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American moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the great space race /

Douglas Brinkley, Author | New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 2019

On the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley takes a fresh look at the American space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and the race to the moon. Just months after being ele[...]

The politics of space security : strategic restraint and the pursuit of national interests

James Clay Moltz, Author | [S.l.] : Stanford University Press | 2019

For the past sixty years, countries have conducted military and civilian activities in space, often for competitive purposes. But they have not yet fought in this environment. This book examines the international politics of the space age from 1[...]

Ronald Reagan and the space frontier

John M. Logsdon, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2018

When Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980, limits on NASA funding and the lack of direction under the Nixon and Carter administrations had left the U.S. space program at a crossroads. In contrast to his predecessors, Reagan saw outer space as human[...]

Eisenhower at the dawn of the Space Age : Sputnik, rockets, and helping hands /

Mark Shanahan, Author | Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books | 2017

"Ahead of the sixtieth anniversary of the dawn of the Space Age, this revisionist study examines the development of space policy during the Eisenhower administration. It challenges traditional scholarly assessments and argues that President Eise[...]

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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Abandoned in place : preserving America's space history /

Roger D. Launius ; Craig Covault ; Pamela Anne Melroy ; Beth Laura O'Leary ; Roland Miller, Author | Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press | 2016

Roland Miller's colour photographs document the NASA, air force, and army facilities across the US that once played a crucial role in the space race. The haunting images collected here impart artistic insight while preserving an important perio[...]

How outer space made America : geography, organization and the cosmic sublime

Daniel Sage, Author | New York : Routledge | 2016

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[...]

The interstellar age : inside the forty-year Voyager mission /

Jim Bell, Author | New York : Dutton | 2015

This title tells the story of the men and women who drove the Voyager spacecraft mission. Here, planetary scientist Jim Bell reveals what drove and continues to drive the members of this extraordinary team, including Ed Stone, Voyager 's chief s[...]

The other space race : Eisenhower and the quest for aerospace security /

Nicholas Michael Sambaluk, Author | [S.l.] : Naval Institute Press | 2015

This title presents a unique look at the early US space programme and how it both shaped and was shaped by politics during the Cold War. The well-argued, well-researched book gives much needed perspective on the Cold War's influence on space tra[...]

Societal impact of spaceflight

Steven J. Dick, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2015

This volume presents a series of in-depth studies on the mutual interaction of space exploration and society—part of a larger need to understand the relationships between science, technology, and society. After beginning with a study of public a[...]

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Societal impact of spaceflight

Steven J. Dick, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2015

This volume presents a series of in-depth studies on the mutual interaction of space exploration and society—part of a larger need to understand the relationships between science, technology, and society. After beginning with a study of public a[...]

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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Partnership in space : the mid to late nineties /

Ben Evans, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2014

This latest entry in the History of Human Space Exploration miniseries by Ben Evans continues with an in-depth look at the mid to late Nineties. Picking up where Tragedy and Triumph in Orbit: The Eighties and Early Nineties left off, the story [...]

Astronaut wives club : a true story /

Lily Koppel, Author | [S.l.] : Headline | 2013

"As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had te[...]

Eisenhower's Sputnik moment : the race for space and world prestige /

Yanek Mieczkowski, Author | [S.l.] : Cornell University Press | 2013

Manned spaceflight log II : 2006-2012

David Shayler, Author ; Michael D. Shayler, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2013

"This book, therefore, focuses upon the latest developments covering September 2006 through December 2012, a period of six years in which the main space station assembly was completed, yet another lease of life was given to Soyuz after over 40 y[...]

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[...]

The politics of space security : strategic restraint and the pursuit of national interests

James Clay Moltz | [S.l.] : Stanford Security Studies | 2011

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Another science fiction : advertising the space race 1957-1962

Megan Shaw Prelinger | [S.l.] : Blast Books | 2010

Satellites in the sky -- The human body in space -- Spacecraft: form and function -- The landscape of space -- Mid-century modern space.

