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From the dustjacket: "How are NASA's robotic spacecraft tracked and controlled? Although the public generally focuses its attention on the remarkable scientific achievements of these spacecraft, the Deep Space Network (DSN) is less heralded. The DSN, however, 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 through (and in some cases beyond) the solar system, and to download useful scientific data. Douglas Mudgway tells the compelling story of how this complex technological and international system was built and improved over four decades. From its humble beginnings in the late 1950s, the DSN has grown with the inception of NASA in 1958 and planetary robotic missions managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The DSN has expanded from a single rudimentary tracking station to a worldwide network of huge dish antennas; receiving, transmitting, and data-processing facilities and satellite links; and hundreds of highly trained personnel operating around the clock. In addition to charting the DSN's progress through major chronological eras, Mudgway emphasizes the high technology inherent in this complex system. He discusses how DSN managers took advantage of the general advent of digital technology in the 1980s and of specialized timekeeping devices such as atomic clocks and hydrogen masers. He describes how the DSN's data download capability increased from 1958 to 1997. The DSN has enabled scientific data from the instruments aboard robotic spacecraft to be used to make significant discoveries. DSN managers have made its resources available to radio and radar astronomers. Using DSN facilities, scientists have been able to determine the precise distance of an Astronomical Unit (the distance between Earth and the Sun), as well as the electron density of the solar corona. Planetary scientists have also used the DSN to assess such variables as the temperature, density, and atmospheric density of Venus. Beyond the technology and science, Mudgway looks at the human factor behind the DSN, analyzing the achievements of key leaders such as Eberhardt Rechtin and Nicholas Renzetti. He also tells stories of how the DSN became a truly international network, with major facilities in Spain and Australia. Now over forty years old, the remarkably reliable DSN has quietly but essentially functioned as a literal guide for a variety of evolving, unique planetary spacecraft. Beyond simply making these robotic spacecraft journeys possible, its technology and science have contributed significantly to broader technical communities and the public. At a time of increasing international cooperation in space, the DSN is a special historic model. Therefore, it is appropriate that the Deep Space Network be recognized at this time for its contribution to this remarkable record of progress in our knowledge of the solar system. Uplink-Downlink presents this record clearly for the attention of specialists, policymakers, students, and general readers. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Douglas J. Mudgway came to the United States in 1962 to work
at
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, following a
fifteen-year career in the field of guided missile research in
Australia. At JPL, he was
involved in the development and operation of the Deep Space Network
from
its infancy in the early 1960s to its maturity in the early 1990s. He
was
the recipient of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1977) for his
contribution
to the Viking mission to Mars, and the Exceptional Achievement Medal
(1991)
for his contribution to the Galileo mission to Jupiter. A mathematics
and
science major from the University of New Zealand (1945), Mr. Mudgway
retired
in 1991 and lives in the wine country of Northern California."
The purpose of this work is to provide researchers, students, and space enthusiasts with a comprehensive reference for facts about Project Apollo, America’s effort to put humans on the Moon. The author discovered that, despite the number of excellent books that focused on the drama of events that highlighted Apollo, there were none that focused on the drama of the numbers. In order to minimize errors and conflicts, the author sought original documents to create this work. Some documents were previously unavailable to the public, and were released only following the author’s petitions through the Freedom of Information Act. The book is separated into two parts. The first part
contains
narratives for the Apollo 1 fire and the 11 flown Apollo missions.
Included after each
narrative is a series of data tables, followed by a comprehensive
timeline
of events from just before liftoff to just after crew and spacecraft
recovery.
The second part contains more than 50 tables. These tables organize
much
of the data from the narratives in one place so they can be compared
among
all missions. The tables offer additional data as well. The reader can
select
a specific mission narrative or specific data table by consulting the
Table
of Contents. Illustrated. Index.
This history of NASA Ames Research Center includes a
Foreword
by
Henry McDonald. Topics covered are: Chapter 1: A Culture of Research
Excellence: Ames in the NACA; Chapter 2: The Transition into NASA: from
a Laboratory to
a Research Center; Chapter 3: Diverse Challenges Explored With Unified
Spirit:
Ames in the 1970s and 1980s; Chapter 4: A Center Reborn: Ames in the
1990s;
Appendix: Joseph Sweetman Ames; Acknowledgments, Bibliographical Essay,
Endnotes;
Photo Index and Index. This book is a history of the NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, one of NASA’s 10 Field Centers which was built in the enormously exciting days of the Apollo program for a specific purpose—to static fire and certify the huge Saturn V boosters used in the Apollo lunar landing program. With an eye to the future, the facility was planned as a national testing site for large propulsion systems that NASA might use for 25 to 50 years. This book provides the reader with a study of the Apollo era when NASA engineers, technicians, and managers were engaged in that fantastic mission. It captures a sense of the excitement and determination of the NASA team as it prepared for those historic journeys to our nearest planetary neighbor. This book, however, also illustrates the evolution of the south Mississippi facility beyond the Apollo era. The book was written by an award-winning author, Mack R.
