat from another consolidated assault. Vivian must navigate a treacherous political and military landscape, and travel from the lunar surface to high lunar orbit and back again, to solve the riddle of these strange lunar incursions and move ahead to a future that even she can barely imagine.

2131: Mark Brandis folgt den Spuren, die sein Halbbruder Nat quer Ÿber den Planeten hinterlassen hat, zuerst auf die Kerguelen und dann nach Nordafrika. Der Geheimdienst der Union ist Brandis mal einen Schritt voraus, mal versucht er, ihn einzuholen. Doch was wirklich mit den biologischen Kampfstoffen geschehen soll, ahnt noch niemand.

2124: Der Prototyp "Kolibri" ist eine Sensation - der erste Raumschifftyp, der in allen Elementen, unter Wasser, in der Luft und im Weltraum reisen kann. Mark Brandis ist als Projektleiter beauftragt, eine Pannenserie zu beenden, die die Zukunft der Kolibris bedroht. Doch mit dem Tod jedes weiteren Testpiloten zieht sich die Schlinge mehr und mehr zu.

With Veteran pay comes veteran problems. And the Guild, more often than not, is the issue. He’s become an effective enforcer of the law, but unfortunately, crime is growing a lot more complicated. Someone is slaving artificial beings to ships, running contraband across the stars in a fatal practice that marries murder, theft, and kidnapping. Even as Mark’s crew grows, he discovers these crimes aren’t just horrific—they’re common. And he means to stop it.

Titan: The largest moon of Saturn. A deadly enigma harboring the greatest secret in the history of humankind. In the wake of the first mission, two companies with very different goals plot a return to that distant moon. Their ships are safer, their technology has improved…and they want answers. The competition triggers a new space race that will push the crews to the very edge of survival. Yet Titan does not hold all the secrets. On Earth, a startling ocean discovery reveals that whatever created the alien artifacts has been to our planet before…and it’s coming back.