Foothold in the Heavens : the seventies

Ben Evans | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2010

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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Voyager : seeking newer worlds in the third great age of discovery

Stephen J. Pyne | [S.l.] : Viking | 2010

Escaping the bonds of Earth : the fifties and the sixties

Ben Evans, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2009

Project Vanguard : the NASA history

Constance McLaughlin Green, Author ; Milton Lomask, Author | [S.l.] : Dover Publications | 2009

Vanguard: a history, this award-winning book deals with the origin, course of development, and results of the first American earth satellite project. Primarily an analysis of the scientific and technical problems in this pioneering venture in th[...]

Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight

David A. Mindell | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press | 2008

Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight

David A. Mindell | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press | 2008

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Exploring the unknown : selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program. Vol. 7, human spaceflight: projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo

John M. Logsdon, Editor ; Roger D. Launius, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2008

Les relations franco-américaines dans le domaine spatial : 1957-1975 ; actes, quatrième Rencontre de l'IFHE sur l'essor des recherches spatiales en France, Paris, France, 8-9 décembre 2005..

Institut français d'histoire de l'espace (2005; Paris), Author ; Institut francais d'histoire de l'espace, Editor | Paris : Edite | 2008

NASA - 50 years of exploration and discovery

[S.l.] : Faircountmedia group | 2008

The politics of space security : strategic restraint and the pursuit of national interests

James Clay Moltz | [S.l.] : Stanford Security Studies | 2008

In Sputnik's shadow : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America

Zuoyue Wang | [S.l.] : Rutgers University Press | 2008

American public science, 1863-1945 -- The origins of technological skepticism, 1945-1950 -- Mobilizing science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952 -- Science and the national security state under Eisenhower, 1952-1957 -- Eisenhower, Sputn[...]

Epic rivalry : the inside story of the Soviet and American space race

Von Hardesty ; Gene Eisman ; Sergei Khrushchev | [S.l.] : National Geographic Society | 2007

A history of the Kennedy Space Center

Kenneth Lipartito, Author ; Orville R. Butler, Author | [S.l.] : University Press of Florida | 2007

"This is the first comprehensive history of the Kennedy Space Center, NASA's famous launch facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Vehicle Assembly Building and launchpads dominate the flat terrain of the Cape and attract more than 1.4 million [...]

Into the black : JPL and the American space program, 1976-2004

Peter J. Westwick | New Haven : Yale University Press | 2007

Into the black : JPL and the American space program, 1976-2004

Peter J. Westwick | New Haven : Yale University Press | 2007

In the decades since the mid-1970s, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has led the quest to explore the farthest reaches of the solar system. JPL spacecraft Voyager, Magellan, Galileo, the Mars rovers, and others have brought[...]

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Mars wars : the rise and fall of the Space Exploration Initiative

Thor Hogan | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2007

Winner of the 2007 AIAA History Manuscript Award.

NASA'S scientist-astronauts

David J. Shayler ; Colin Burgess | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

Praxis manned spaceflight log 1961-2006

David Shayler, Author ; Michael D. Shayler, Author ; Tim Furniss, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

This book is a comprehensive guide to all the space missions, from Gagarin to the ISS and the latest Chinese Shenzhou missions. A chronological sequence of orbital flights includes facts on the sub-orbital and ballistics flights that are a funda[...]

In the shadow of the Moon

David Sington ; Ron Howard | [S.l.] : MK2 editions | 2007

Presents the story of NASA's Apollo program and the lunar landings by American astronauts made between 1968 and 1972. Features rare archival footage and interviews with surviving astronauts.

In the Shadow of the Moon : A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969

Francis French, Author ; Colin Burgess, Author | [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press | Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight | 2007

Tells the story of the exciting and challenging years in space flight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. This book explores the inspirations, ambitions, personalities, and experiences[...]

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Societal impact of spaceflight

Steven J. Dick, Editor ; Roger D. Launius, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2007

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U.S. human spaceflight : a record of achievement, 1961-2006

Judy A. Rumerman, Editor ; United States., Editor ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration., Editor ; History Office National aeronautics and Space Administration, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2007

This handy and richly illustrated reference work is an updating of the similarly titled Monograph 9 that was published in 1998.

