Author: Judy A. RumermanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780160502668
Category : Space flight
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
NASA Historical Data Book, Volume VI
Author: Judy A. RumermanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780160502668
Category : Space flight
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
NASA Historical Data Book
Author: NASA Historical Data Book: NASA launch systems, space transportation
Author: NASA Historical Data Book: NASA launch systems, space transportation, human spaceflight, and space science, 1979-1988
Author: Jane Van NimmenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
NASA Historical Data Book
Author: Jane Van NimmenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Research in NASA History
Author: Steven J. DickPublisher:
ISBN: 9780160826016
Category : Astrodynamics
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
"As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008, historians as well as scientists and engineers could look back on a record of accomplishment. Much has been written about the evolution of NASA's multifaceted programs and the people who carried them out. Yet much remains to be done, and we hope this publication will facilitate research in this important field."--Page 1
NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings: NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives
Author: Steven J. DickPublisher: U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
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 year. Over the next 50 years, NASA achieved a set of spectacular feats, ranging from advancing the well-established field of aeronautics to pioneering the new fields of Earth and space science and human spaceflight. In the midst of the geopolitical context of the Cold War, 12 Americans walked on the Moon, arriving in peace “for all mankind.” Humans saw their home planet from a new perspective, with unforgettable Apollo images of Earthrise and the “Blue Marble,” as well as the “pale blue dot” from the edge of the solar system. A flotilla of spacecraft has studied Earth, while other spacecraft have probed the depths of the solar system and the universe beyond. In the 1980s, the evolution of aeronautics gave us the first winged human spacecraft, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station stands as a symbol of human cooperation in space as well as a possible way station to the stars. With the Apollo fire and two Space Shuttle accidents, NASA has also seen the depths of tragedy. In this volume, a wide array of scholars turn a critical eye toward NASA’s first 50 years, probing an institution widely seen as the premier agency for exploration in the world, carrying on a long tradition of exploration by the United States and the human species in general. Fifty years after its founding, NASA finds itself at a crossroads that historical perspectives can only help to illuminate.
Historical Studies in the Societal Impact of Spaceflight
Author: Steven J. DickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
NASA's First A
Author: Robert G. FergusonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
NASA at 50
Author: Rebecca WrightPublisher: NASA History Division
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
These interviews capture refections from top decision-makers as the space agency was completing its first 50 years. Based on oral histories, the book offers insights from those responsible for moving NASA through a deep transition - from the end of the Space Shuttle Program, the centerpiece of human spaceflight for three decades, to the goals of the new policy known as the Vision for Space Exploration.