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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

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

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[...]

E-resource

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

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[...]

E-resource

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