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Critical issues in the history of spaceflight

Steven J. Dick ; Roger D. Launius 2006

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Go for launch : an illustrated history of Cape Canaveral

Joel W. Powell ; Art. LeBrun | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | Apogee Books space series | 2006

Defining NASA : the historical debate over the agency's mission

W.D. Kay | [S.l.] : State University of New York Press | 2005

Saturn V : the complete manufacturing and test records : plus supplemental material

Alan Lawrie ; Robert Godwin | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | Apogee Books space series | 2005

Women in space - Following Valentina

David J. Shayler ; Ian A. Moule | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2005

The story of woman in space charts the pioneering aeronautical developments of the early decades of the 20th century to the very start of human exploration, and on to the Shuttle and space station era. The authors chronicle these missions into s[...]

Exploring the unknown : selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program. Vol. 6, space and earth science

John M. Logsdon, Editor ; Roger D. Launius, Editor ; Ray A. Williamson, Editor ; Stephen J. Garber, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2004

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Apollo 9 : the NASA mission reports

Robert Godwin | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | 2002

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

We have capture : Tom Stafford and the space race

Thomas P. Stafford ; Michael Cassutt | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 2002

Exploring the unknown : selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program. Vol. 5, exploring the cosmos

Ray A. Williamson, Editor ; Roger D. Launius, Editor ; United States, Editor ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Editor ; Russell J. Acker, Editor ; History Office National aeronautics and Space Administration, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2001

"Exploring the unknown" is a multi-volume series containing a selection of key documents in the history of the U. S. civil space program. Volume V, focusing on the exploration of space by robotic spacecraft that have significantly altered our pe[...]

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Freedom 7 : the first U.S. manned space flight

Robert Godwin, Editor | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | Apogee Books space series | 2001

The worlds of Galileo : the inside story of NASA's mission to Jupiter

Michael Hanlon | [S.l.] : Constable | 2001

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[...]

Exploring the unknown : selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program. Vol. 4, accessing space

Ray A. Williamson, Editor ; Roger D. Launius, Editor ; Russell J. Acker, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 1999

"Exploring the unknown" is a multi-volume series containing a selection of key documents in the history of the U. S. civil space program. Volume IV, dealing with the question of access to space, publishes 134 key documents on the history of laun[...]

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Exploring the unknown : selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program. Vol. 3, using space

Roger D. Launius, Editor ; John M. Logsdon, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 1998

"Exploring the unknown" is a multi-volume series containing a selection of key documents in the history of the U. S. civil program. Volume III, focusing on the use of space for practical applications, prints 112 keys documents on the history of [...]

NASA and the exploration of space : with works from the NASA art collection

Roger D. Launius ; Bertram Ulrich ; John Glenn | [S.l.] : Stewart | 1998

2009 luigi napolitano book award from IAA.

NASA's origins and the dawn of the space age

David S. F. Portree ; United States. ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ; History Office National aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 1998

This book relates the origins of the space age, the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the first tentative step toward an operational capability to undertake space exploration.

Out from behind the eight-ball : a history of project Apollo

Donald C. Elder | [S.l.] : American Astronautical Society | AAS history series | 1998

U.S. human spaceflight : a record of achievement, 1961-1998

Judy A. Rumerman, Editor ; United States., Editor ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration., Editor ; History Office National aeronautics and Space Administration, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 1998

Exploring the unknown : selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program. Vol. 2, external relationships

Roger D. Launius, Editor ; Dwayne A. Day, Editor ; John M. Logsdon, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 1996

Exploring the unknown : selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program. Vol. 1, organizing for exploration

John M. Logsdon, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 1995

Organizing for the use of space : historical perspectives on a persistent issue

Roger D. Launius, Editor | [S.l.] : American Astronautical Society | AAS history series | 1995