Herring,
a 33-year veteran of NASA. Mr. Herring spent most of his career as a
public affairs officer, historian, and writer for NASA at the Stennis
Space Center. He spent 6 years gathering information and writing this
history. The reader will find this history well documented with
interviews, letters, and a variety
of other sources. EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program Exploring the Unknown is an essential reference for anyone interested in the history of the U.S. civil space program and its development over time. Since first appearing, Exploring the Unknown has received much favorable attention. It has been made available to the intergovernmental working group developing space policy for the Clinton administration as an aid in understanding the process that led to type of space program currently being carried out in the United States. Additionally, in an internet posting Thomas J. Frieling, Bainbridge College, kindly wrote of it as “indispensable for anyone interested in the space program and space policy.”
The first of a six volume series, this book deals with organizational developments and prints more than 150 key documents, many available here for the first time. The four major sections of this book—“Prelude to the Space Age,” “The Origins of U.S. Space Policy: Eisenhower, Open Skies, and Freedom of Space,” “The Evolution of U.S. Space Policy and Plans,” and “Organizing for Exploration”—include essays and critical documents in the history of spaceflight. Each document is introduced by a headnote providing context, bibliographical details, and background information necessary to understand the document.
The second of a six volume series, this book contains more than 150 key documents, many available here for the first time. The three major sections of this book—“The Development of International Space Cooperation,” “Invitation to Struggle: The History of Civilian-Military Relations in Space,” and “The NASA-Industry-University Nexus: A Critical Alliance in the Development of Space Exploration,”—include essays and critical documents in the history of spaceflight. Each document is introduced by a headnote providing context, bibliographical details, and background information necessary to understand the document. The second volume comes on the heels of much
praise for the
first
volume of Exploring the Unknown. It should prove useful for
space
policy analysts who seek to learn about prior NASA cooperation with
Russia
and other international and domestic partners. The third of a six volume series, this book contains 110 key documents, many available here for the first time. The three major sections of this book—“History of Satellite Communications,” “Observing the Earth from Space,” and “Space as an Investment in Economic Growth,”—include essays and critical documents in the history of space flight. Each document is introduced by a headnote providing context, bibliographical details, and background information necessary to understand the document. This third volume comes on the heels of much
praise for the
first
two volumes of Exploring the Unknown. It should prove a
valuable source
both for students and scholars. Additional volumes will appear later
that
trace the evolution of space transportation, human space flight, and
space
science. The fourth of a six volume series, this book contains 134 key documents, many available here for the first time. The four major sections of this book—“Access to Space: Steps to the Saturn V,” “Developing the Space Shuttle,” “Commercializing Space Transportation,” and “Exploring Future Space Transportation Possibilities,”—include essays and critical documents in the history of space flight. Each document is introduced by a headnote providing context, bibliographical details, and background information necessary to understand the document. This fourth volume comes on the heels of
much praise for the
first
three volumes of Exploring the Unknown. It should prove a
valuable
source both for students and scholars. Additional volumes will appear
later
that trace the evolution of space science and the programmatic
developments
in the history of the U.S. exploration of space.
The fifth of a six volume series, this book focuses on the exploration of space by robotic spacecraft that have significantly altered our perspectives on the cosmos, prints 121 key documents on the history of space science, planetary exploration of the solar system, and space astrophysics, edited for ease of use. Many of these documents are published here for the first time. Each is introduced by a headnote providing context, bibliographical information, and background information necessary to understanding the document. They are organized into three major sections, each beginning with an introductory essay that keys the documents to major events in the history of the space program. This documentary history is an essential reference for anyone interested in the history of the U.S. civil space program and its development over time. It should prove a valuable source both for students and scholars. Additional volumes will appear later that trace relations with other organizations and the programmatic developments in the history of the U.S. exploration of space.
This book continues the series of three volumes already published, serving as a reference tool of largely statistical information that will document the resources allocated to NASA in the 1969-1978 era. Included is detailed information on NASA facilities, personnel, finances, procurement, and installations. Photographs, figures, and charts are used to document the development of the agency during the decade after Project Apollo.
