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Space ExplorationAir Force Role in Developing International Outer Space Law Publisher: Defense Dept., Air Force, Air University, Air Force History and Museums Program Description: Discusses the early evolution of international outer space law and the United States Air Force's contribution to it. Describes the Air Force's ad hoc approach and its efforts to have this approach adopted by the United States and the international community. Year/Pages: 2001: 146 p.; ill. Price: $4.80 Before This Decade Is Out...: Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office, Office of Policy and Plans Description: NASA SP-4223. NASA History Series. Edited by Glen E. Swanson. Recounts the history of the lunar landing program from the perspective of some of the political leaders, engineers, scientists, and astronauts who made it such a success. Includes oral recollections from James Webb, Wernher von Braun, Robert Gilruth, Maxime Faget, Harrison Schmitt and Charles Duke. Includes bibliographical references and index. L.C. card 99-23870. Item 830-I. Year/Pages: 1999: 424 p.; ill. Price: $46.00 Chronology of Space Shuttle Flights, 1981-2000 Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of Policy and Plans, NASA Headquarters Description: HHR-70. Compiled by Judy A. Rumerman with Stephen J. Garber. Presents an annotated chronology of each of the first 100 Space Shuttle Missions. Year/Pages: 2000: 34 p.; ill. Price: $5.50 Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of Policy and Plans Description: NASA SP-4407. Edited by John M. Logsdon, et al. Focuses on: the use of space for practical applications, prints of 112 key documents on the history of satellite communications, remote sensing of Earth, and space as an investment in economic growth, edited for ease of use. Year/Pages: 1998: 633 p.; ill. Price: $12.00 Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office, Office of Policy and Plans Description: NASA History Series. Edited by John M. Logsdon, et al. Focuses on the exploration of space by robotic space craft that have significantly altered our perspectives on the cosmos. Contains key documents on the history of space science, planetary exploration of the solar system, and space astrophysics. Contains bibliographical information. Year/Pages: 2001: 824 p.; ill. Price: $73.50 Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Description: NASA SP-2003-535. Edited by Jay C. Buckey, Jr., and Jerry L. Homick. Describes the experiments done on Neurolab and their results. Includes technical reports on interesting procedures or equipment developed for the flight and perspectives of the crewmembers on the Neurolab Spacelab mission. GPO ISBN: 0-16-051332-7. Year/Pages: 2002: 333 p.; ill.
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Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960-1990 Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office, Office of Policy and Plans Description: NASA SP-4313. The NASA History Series. Places NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in social, scientific, and technological context. Traces the evolution of the institution from its origins as an Army missile development organization to its status in 1990 as one of the most diversified of NASA's field Centers. L.C. card 99-043539. Year/Pages: 1999: 723 p.; ill. Price: $54.00 Shuttle-MIR: The United States and Russia Share History's Highest Stage Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division Description: NASA SP-2001-4225. Presents the human side of the Shuttle-Mir story, beginning by setting the historical stage. Alternates between efforts of the team members on the ground, the missions of the American Space Shuttles to and near Mir, and the tales of the seven American astronauts who, with their Russian crewmates, endured months in Earth orbit. Includes a searchable CD-ROM which explores the Shuttle-Mir Program with more texts, photos, videos, biographies, letters home from the Mir astronauts, and oral histories that explain the day-to-day challenges faced by those working on Earth and in orbit. Year/Pages: 2001: 218 p.; ill. CD-ROM in pocket.
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$102.50
Publisher: Defense Dept., Air Force, Air University Press Description: AU-18. Prepared by Michael J. Muelo. Compiled by Richard A. Hand. Edited by Richard A. Hand, et al. Includes chapters on: space history, the evolution of space power (1945-1992); space law, policy, and doctrine; space support to the war fighters, space missions and military space systems; spacelift (launch centers and vehicles); military space strategy and evolving systems; and glossary of acronyms. Item 424-F-02. Year/Pages: 1993: 182 p.; ill.
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$25.00
Publisher: Defense Dept., Air Force, Air University Description: AU-18. Prepared by Michael J. Muolo. Edited by Richard Hand, et al. Originally written for use as a textbook in Department of Defense schools. Includes chapters on: The Space environment; Orbital mechanics; Propulsion systems; Space vehicle electrical power; Navigation, guidance, and control; Global communications; Atmospheric penetration; Directed energy systems; Building reliable spacecraft; and Bioastronautics. Five appendices cover: The Deorbiting problem; Determination of the angle between two orbiting planes; Introduction to radar; Orbital coordinate systems; and Signs and symbols. Item 422-K. Year/Pages: 1993: 392 p.; ill. Price: $44.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office Description: NASA SP 4206. NASA History Series. Study of the development of the Saturn launch vehicle for the Apollo Moon Missions. Recounts the exploits of the Saturn vehicle's operational life from orbital missions around Earth testing Apollo equipment to the Moon and back. Item 0830-I. Year/Pages: 1980: 536 p.; ill. 1996-repr.
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Publisher: Defense Dept., Air Force, History and Museums Program Description: Edited by R. Cargill Hall and Jacob Neufeld. Contains papers presented at the Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium, held at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on September 21-22, 1995. Topics addressed are: Pt. 1, The Formative Years, 1945-1961; Pt. 2, Mission Development and Exploitation Since 1961; and Pt. 3, Military Space Today and Tomorrow. Includes notes, abbreviations & acronyms, an index, and photographs. Item 422-M-01. Year/Pages: 1998: 203 p.; ill.
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$8.50
Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997 Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations Description: NASA SP 2001-4227. NASA History Series. Tells the compelling story of how the Deep Space Network (DSN) was built and improved over four decades. DSN provides the logistical backbone for scientists, engineers and technicians to know where a particular spacecraft is, to be able to send it on its proper path, and to download useful scientific data. Item 830-1. Year/Pages: 2001: 722 p.; ill. Price: $86.00 Wallops Station and the Creation of an American Space Program Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office, Office of Policy and Plans Description: NASA SP: 4311. NASA History Series. Focuses on the political, administrative, and social history aspects of Wallops Flight Facility on the East Coast of the lower Delmarva Peninsula from 1957 to 1966. Item 0830-I. Year/Pages: 1997: 181 p.; ill. Price: $12.00 [ Top ]
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