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Bold they rise : the space shuttle early years, 1972-1986 /

David Hitt, Author ; Heather R. Smith, Author | [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press | Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight | 2014

"Bold They Rise" tells the story of the Space Shuttle through the personal experiences of the astronauts, engineers, and scientists who made it happen--in space and on the ground, from the days of research and design through the heroic accomplis[...]

Space shuttle legacy : how we did it and what we learned /

Roger D. Launius ; John Krige, Author ; James I. Craig, Author ; Ned Allen, Author | Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | 2013

For the first time in its 30-year history, the NASA Space Shuttle program is chronicled in precise detail, with a focus on the major aspects of the Space Shuttle History.

Wheels stop : the tragedies and triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986-2011 /

Rick Houston, Author | [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press | Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight | 2013

"Humanity's first reusable spacecraft and the most complex machine ever built, NASA's Space Shuttle debuted with great promise and as a dependable source of wonder and national pride. But with the Challenger catastrophe in 1986, the whole Space[...]

Toward a history of the space shuttle : an annotated bibliography, part 2 (1992-2011)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration., Issuing body | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2012

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U.S. space-launch vehicle technology : Viking to space shuttle

J. D. Hunley | [S.l.] : University Press of Florida | 2008

Final countdown : NASA and the end of the Space Shuttle Program

Pat Duggins | [S.l.] : University Press of Florida | 2007

Dyna-Soar : hypersonic strategic weapons system

Robert Godwin | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | Apogee Books space series | 2003

Development of the Space Shuttle, 1972-1981

T.A. Heppenheimer | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | History of the space shuttle | 2002

Volume 2 traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughts, program-management challenges, and political strategizing, culminating in the first launch in April 1981. The focus is on engineering cha[...]

The Space Shuttle decision, 1965-1972

T.A. Heppenheimer | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | History of the space shuttle | 2002

Heppenheimer looks back at the shuttle's technical antecedents such as the X-15 rocket plane and rocket booster technologies, and illuminates the principal personalities involved in the space shuttle decision and their motivations. He traces NAS[...]

Space Shuttle : a remarkable flying machine

London (England) : British Interplanetary Society | 2001

Flying without wings : NASA lifting bodies and the birth of the space shuttle

Milton O. Thompson ; Curtis Peebles | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 1999

Tests pilots in the dawn of the space age envisioned spaceflight as an extension of atmospheric flight. They assumed that experimental aircraft would fly progressively faster and higher until one would go into orbit and return to Earth in a conv[...]

Wings in orbit : scientific and engineering legacies of the space shuttle, 1971-2010

Wayne Hale, Editor ; Helen W. Lane, Editor ; United States, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | [2010]

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