This fifth volume in the series is a
continuation of earlier
efforts.
This fundamental reference tool presents information, much of it
statistical,
documenting the development of four critical areas of NASA
responsibility
for the period between 1979 and 1988. This volume includes detailed
information
on the development and operation of launch systems, space
transportation,
human spaceflight, and space science during this era. As such, it
contains
in-depth statistical information about the early Space Shuttle program
through
the return to flight in 1988, the early efforts to build a space
station,
the development of new launch systems, and the launching of seventeen
space science missions.
This work is a continuation of the five previous volumes in the data book set that have covered the two previous decades of NASA’s existence. A fundamental reference tool, this new work presents information, much of it statistical, documenting the development of critical areas of NASA responsibility for the period between 1979 and 1988.
This book details the story of the historic digital
fly-by-wire
system that operated without mechanical back-up on the F-8C aircraft.
This
successful project gave industry the confidence to develop similar
digital
systems on a number of military and commercial airplanes such as the
F-16,
F-18, and the Boeing 777. The F-8 digital fly-by-wire program
contributed
a solid base of techniques, as well as strong evidence that such a
digital
system could overcome real faults and continue to fly successfully.
Illustrations, and index.
This beautifully illustrated history of
NASA’s Goddard Space
Flight
Center is a useful book for those interested in how space science and
Earth
science gets done at this Field Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. It
covers
Goddard’s origins at the Naval Research Laboratory and other facilities
at
the beginning of the space age. The Goddard Space Flight Center was
NASA’s
first Field Center devoted to space exploration. Since its start in
1959,
it has been involved in the design, construction, and operations of
over
200 Earth-orbiting spacecraft. Goddard has also grown from humble
beginnings
to a sprawling campus employing 11,000 people. Managers at the Goddard
Space
Flight Center are also responsible organizationally for the launches
and
other activities at the Wallops Flight Facility. Dreams, Hopes,
Realities
is recommended reading for students, scholars, journalists, and all who
are
interested in spaceflight history. Illustrations, appendices, and index.
On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body. Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with less than 30 seconds of fuel remaining), Neil A. Armstrong took the “Small Step” into our greater future when he stepped off the lunar module, named “Eagle,” onto the surface of the Moon, from which he could look up and see Earth in the heavens as no one had done before him. joined shortly by “Buzz” Aldrin, the two astronauts spent 21 hours on the lunar surface and returned 46 pounds of lunar rocks. After their historic walks on the Moon, they successfully docked with the command module “Columbia,” where Michael Collins had been patiently orbiting the cold but no longer lifeless Moon. Then they returned to Earth, “splashing” down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969. They had accomplished the seemingly impossible challenge of John F. Kennedy to land an American on the Moon “before this decade is out” and the world would never be the same again. This significant new collection of oral histories concerning the Apollo program recounts the unique 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. It includes oral recollections from James Webb, the NASA administrator whose political connections in Washington extended back to the New Deal of the 1930s; rocket pioneer and architect of the Saturn V Wernher von Braun; the resolute Robert Gilruth, director of the Houston center; the engineering iconoclast Maxime Faget whose designs of spacecraft made flights to the Moon possible; and astronauts such as Harrison Schmitt and Charles Duke. These reflections on this unique time, place, and accomplishment are must reading for any student of space history and Project Apollo. Annotated Project Apollo bibliography and index.
We are also pleased to announce the publication of Beyond Mach 2: The D-558 Skyrocket Program, edited by J.D. Hunley. The Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak and D-558-2 Skyrocket were, with the Bell XS-1, the earliest transonic research aircraft built in this country to gather data so the aviation community could understand what was happening when aircraft approached the speed of sound (roughly 741 miles per hour at sea level in dry air at 32 degrees Fahrenheit). The number 1 Skyrocket first flew on 4 February 1948. In 1998, the Dryden Flight Research Center held a symposium in honor of the event. This book presents comments from the symposium. The major participants includes Stanley P. Butchart, Robert A. Champine, A. Scott Crossfield, John Griffith, Richard P. Hallion, and Edward T. Schneider. In addition, it includes 48 documents from the National Archives that complement the comments of the symposia participants. Illustrations, and index.
The vision of a winged space plane, what we
now know and
cherish
as our Space Shuttle, has existed as a dream since the first whimsical
conception
of a space program. In The Space Shuttle Decision, T. A.
Heppenheimer historically takes on the first realization of that dream.
