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Find new and interesting Government publications about America's long exploration of space, filled with adventures that have expanded our knowledge of the universe, at the U.S. Government Printing Office. Whether you are interested in space launch vehicles, extraterrestrial research, or colorful photos taken from space telescopes and cameras, the U.S. Government sells publications just for you. Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Center for Aerospace Information, Publications and Graphics Deppartment Description: An annual publication published by NASA, featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology. Spinoff provides example of products and services developed as a direct result of the transfer of NASA technologies to the private sector. Year/Pages: 2005: 167 p.; ill.
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$27.50
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Description: Presents the history of the manned space program during the 1960's. Outlines chronologically and in detail the steps taken from the early Mercury days, through the operation tests conducted with Gemini, to the advent of Apollo. Also describes key technical, operational, and managements milestones and how key issues in each phase of the space program were resolved. Year/Pages: 2005: 171p.; ill.
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$29.50
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, , History Office, Office of External Relations Description: Memoirs by a towering Soviet/Russian figure in the history of space technology, Academician Borris Chertok. Describes his early years as an engineer and ends with the mission to Germany after the end of World War 2 when the Soviets captured Nazi missile technology and expertise. Year/Pages: 2005: 432 p.; ill. Price: $42.00 Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, NASA History Division Description: Presents insights on why we explore, how to balance risk and exploration, how different groups define and perceive risk differently, and the importance of exploration to a creative society. Year/Pages: 2005: 304 p.; ill. Price: $44.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of External Relations Description: Presents in chronological order the various stages NASA went through in making its initial efforts in atmospheric monitoring, specifically ozone depletion. Year/Pages: 2005: 72 p.; ill.
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$12.50
Publisher: Defense Dept., Navy, Naval Observatory, Nautical Almanac Office Description: Provides authoritative information about sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset, stars and other astronomical phenomena. Data are expressed in the scale of universal time, also known as Greenwich mean time. Year/Pages: 2005: 81 p.; ill. Price: $6.50 Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Description: Describes the experiments done on Neurolab and their results. Includes technical reports on interesting procedures or equipment developed for the flight and the perspectives of the crew members on the Neurolab Spacelab mission. Cloth. Year/Pages: 2002: 333 p.; ill.
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$70.50
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Description: Prepared especially for elementary school students. Provides an illustrated story about Echo the Bat that shows how remote sensing works. Accompanied by a set of activities available on the Internet at http://images.gsfc.nasa.gov/k-4/. Year/Pages: 2001: 24 p.; ill. Price: $8.00 [ Top ]
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