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Leadership moments from NASA : achieving the impossible

Dave Williams, Author ; Elizabeth Howell, Author | [S.l.] : ECW Press | 2021

The NASA way: lessons on leadership, teamwork, and corporate culture. How does NASA take on seemingly insurmountable challenges, recover from tragedy and continue to attract the best and brightest talent? Space exploration is as much a story [...]

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The view from space : NASA's evolving struggle to understand our home planet

Richard Leshner, Author ; Thor Hogan, Author | [S.l.] : University Press of Kansas | Environment and society | 2019

In 1990, NASA began developing Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE), an initiative aimed at using satellites to study the planet's environment from space. With the Earth Observing System (EOS) as its technological cornerstone, MTPE's main goal was to [...]

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Nasa spaceflight : a history of innovation

Roger D. Launius, Editor ; Howard E. McCurdy, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2018

This book presents the first comprehensive history of innovation at NASA, bringing together experts in the field to illuminate how public-private and international partnerships have fueled new ways of exploring space since the beginning of space[...]

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Leaving orbit : notes from the last days of American spaceflight /

Margaret Lazarus Dean, Author | Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press | 2015

Leaving Orbit takes the measure of what American spaceflight has achieved while reckoning with its earlier witnesses, such as Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, and Oriana Fallaci. Along the way, Dean meets NASA workers, astronauts, and space fans, gathe[...]

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NASA's journey to Mars : pioneering next steps in space exploration

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2015

Detailed NASA outline plan for it's "Journey to Mars".

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Sharing the Shuttle with America: NASA and public engagement after Apollo

Amy Kaminski, Author | [S.l.] : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 2015

Mapping the publics and engagement modes NASA regarded as crucial to the Shuttle's legitimacy, this case study exposes the visions of public accountability and other influences -- including changing perceptions of a technology -- that can govern[...]

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Foothold in the Heavens : the seventies

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

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Autonomous and autonomic systems : with applications to NASA intelligent spacecraft operations and exploration systems

Walt Truszkowski, Author ; et al. | New York, NY : Springer | NASA monographs in systems and software engineering | 2009

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A view of NASA's international cooperation

[S.l.] : NASA | 2008

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Aeronautics and space report of the president... activities : fiscal year 2004

United States.President ; United States: National Aeronautics and Space Council ; United States: National Aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : NASA | 2006

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NASA's space safety program : a comparative assessment of its processes, strengths and weaknesses, and overall performance

Joseph N. Pelton ; Eric Novotny | [S.l.] : Space Advanced Communications Research Institute | 2006

The complete report is available online at http://www.spacesafety.org/spacesafety06.html.

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Solar system exploration : this is the solar system exploration roadmap for NASA's Science Mission Directorate

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : NASA | 2006

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Aeronautics and space report of the president... activities : fiscal year 2004

United States.President ; United States: National Aeronautics and Space Council ; United States: National Aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : NASA | 2004

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Lost in space : the fall of NASA and the dream of a new space age

Greg Klerkx | [S.l.] : Pantheon Books | 2004

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Aeronautics and space report of the president... activities : fiscal year 2003

United States.President ; United States: National Aeronautics and Space Council ; United States: National Aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : NASA | 2003

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Autonomy needs and trends in deep space exploration

Doyle, Richard J., Author ; California inst of technology pasadena jet propulsion lab., Other | [S.l.] : Ft. Belvoir : Defense Technical Information Center | 2003

The development of onboard autonomy capability is the key to a set of vastly important strategic technical challenges facing NASA: increased efficiency in the return of quality science products, reduction of mission costs, and the launching of a[...]

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Concept to reality : contributions of the NASA Langley Research Center to U.S. civil aircraft of the 1990s

Joseph R. Chambers | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2003

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Aeronautics and space report of the president... activities : fiscal year 2002

United States.President ; United States: National Aeronautics and Space Council ; United States: National Aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : NASA | 2002

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Management of major system programs and projects : handbook

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 1993

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Keeping the dream alive : managing the space station program, 1982 to 1986

Thomas J. Lewin, Author ; V.K. Narayanan, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA CR | 1990

The management is described and analyzed of the formative years of the NASA Space Station Program (1982 to 1986), beginning with the successful initiative for program approval by Administrator James M. Beggs through to the decision to bring prog[...]

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