Discovery mission operations : design handbook

[S.l.] : NASA | 1994

Flight in America : from the Wrights to the astronauts

Roger E. Bilstein | Baltimore (United States) : The Johns Hopkins University Press | 1994

NASA : a history of the U.S. civil space program

Roger D. Launius | [S.l.] : Krieger Publishing | 1994

The superpower space race : an explosive rivalry through the solar system

Robert Reeves | [S.l.] : Plenum Press | 1994

U.S. space gear : outfitting the astronaut

Lillian D. Kozloski | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 1994

Science with a vengeance : how the military created the US space sciences after World War II

David H. DeVorkin | New York, NY : Springer | 1993

America at the threshold : America's space exploration initiative

Thomas P. Stafford ; Synthesis Group (U.S.) | [S.l.] : Supt. of Docs. | 1991

The Kennedy Space Center story

NASA Public Affairs, Editor | [S.l.] : Graphic House | 1991

Presidential perspectives on space exploration : guiding metaphors from Eisenhower to Bush

Linda T. Krug | Santa Barbara, CA : Praeger | Praeger series in political communication | 1991

A spacefaring nation : perspectives on American space history and policy

Sylvia Doughty Fries, Editor ; Martin J. Collins, Editor | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 1991

Where no man has gone before : a history of Apollo lunar exploration missions

William David Compton | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 1989

The final frontier

Dale Carter | [S.l.] : Verso | 1988

Liftoff : the story of America's adventure in space

Michael Collins ; James Dean | [S.l.] : Grove Press | 1988

Reaching for the High Frontier : the American pro-space movement, 1972-84

Michael A.G. Michaud | Santa Barbara, CA : Praeger | 1986

The heavens and the earth : a political history of the space age

Walter A. McDougall | New York : Basic Books | 1985

This highly acclaimed study explores the space race from the faint beeps of Sputnik I to the heart-stopping achievements of Apollo 11. Drawing on published literature, archival sources in both the United States and Europe, interviews with key pa[...]

On Mars : exploration of the Red Planet

Edward Clinton Ezell ; Linda Neuman Ezell | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 1984

On Mars covers the Mariner, Voyager, and Viking projects. This history is largely the story of those people of Viking, how they faced and dealt, emotionally at times, with technical problems, with adversity in the form of budget and people troub[...]

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On mars : exploration of the Red Planet: 1958-1978

Edward Clinton Ezell ; Linda Neuman Ezell | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 1984

All we did was fly to the moon

Dick Lattimer | [S.l.] : Whispering Eagle Press | History-alive series | 1983

Chariots for Apollo : a history of manned lunar spacecraft

James M. Grimwood ; Loyd S. Swenson | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 1979

Chariots for Apollo : a history of manned lunar spacecraft

Brooks, Courtney, G. ; James M. Grimwood ; Loyd S. Jr. Swenson | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 1979

Chariots for Apollo has become a standard reference for all who examine the American exploration of space. The Apollo spacecraft was developed as a means of accomplishing President John F. Kennedy's 1961 commitment for the United States to reach[...]

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On the shoulders of Titans : a history of Project Gemini

Barton C. Hacker ; Charles C. Alexander | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 1977

Gemini was the intermediate manned space flight program between America's first steps into space with Mercury and the amazing and unprecedented accomplishments achieved during the manned lunar expeditions of Apollo. This book takes a detailed l[...]

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The decision to go to the Moon : Project Apollo and the national interest

John M. Logsdon | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press | 1970

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Vanguard : a History

Constance McLaughlin Green ; Milton Lomask | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 1970

Vanguard: a history, this award-winning book deals with the origin, course of development, and results of the first American earth satellite project. Primarily an analysis of the scientific and technical problems in this pioneering venture in th[...]

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The space program : down-to-earth benefits

Rockwell International | [S.l.] : Rockwell International

The Apollo spacecraft : a chronology

Ivan D. ... Ertel | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series

The chronology of the development of the Apollo spacecraft and the lunar mission provides specific documented information covering a wide range of happenings both directly and indirectly related to the program. This wealth of material should be [...]

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