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Proceedings of the X-15 First Flight 30th Anniversary Celebration

Credit for the concept of a celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of the first free flight of the X-15 rocket powered research aircraft belongs to Milton 0. Thompson, Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility...

Pursuit of Power: NASA’s Propulsion Systems Laboratory No. 1 and 2

The NASA Glenn History Office has undertaken the task of documenting many of its historic facilities. Histories of the Icing Research Tunnel, Plum Brook Reactor Facility, Rocket Engine Test Facility, and...

Picturing the Cosmos A Visual History of Early Soviet Space Endeavoк

Partnership in Space: The Mid to Late Nineties

April 12, 2011 was the 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering journey into space. To commemorate this momentous achievement, Springer-Praxis has produced a mini-series of books that reveals how...

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książeczki z serii » Biblioteczka Skrzydlatej Polski» wydawane w latach 70 i 80.

Origins of 21st-Century Space TravelBy Glen R. Asner and Stephen J. GarberA History of NASA’s Decadal Planning Team and the Vision for Space Exploration, 1999–2004

Less than one year after the Columbia Space Shuttle accident on 1 February 2003, President George W. Bush announced at NASA Headquarters that the Agency would embark on a new Vision for Space Exploration as it...

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NASA Systems Engineering HandbookSE Engineering Handbook CoverRevision 2

In 1995, the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook (NASA/SP-6105) was initially published to bring the fundamental concepts and techniques of systems engineering to the National Aeronautics and Space...

NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings. NASA’s First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives

On 29 July 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which became operational on 1 October of that...

NASA’s Contributions to Aeronautics, Volume 2

The second volume includes case studies and essays on NACA-NASA research for contributions including wind shear and lightning research, flight operations, human factors, wind tunnels, composite structures,...

NASA’s Contributions to Aeronautics Volumes 1

NASA’s contributions to aeronautics : aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, and controls / Richard P. Hallion, editor. v. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. “NASA/SP-2010-570.” 1. United...

NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA’s Senior Leadership

The 50th anniversary of NASA on 1 October 2008 found an agency in the midst of deep transition. In the closing year of the presidency of George W. Bush, only a month before the presidential election and in the...

Mach 3+: NASA/USAF YF-12 Flight Research, 1969-1979 / Самолет NASA / ВВС США YF-12.

During the 1950s. American aircraft designers emphasized configurations that flew increasingly high and fast, a trend that continued for nearly two decades. Then, during rhe 1970s, efficiency, noise reduction,...

Janes’s Space Recognition Guide

Jane’s Space Recognition Guide is the essential, most comprehensive guide to spacecraft and space exploration. It includes: Civilian and military spacecraft Shuttles and satellites Space agencies,...

How to survive in spaceТом 2

As part of our celebrations for the 50th anniversary of ESA’s mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany, we are pleased to make available the delightful ESOC history, How to Survive in Space, as a...

It’s ONLY Rocket Science: An Introduction in Plain English

«Well, it’s not rocket science, is it?» How many times have you heard people use that expression when they mean something pretty simple? There are other areas of science and technology that are...

How to survive in spaceТом 1

As part of our celebrations for the 50th anniversary of ESA’s mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany, we are pleased to make available the delightful ESOC history, How to Survive in Space, as a...

Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce

With the rise of a range of private-sector entrepreneurial firms interested in pursuing space commerce, the process whereby their efforts might be incubated, fostered, and expanded comes to the fore as an...

Historical Studies in the Societal Impact of Spaceflight

This volume presents a series of in-depth studies on the mutual interaction of space exploration and society—part of a larger need to understand the relationships between science, technology, and society....

Global Reach: A View of NASA’s International Cooperation

When the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created in 1958, its founding legislation—the National Aeronautics and Space Act—directed the new Agency to pursue cooperation “with...

F. A. Tsander and Modern Cosmonautics

Flying the Frontiers of Space

A history of American experimental aircraft and space vehicles from 1947 to the present.

Flight research : problems encountered and what they should teach US

The document by Milt Thompson that is reproduced here was an untitled rough draft found in Thompson’s papers in the Dryden Historical Reference Collection. Internal evidence suggests that it was written...

Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics

Hypersonics is the study of flight at speeds where aerodynamic heating dominates the physics of the problem. Typically this is Mach 5 and higher. Hypersonics is an engineering science with close links to...

Exploring Space

Throughout history, people have tried to understand Earth’s place in the universe and what else, if anything, is ‘out there’. This common human curiosity has led to great discoveries, from...

Essays on the History of Rocketry and Astronautics

Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties

To commemorate the momentous 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering journey into space on 12th April 2011, a series of five books — to be published annually — will explore this half...

Entwicklung des Raketenbaus und der Raumfahrt in der UdSSR

El Futuro de la Exploración del Espacio

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This collection of papers identifies a number of important policy questions that will be of rising importance as NASA transitions human spaceflight in LEO to the private sector, as well as a number of economic...

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Earth

From the Foreword by Michael Carlowicz: From its origins, NASA has studied our planet in novel ways, using ingenious tools to study physical processes at work—from beneath the crust to the edge of the...

Defining NASA The Historical Debate Over The Agency’s Mission

Описание: Most people know that NASA is the agency of the United States that pursues space activities. Though sounding simple enough, this statement can lead to pitfalls just like in moving mountains....

Crossbow and Overcast

Двадцать лет прошло со времён «Дня Д», эта книга об истории двух из самых важных секретных операций II мировой...

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. First Man in Space

Первая книга выпущенная на Западе о Юрии Гагарине. В иллюстрациях — мифонавты, в тексте ошибки. Panther Books proudly present...

Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space

The technologies for the reentry and recovery from space might change over time, but the challenge remains one of the most important and vexing in the rigorous efforts to bring spacecraft and their crews and...

Cave of the Winds

The huge Langley Full-Scale Tunnel building dominated the skyline of Langley Air Force Base for 81 years (1930–2011). The Full-Scale Tunnel was constructed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...

Book of Flight: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

The dream of flight is one of the oldest in human history. We read about it in ancient Greek mythology and visualize it through Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches of flying machines. The Book of Flight traces...

Boeing. The complete story / Боинг. История компании.

Today, Boeing is the premier aircraft builder in the US and one of the biggest aerospace constructors in the world. To the public Boeing is inextricably linked with some of the greatest names in aircraft...

Building Hitler’s Missiles

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Preliminary Science Report

NASA TM X-58173/International cooperation was the keynote of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. In the 3 y ears since the project was initiated in the U.S. — U .S .S .R. Agreement Concerning Cooperation in...

Animals in Space_From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle

Apollo 1 and the Space Shuttle Challenger:The History of NASA’s Two Most Notorious Disasters

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Apollo in PerspectiveSpaceflight Then and Now

This book takes a retrospective look at the Apollo space program and the technology that was used to land a man on the Moon. Jonathan Allday’s aims are to explain the basic physics and technology of...

Air Force Space Command — 50 Years of Space & Missles

All About History: History of NASA 2nd Edition

America’s First Rocket Company: Reaction Motors, Inc.

America’s First Rocket Company is the story of Reaction Motors, Inc. (RMI), the U.S.’s first liquid-propellant rocket company. Founded in December, 1941 following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, with...

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