This significant new study of the decision to build the Space Shuttle
explains the Shuttle’s origins and early development. In addition to
internal NASA discussions, this
work details the debates in the late 1960s and early 1970s among
policymakers in Congress, the Air Force, and the Office of Management
and Budget over the
roles and technical designs of the Shuttle. In the creation of this
unique
vehicle, the first in the world with the dual ability to deliver and
return
large payloads to and from orbit, at times goals clearly conflicted.
Heppenheimer
studies these disagreements and explains not only how the Shuttle came
into
being from under this contention, but also how politics can interact
with
science, technology, national security, and economics in national
government.
Illustrations, and index.
Within a short time of the first flight of the Wright brothers in 1903, the United States government recognized the importance of fostering development in the new and critical field of aeronautics. NASA’s predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), was chartered by Congress in 1915 specifically “to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution.” This became an enormously important government research and development (R&D) activity for the next half century, materially enhancing the development of aerospace technology in America. The results of the NACA’s research appeared in more than 16,000 research reports of one type or another, and many are still being used today. Since the creation of NASA in 1958, this critical aerospace R&D function has continued. From Engineering Science to Big Science consists of essays on individual aerospace R&D projects completed throughout the history of both the NACA and NASA, unified by their having the coveted Robert J. Collier Trophy, established in 1911 and awarded annually by the National Aeronautic Association for great achievement in aeronautics in America, especially recognizing advances in the performance, efficiency, or safety of flying vehicles. Nineteen such awards are profiled in this collection, beginning with the award for research leading to the NACA Engine Cowling in 1929 and most recently in 1993 for the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. A classic history of the first American
human space flight
effort,
Project Mercury, this book was first published in 1966 and is still
much
in demand. In addition to providing a policy and institutional history
of
this major NASA mission, This New Ocean presents a broad
chronological
outline of technological achievements at the center of the effort, the
scientific
studies and results of the flights, and the human drama of the
astronauts,
ground controllers, and government and industry officials who saw it
through
to completion between 1961 and 1963. This New Ocean is an
exceptional
work that informs and entertains readers seeking to understand the
development
of space flight in America, as well as those interested in the
development
of modern technology.
This thesis focuses on the political, administrative, and social history aspects of the Wallops Station base from 1957 to 1966. This period began with the launch of the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1, continued through the creation of NASA, and culminated at the height of the Project Apollo escalation. A fast-paced era, it also includes the second of the three most important periods in Wallops history to date. The thesis is arranged in five chapters,
with the first
serving
to provide background information on the base, relate events leading up
to
the creation on NASA, and introduce most of the themes that run through
the
body of the work. Chapter 2 discusses the founding of NASA, the
subsequent
expansion of Wallops, and the organization of the base as an
independent
administrative entity. Chapter 3 provides a look at Wallops’
involvement
with the U.S. piloted space flight effort. This involvement, heavy
during
Project Mercury, declined throughout the period until almost nil during
Project
Apollo. The staff’s reaction to the novelty of press coverage and
public
interest in its operations, a side effect of the piloted programs, is
also
examined. Chapter 4 traces the course of space science research at
Wallops
by discussing not only programs and facilities located at the Virginia
base,
but also those operations that occurred off-range at various locations.
Wallops’ role in NASA’s international cooperative efforts is also
examined. The final
chapter explores how the period of relative stability at Wallops
through
the following decade, extended from changes (and non-changes) that
occurred
during the transition era. The roles of Wallops’ various customers are
summarized,
as is the role of the Station within both the local environment and
within
NASA. Appendix, bibliography and index.
October 1995 marked the fiftieth anniversary of Arthur C. Clarke’s famous article in Wireless World proposing the use of satellites placed in geosynchronous orbit for worldwide communications. The article proved prophetic, for it heralded the modem era of telecommunications. Beginning in the early 1960s a series of satellites went into Earth orbit; collectively they transformed the latter twentieth century, creating a global village of instantaneous communications. This book describes the first attempts to go
beyond the
ionosphere,
including both the earliest uses of the Moon as a passive, natural
relay
satellite and Project Echo, the massive inflated satellite off which
Earth
stations bounced radio signals, as well as contemporary communications
via active-repeater artificial moons in orbit about the Earth. It
collects papers,
with some additions, originally presented during an international
symposium
held in Washington, D.C., in 1995. Contributions from historians and
other
scholars from throughout the world present a stimulating analysis of
one
of the most important global technologies at work today, and how it
originated
and evolved.
