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Celebrating 30 Years of the Space Shuttle Program
By: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
GPO Stock # 033-000-01355-8 ISBN: 9780160902024
NASA/NP-2012-01-838-83. Designed by Adam chen. Edited by William Wallack and George Gonsalez. Provides color photographs of every space shuttle crew and details about each mission. Includes information from STS-1 to STS-135.
When Biospheres Collide: A History of NASA's Planetary Protection Programs (Hardcover)
By: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
GPO Stock # 033-000-01337-0 ISBN: 9780160853272
NASA SP-2011-4234. This book presents the history of planetary protection by tracing the responses to the concerns on NASA's missions to the Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and many smaller bodies of our solar system. The book relates the extensive efforts put forth by NASA to plan operations and prepare space vehicles that return exemplary science without contaminating the biospheres of other worlds or our own. To protect irreplaceable environments, NASA has committed to conducting space exploration in a manner that is protective of the bodies visited, as well as of our own planet.
Walter Reed Army Medical Center Centennial: A Pictorial History, 1909-2009 (Hardcover)
By: Defense Dept., Army, Borden Institute
GPO Stock # 008-000-01045-5 ISBN: 9780160887574
Edited by John R. Pierce, et al. Foreword by Carla Hawley Bowland. Preface by Norvell Vandervall Coots. Introduction by John R. Pierce. Provides a profusely illustrated history covering the full range of Walter Reed Army Medical Center's activities in service to the Army and the Nation. Many photographs are in color. Although this printing does not say it was revised, it includes about 20 more pages than the first printing.
Freedom by the Sword: The U.S. Colored Troops, 1862-1867 (Hardcover)
By: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History
GPO Stock # 008-029-00543-3 ISBN: 9780160866968
CMH Pub 30-24. Army Historical Series. Freedom by the Sword tells the story of the Colored Troops recruitment, organization, and service. The broad focus is on every theater of the Civil War and its concentration on what black soldiers actually contributed to Union victory. Tells what they actually did as soldiers during the war. Examines the Colored Troops' formation, training, and operations during the entire span of their service, and in every theater of the war in which they served. Underscores the unique nature of their contributions bothto Union victory and to their own liberation.
Wings in Orbit: Scientific and Engineering Legacies of the Space Shuttle 1971-2010 (Hardcover)
By: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Headquarters
GPO Stock # 033-000-01347-7 ISBN: 9780160868474
Edited by Wayne Hale, et al. Provides authoritative documentation of the many accomplishments of the NASA Space Shuttle Program over the course of its 30 year history. provides accurate, authentic and easily understood accounts from NASA's best subject matter experts and external resources. captures the passion of those who devoted their energies to the Program's success for more than three decades. It focuses on their science and engineering accomplishments, the rich history of the program and the shuttle as an icon in U.S. history.
American Military History Volume 2: The United States Army in a Global Era, 1917-2010 (Hardcover)
By: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History
GPO Stock # 008-029-00525-5 ISBN: 9780160841842
CMH 30-22. Issued with a laminated hard cover that has an illustration of soldiers standing in front of American flags. Presents American military history from 1917 to the present. Includes expanded sections to include an analysis of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq up to January 2009.
Women in Congress, 1917-2006 (Clothbound)
By: House, Committee on House Administration, Office of the Clerk
GPO Stock # 052-070-07480-9 ISBN: 9780160767531
Matthew Wasniewski, Editor. Provides the most comprehensive source available on the 229 women who have served in U.S. House of Representatives and Senate from the first woman elected to Congress, Jeannette Rankin of Montana, to the members of the 109th Congress. Covers the breadth of the story of congressional women. Includes photographs. Indexed.
United States Senate Catalogue of Graphic Art
By: Senate, Commission on Art
GPO Stock # 052-071-01429-2 ISBN: 0-16-072853-3
Senate Document 109-2. Essays by Diane K. Skvarla, Donald A. Ritchie. The Senate maintains a collection of over 900 historical prints and engravings. This collection contains a rich array of 19th and early 20th century images portraying the events, people, and settings of the U.S. Senate. This book is about that collection.