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Hubble's legacy : reflections by those who dreamed it, built it, and observed the universe with it /

Roger D. Launius, Editor ; David H. DeVorkin, Editor | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge | 2014

The development and operation of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have resulted in many rich legacies, most particularly in science and technology - but in culture as well. This book, which includes contributions from historians of science, key[...]

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Spacefarers : images of astronauts and cosmonauts in the heroic era of spaceflight /

Michael J. Neufeld, Editor | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge | 2013

"This volume had its origins in a conference held at the Headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Washington, D.C. in April 2011. 1961/1981: Key Moments in Human Spaceflight commemorated the fiftieth anniversar[...]

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Space stations : base camps to the stars

Roger D. Launius | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 2003

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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[...]

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Meteorites : a journey through space and time

Alex Bevan ; John de Laeter | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 2002

Meteorites, the fragments of space debris that survive their fall to Earth, have much to tell us. They hold the answers to the complexities of star formation and can explain the earliest events in the birth of the solar system. They also may hav[...]

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The origins of satellite communications, 1945-1965.

David J. Whalen | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | Smithsonian history of aviation and spaceflight series. | 2002

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The Smithsonian book of Mars

Joseph Boyce | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | Smithsonian library of the solar system | 2002

Boyce draws his clear explanations of Mars's atmosphere, climate, surface, and interior from the monumental findings of the different NASA missions. He closes the book with a look at the bright future for additional Mars explorationd outlines th[...]

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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[...]

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We have capture : Tom Stafford and the space race

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

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Astrobiology

Monica Grady | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 2001

Beginning with the Big Bang and formation of the universe, this richly illustrated book discusses the emergence of life on Earth and beyond. Monica Grady discusses the factors necessary for the development of microorganisms on Earth, including c[...]

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Moon lander : how we developed the Apollo Lunar Module

Thomas J. Kelly | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | Smithsonian history of aviation and spaceflight | 2001

In 1961, only a few weeks after Alan Sheperd completed the first American suborbital flight, President John F. Kennedy announced that the United States would put a man on the moon before the end of the decade. The next year, NASA awarded the rig[...]

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Asteroids : a history

Curtis Peebles | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 2000

Asteroids suggest images of a catastrophic impact with Earth, triggering infernos, tidal waves, famine, and death -but these scenarios have obscured the larger story of how asteroids have been discovered and studied. During the past two centurie[...]

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Beyond the Moon : a golden age of planetary exploration 1971 - 1978

Robert S. Kraemer | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | Smithsonian history of aviation and spaceflight series | 2000

During the 1970s Americans launched twelve robot spacecraft on paths to the far corners of the solar system. Each mission was a resounding success, yielding detailed knowledge of Earth's neighboring planets and advancing human understanding of t[...]

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Aiming for the stars : the dreamers and doers of the space age

Tom D. Crouch | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 1999

"Aiming for the stars" explores the motivations, goals, trials, and triumphs of the people who pioneered "the fearful void" of space. Tracing the idea of space exploration to the sixteenth century, Tom D. Crouch describes its emergence from the [...]

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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[...]

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Eye in the sky : the story of the Corona spy satellites

Brian Latell, Editor ; John M. Logsdon, Editor ; Dwayne A. Day, Editor | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | Smithsonian History of Aviation | 1998

During the last few years, the Central Intelligence Agency has released to the public vast quantities of once highly sensitive Cold War records and imagery. Chief among the declassified materials are more than 800 000 reconnaissance photographs [...]

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Space and the American imagination

Howard E. McCurdy | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | Smithsonian history of aviation series | 1997

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Stalin's aviation gulag : a memoir of Andrei Tupolev and the purge era

L.L. Kerber | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | Smithsonian history of aviation series | 1996

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Jupiter : the giant planet

Reta Beebe | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 1994

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U.S. space gear : outfitting the astronaut

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

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At the edge of space : the X-15 flight program

Milton O. Thompson ; Neil A. Armstrong | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 1992

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Blueprint for space : science fiction to science fact

Randy Lieberman, Editor ; Frederic Ira Ordway, Editor | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 1991

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A spacefaring nation : perspectives on American space history and policy

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

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The restless sun

Donat G. Wenzel | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | Smithsonian library of the solar system | 1989

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Envoys of mankind : a declaration of first principles for the governance of space societies /

George S. Robinson, Author ; Harold M. White, Author | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 1986

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The mystery of comets

Daniel W. E. Green ; Fred Lawrence Whipple | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | Smithsonian library of the solar system | 1985

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The first 25 years in space : proceedings of a symposium held Oct. 14, 1982 at the National Academy of Sciences, and sponsored by the Academy and the National Air and Space Museum

Allan A. Needell, Editor | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 1983

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Astronaut observations from the Apollo-Soyuz mission

Farouk El-Baz | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | Smithsonian studies in air and space | 1977

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