This volume adds another dimension to the existing literature about the history of the Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), in that it is the first book to provide an overview of the entire 50 years of the Center’s history from several perspectives. Chapter topics include: (1) A Place for Discovery; (2) The Right Stuff; (3) Higher, Faster; (4) Improving Efficiency, Maneuverability & Systems; (5) Supporting National Efforts; (6) Future Directions. Also included are, Chapter Notes, Bibliographic Essay, Glossary of Acronyms, Appendix: Concepts and Innovations, Photo Credits, Acknowledgements and Index.
To See the Unseen: A History of Planetary Radar Astronomy is an indispensable study of a little-known but important field in space science. The past 50 years have brought forward a unique capability to conduct research and expand scientific knowledge of the Solar System through the use of radar to conduct planetary astronomy. This technology involves the aiming of a carefully controlled radio signal at a planet (or some other Solar System target, such as a planetary satellite, asteroid, or a ring system), detecting its echo, and analyzing the information that the echo carries. Andrew J. Butrica has written a comprehensive and illuminating history that is quite rigorous and systematic in its methodology. To See the Unseen explores the development of the radar astronomy specialty within the context of the larger community of scientists. More than just a discussion of the development of this field, however, Butrica uses planetary radar astronomy as a vehicle for understanding larger issues relative to the planning and execution of “big science” by the Federal government. His application of the “social construction of science” and Kuhnian paradigms to planetary radar astronomy is a most welcome and sophisticated means of making sense of the field’s historical development.
In this recent book in the NASA History
Series, Dr. Robert
C.
Seamans, Jr., the NASA Associate and Deputy Administrator during most
of
the 1960s, tells a fascinating personal story of how the Apollo program
achieved
such great technological feats. Born in 1918 in rural
Massachusetts,
Robert Seamans has had an amazing career working in government and the
private sector on large technological endeavors. This book focuses on
his NASA experiences
but also covers his time as Air Force Secretary during the Vietnam
conflict,
as the first Administrator of the Energy Research and Development
Agency,
and dean of MIT’s engineering school. Index.
NASA has just released the 1995 edition of
the NASA
Pocket
Statistics. This booklet is periodically issued as a ready
reference
source containing information about the agency’s administration and
organization;
space flight activity; and procurement, funding, and manpower. As an
annual
publication, it presents information about NASA as of the end of 1994.
Tabular
data, charts, tables. This book tells the story of NASA’s Boeing
737 Transport
Systems
Research Vehicle, acquired by the Langley Research Center in 1974 to
conduct
research into advanced transport aircraft technologies. In the 20 years
that
followed, the airplane participated in more than 20 different research
projects, evolving from a research tool for a specific NASA program
into a national airborne research facility. Chapter topics include: (1)
NASA, Industry, and
Technology: The Complex Nature of Progress; (2) Addressing the New
Challenges
of Air Transportation: The TCV/ATOPS Program; (3) Revolution in the
Cockpit:
Computerization and Electronic Flight Displays; (4) A Technology
Eclipsed:
The Microwave Landing System and the Dawn of GPS; (5) “The Best That We
Can
Do”: Taming the Microburst Windshear; (6) Improving Aircraft Systems;
(7)
Improving Aircraft Operations, (8) A National Facility. Also included
is
a Conclusion, Chapter Notes, Bibliographic Essay, Illustration Credits,
Glossary
of Acronyms, 737 TSRV Specifications, 737 TSRV Flight Log,
Acknowledgements
and Index.
This is a comprehensive history of the
center that managed
Project
Apollo and other human spaceflight initiatives undertaken by NASA from
the
1960s until the present. It stresses the origins of the facility as the
Manned
Spacecraft Center and its institutional development within NASA.
Located
in Houston, Texas, in 1961, the center was renamed for former president
Lyndon
B. Johnson, resident of Texas and proponent of the Apollo lunar landing
program,
in 1973. As the home base for NASA astronauts and the site of mission
control for human spaceflight, it has experienced a dramatic history
captured in this
narrative.
In this fascinating book, part diary and
part recollection,
T.
Keith Glennan—the first administrator of NASA—relates the story of how
he
and others both inside and outside of the agency worked within the
circumstances
created by the Sputnik crisis to plan and organize a viable space
program
that ultimately put 12 men on the Moon. In the process, Glennan also
reveals a great deal about Eisenhower as a human being and a
president, about the nation’s capital at the end of the 1950s and
beginning of the 1960s, and
about individuals like Wernher von Braun, the charismatic leader whose
rocket
team designed the Saturn launch vehicles that propelled the astronauts
to
lunar orbit. Illustrated, introduction, biographical appendix, index.
