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NACA to NASA to now : the frontiers of air and space in the American century

Roger D. Launius, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2022

NACA to NASA to Now: The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century tells the story of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The NACA and NASA [...]

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The astronaut maker : how one mysterious engineer ran human spaceflight for a generation /

Michael Cassutt, Author | [S.l.] : Chicago Review Press | 2018

"One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W. S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord," "the Godfather," and "UNO" (unidentified NASA official) by those within NASA. From young pilot and wannabe astronaut to engineer[...]

Apollo in the Age of Aquarius

Neil M. Maher, Author | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press | 2017

This title shows how the celestial aspirations of NASA's Apollo space program were tethered to terrestrial concerns, from the civil rights struggle and the antiwar movement to environmentalism, feminism, and the counterculture. With its lavishly[...]

The long space age : the economic origins of space exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War /

Alexander C. MacDonald, Author | New Haven : Yale University Press | 2017

An economic historian argues that privately funded space exploration is not a new development, but a trend beginning with the astronomical observatories of the nineteenth century Over the last half-century there has been a rapid expansion in com[...]

The long space age : the economic origins of space exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War /

Alexander C. MacDonald, Author | New Haven : Yale University Press | 2017

An economic historian argues that privately funded space exploration is not a new development, but a trend beginning with the astronomical observatories of the nineteenth century Over the last half-century there has been a rapid expansion in com[...]

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The birth of NASA : the work of the space task group, america's first true space pioneers

Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2016

This title shows the work of the original NASA space pioneers - men and women who were suddenly organised in 1958 from the then National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) into the Space Task Group. A relatively small group, they developed[...]

After Apollo? : Richard Nixon and the American space program /

John M. Logsdon, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2015

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took 'one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.' The success of the Apollo 11 mission satisfied the goal that had been set by President John F. Kennedy just over eight years earlier. It also raised th[...]

Spies and shuttles : NASA's secret relationships with the DOD and CIA /

James E. David, Author | [S.l.] : University Press of Florida | 2015

Author James David tells the inside story of how NASA became a strange bedfellow to the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency, performing covert operations such as flying over sensitive areas, launching secret telecommunications[...]

Spies and shuttles : NASA's secret relationships with the DOD and CIA /

James E. David, Author | [S.l.] : University Press of Florida | 2015

Author James David tells the inside story of how NASA became a strange bedfellow to the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency, performing covert operations such as flying over sensitive areas, launching secret telecommunications[...]

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Innovation the NASA way : harnessing the power of your organization for breakthrough success /

Rod Pyle, Author | New York (United States) : McGraw-Hill Education | 2014

Space exploration may be NASA's mission, but its innovative leadership practices are founded on solid, down-to-earth methods anyone can apply, anywhere. Pyle has used the agency's unique methods for driving innovation to train leaders of Fortune[...]

NASA's first A : aeronautics from 1958 to 2008 /

Robert G. Ferguson, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2013

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NASA in the world : fifty years of international collaboration in space /

John Krige, Author ; Angelina Long Callahan, Author ; Ashok Maharaj, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2013

To touch the face of God : the sacred, the profane and the American space program, 1957-1975 /

Kendrick Oliver, Author | Baltimore (United States) : The Johns Hopkins University Press | New series in NASA history | 2013

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth..." In 1968 the world watched as Earth rose over the moonscape, televised from the orbiting Apollo 8 mission capsule. Radioing back to Houston on Christmas Eve, astronauts recited the fi[...]

Doing the impossible : George E. Mueller and the running of NASA's Human Spaceflight Program /

Arthur L. Slotkin, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

This account of one of the most important personalities in early American human spaceflight history describes for the first time how George E. Mueller, the system manager of the human spaceflight program of the 1960s, applied the SPO methodolog[...]

Integrating women into the astronaut corps : politics and logistics at NASA, 1972-2004

Amy E. Foster, Author | Baltimore (United States) : The Johns Hopkins University Press | New series in NASA history | 2011

Selecting the Mercury seven : the search for America's first astronauts

Colin Burgess | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2011

From the trench of mission control to the craters of the moon

[S.l.] : [S.l. : s.n.] | 2011

This book is a collective effort on the part of many of the NASA flight controllers who "manned" the front row of consoles in Mission Control during the preeminent days of America's Manned Spaceflight Program. These controllers were the singular[...]

NASA's first 50 years : historical perspectives

Steven J. Dick, Editor ; United States., Editor ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration., Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2010

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Trailblazing Mars : NASA's next giant leap

Pat Duggins | [S.l.] : University Press of Florida | 2010

Prologue -- Mariner sets sail -- The space race to Mars -- Reheating the leftovers of Apollo -- Viking, NASA's "gold bug" -- The twenty-year gap -- The shuttle's long good-bye -- Pioneers past and present -- The Moon, one baby step -- The new "[...]

NASA - 50 years of exploration and discovery

[S.l.] : Faircountmedia group | 2008

NASA space science vision missions

Marc S. Allen, Editor ; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics., Editor ; United States., Editor ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration., Editor | Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Progress in astronautics and aeronautics | 2008

"Read you loud and clear!" : the story of NASA'S spaceflight tracking and data network

Sunny Tsiao ; United States. ; History Office National aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2008

The survival imperative : using space to protect earth

William E. Burrows, Author | [S.l.] : Forge Books | 2006

The author takes a close-up look at the U.S. space program and explains why it should be used to protect us and the planet from a growing number of perils, including environmental crises, asteroid strikes, and terrorist threats

Florida's space coast : the impact of NASA on the Sunshine state

Faherty, William Barnaby, S.J. | [S.l.] : University Press of Florida | The Florida history and culture series | 2002

Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond

Gene Kranz | [S.l.] : Simon & Schuster | 2000

The infinite journey : eyewitness accounts of NASA and the age of space

William E. Burrows | [S.l.] : Discovery Books | 2000

In this unprecedented volume prepared in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, relive NASA's white-knuckle moments and unparalleled triumphs through the words of the men and women who carried us to the Moon and li[...]

NASA historical data book : NASA Launch systems, Space transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space science 1989-1998

Judy A. Rumerman | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2000

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Dreams, hopes, realities : NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: the first forty years

Lane E. Wallace ; History Office National aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 1999

NASA and the space industry

Lisa Joan Bromberg | Baltimore (United States) : The Johns Hopkins University Press | New series in NASA history | 1999

Few federal agencies have more extensive ties to the private sector than NASA. NASA's relationships with its many aerospace industry suppliers of rocket engines, computers, electronics, gauges, valves, O-rings, and other materials have often bee[...]

From the Earth to the moon : episodes 1 to 6

[S.l.] : HBO | 1998