Engines and Innovation appeared at the time of the 15th anniversary of the Lewis Research Center, which dates from January 23, 1941, when George W. Lewis, Director of Aeronautical Research for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics broke ground for the facility outside Cleveland, Ohio. An institutional history, it emphasizes the efforts of the center to develop technology in air and space propulsion, especially the jet engine. “[The author] succeeds admirably in a
well-written book
which
captures the essence of technology transfer in the NACA and NASA eras.”
Traces the history of the Apollo missions from planning in 1957 to 1971, emphasizing the scientific activities that took place. The author analyzes the debates between scientists and engineers over the primacy each had on various parts of the Apollo program and the trade-offs that resulted. Includes an extensive set of appendices. Illustrations, bibliographical essay, notes, index.
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“Engineer in Charge is certainly a welcome addition to the important NASA History Series. It provides a context for the technical reports and memoranda so may of us have pored over in the course of our research. For that matter, the appendixes (including a separate appendix each for personnel, budget, facilities, aircraft, and organization) are worth the price of the book.” Isis, 79:2 (1988) Illustrated, appendices, bibliographical
essay, index.
In addition to providing a policy and institutional history of this major NASA installation, Searching the Horizon presents a broad chronological outline of technological achievements at the center within the context of its operational and managerial developments. Topics discussed include: the development of fighter aircraft during World War II; the development of the blunt-body re-entry concept used in the space program; the development of a reusable thermal protection system for the Space Shuttle; and plasma studies conducted with data from the Pioneer spacecraft. Illustrated, appendices, notes, bibliographic essay, index.
ASTRONAUTICS
AND AERONAUTICS: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy: Continuing Astronautics and Aeronautics series, these are excellent reference works for those interested in aerospace history. Because they are organized chronologically, these books make it easy to look up what happened at NASA or in the aerospace field generally on a particular day during the periods covered. Also included are useful appendices including the various human and robotic spacecraft which were launched (in chronological order). Overall, this is a very useful research aid.
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History of the Deep Space Network 1957-1997
WAY
STATION
TO SPACE: A History of the John C. Stennis Space Center,
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Mack R. Herring, 1997, 502p., NASA SP-4310, Hard Cover with Dustjacket
$54.00 
Volume 1,
Organizing for Exploration. John M. Logsdon, General
Editor. Linda J. Lear, Jannelle Warren-Findley, Ray A. Williamson, and
Dwayne A. Day,
Co-Editors, 1995, 804p., NASA SP-4407, Hard Cover w/Dustjacket, $43.00.
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External Relationships. Ed., John M. Logsdon, with
Dwayne
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David H. Onkst, Stephen J. Garber, 1998, 616p., NASA SP-4407, Hard
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DREAMS, HOPES,
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First Forty Years, by Lane E. Wallace, 1999, 220p., NASA
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”BEFORE THIS DECADE
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THE SPACE
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FROM ENGINEERING
SCIENCE TO BIG SCIENCE: The NACA and NASA
Collier
Trophy Research Project Winners, edited by Pamela E. Mack,
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436p., NASA SP-4219, Hard Cover with Dustjacket, $35.00 
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WALLOPS STATION and
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Jr., 1997, 182p., NASA SP-4311, Soft Cover, $60.00 
BEYOND
THE IONOSPHERE: Fifty Years of Satellite Communication,
edited by Andrew J. Butrica, 1997, 330p., NASA SP-4217, Hard Cover with
Dustjacket, $40.00 
AIMING
AT TARGETS, by
Robert C. Seamans, Jr., 1996, 300p., NASA SP-4106,
Hard Cover $35.00 
AIRBORNE
TRAILBLAZER:Two Decades With NASA Langley’s 737 Flying Laboratory
, by Lane E.
Wallace,
1994, 198p., NASA SP-4216, Soft Cover $35.00 
THE
BIRTH OF NASA: The Diary of T. Keith Glennan,
Introduction by
Roger D. Launius, edited by J. D. Hunley, 1993, 428p., NASA SP-4105,
Hard
Cover $100.00 
ENGINES
AND INNOVATION: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion
Technology, by Virginia P. Dawson, 1991, 286p., NASA SP-4306,
Soft Cover $20.00 
SEARCHING
THE HORIZON: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940-1976,
by Elizabeth A. Muenger, 1985, 316p., NASA SP-4304, Soft Cover
$25.00