Trading Cards
Washington, DC: NASA, c. 1997. 3.5" x 2.5", 5 cards, 5 color trading cards, slight wear along edges. More
Washington, DC: NASA, c. 1997. 3.5" x 2.5", 5 cards, 5 color trading cards, slight wear along edges. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. xiv, [2], 225, [3] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Tables. Appendices. Corner of front cover gone. Ex-library with the usual library markings. This reporting period was highlighted by the Apollo 11 manned lunar landing and the Apollo 12 second manned lunar landing. The two successful Moon missions fulfilled the national goal of a manned lunar landing and safe return within the decade of the sixties and convincingly demonstrated the technological competence of the Apollo program. In addition, these flights showed the value of the space program as a unifying force in international relations, for interest in the Moon landings and in the astronauts transcended national boundaries. This report addresses Manned Space Flight, Scientific Investigations in Space, Space Applications, Advanced Research and Development, The Nuclear Rocket Program, Tracking and Data Acquisition, International Affairs, University Programs, Information and Educational Programs, and Supporting activities. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1999. 11" x 8.5", 1 sheet, medium weight cardboard sheet, color illus. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1980. Quarto, 241, wraps, tables, charts, discoloration to spine and rear cover. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1975. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. [2], 26 (and 7 additional illustrations) pages. This is a Fact sheet containing information of NASA's Viking program. Contains sections on Viking; Viking Investigations, Communications, Management Responsibilities, Viking Science Teams, and Viking Questions and Answers. Illustrations. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched two spacecraft to Mars in 1975 to soft-land on the surface and test for signs of life. Even if no signs of life, extant or extinct, were found on Mars, it is crucially important to study the nature of other planets presumed to have originated at about the same time and by the same processes as Earth. In this context, finding that Mars is without life could be nearly as important as the discovery of life forms. The study of a planet--not too dissimilar from Earth--which has evolved in the absence of life would provide us with a yardstick with which to determine, for example, how the atmosphere of Earth has been influenced by the advent of biological processes. Comparative planetology will be of great value in understanding our own Earth, and in formulating measures to protect our own environment. These possibilities make the exploration of Mars the most important objective of planetary exploration for many decades to come. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009. Part of Apollo 40 years series. Photograph. Format approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Image size is approximately 6 inches by 7.25 inches. The caption reads: Walter Cronkite at the Reduced Gravity Simulator During 1 1968 visit to Langley, then-CBS News Anchorman Walter Cronkite tries out the Reduced Gravity Simulator a series of cable-supported slings designed to approximate the Moon's gravity, one-sixth that of Earth's. The reduced gravity simulate was a practical system for simulating reduced and zero-gravitational fields, such as would be encountered in space stations, for determining the effects on the self-locomotive capabilities of man when subjected to a gravitational field less than that of the Earth for a sustained period of time. One of the unknowns of space exploration was the effect of sustained weightlessness experienced by the explorers during orbital flight. In addition, the knowledge that the Moon has a reduced gravitational field equal approximately one-sixth to that of the Earth, and the knowledge that reduced gravity, as well as zero gravity or weightless conditions, for sustained periods of time would be experienced by explorers during space exploration, created a definite need for a suitable reduced gravity simulation technique for studies on Earth of mans ability to perform needed self-locomotive tasks during interplanetary exploration. More
Kennedy Space Center, FL: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1988. First Day Cover--original issue, canceled Oct. 3 1988. First Day Cover. Envelop contains a 6.25 inch by 3.25 inches card with information on Space Shuttle Discovery printed on one side. This first day cover commemorates STS-26 which was the 26th NASA Space Shuttle mission and the seventh flight of the orbiter Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 29 September 1988, and landed on 3 October. STS-26 was declared the "Return to Flight" mission, being the first mission after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster of 28 January 1986. It was the first mission since STS-9 to use the original STS numbering system, the first to have all its crew members wear pressure suits for launch and landing since STS-4, and the first mission with bailout capacity since STS-4. STS-26 was also the first U.S. space mission with an all-veteran crew since Apollo 11, with all of its crew members having flown at least one prior mission. The crew were Hauck, Covey, Lounge, Hilmers and Nelson. The envelop has a large mission logo on the left side with these five names at the perimeter. The primary payload for the STS-26 mission, a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), was successfully deployed, and 11 scheduled mid-deck scientific and technological experiments were carried out. During STS-26, Discovery became the first spacecraft to fly in space equipped with a VCU (Voice Control Unit), a computer capable of recognizing and responding to human speech. Discovery suffered damage to its thermal protection tiles in the underwing area. Post-flight analysis showed that the impact of a 12-inch long piece of insulation during ascent was the culprit. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1965. 527, wraps, index, chronology of major NASA launches, chronology of manned space flight, 1964, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Apollo Program Office, 1971. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Single sheet, printed on both sides. Format is approximately 6.5 inches by 5.5 inches, folded in half, and printed on both sides. Item has some wear and soiling. Front side has a detailed listing of events such as liftoff, Translunar Injection, Midcourse Correction, Lunar Orbit Insertion, etc. The other side continues with a listing of events but has two graphics detailing the events of Apollo 14 EVA-1 and Apollo 14 EVA-2. The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third U. S. human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. It was first conceived during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration as a three-person spacecraft to follow the one-person Project Mercury, which put the first Americans in space. Apollo was later dedicated to President Kennedy's national goal for the 1960s of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" in an address to Congress on May 25, 1961. It was the third US human spaceflight program to fly, preceded by the two-person Project Gemini conceived in 1961 to extend spaceflight capability in support of Apollo. Kennedy's goal was accomplished on the Apollo 11 mission when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their Apollo Lunar Module (LM) on July 20, 1969, and walked on the lunar surface and landed safely on Earth on July 24. Five subsequent Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last, Apollo 17, in December 1972. In these six spaceflights, twelve people walked on the Moon. Rare surviving Apollo 14 ephemera. More
Pasadena, CA: California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1980. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Quarto. 40 pages. Wraps. Profusely illustrated in color. Slight wear to cover and edges. The pictures assembled in this publication are a part of the rich and varied harvest of information returned by Voyager 1 across nearly a billion miles of interplanetary space. These images are of great beauty as well as great scientific interest, serving to remind us of the awesome and breathtaking dimensions of the solar system we inhabit. Voyager is providing intriguing new information which should help us to understand how the Earth—and possibly the universe—was formed. Already there have been surprises and puzzles that paint a completely new picture of Saturn and its neighborhood, including the discovery of three new moons, startling information about Saturn’s rings, and observation of the unexpectedly complex structure of Saturn’s atmosphere and that of its largest moon, Titan. It will take years for scientists to assimilate completely the information which is cascading down from Voyager. What more will this marvel of technology have to tell us before it departs the solar system to travel endlessly among the stars? More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1977. Quarto, 503, v.2 only, wraps, illus., maps, tables, figures, appendices, references, index, slight soiling to covers, some wear at spine. More
Washington DC: GPO, 1971. Wraps. 352 pages, wraps, quarto, illus. (a few in color), tables, charts, footnotes, chapter references, small (1/2") tear at front top hinge, slight wear and soiling to covers. More
Cambridge, MA: NASA, 1970. Quarto, 151, wraps, spiral binding, figures, tables, references, green ink underlining on a few pages, fr cover scuffed, cover edges worn. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, 2005. Draft Rev. 1. Disbound, held together with a binder clip. vi, 121 pages (single-sided). Tables. Figures (some with color). The Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, known as ESMD, at NASA Headquarters in Washington oversees the Constellation, human research, exploration technology development and lunar precursor robotic programs as well as the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Project. The Constellation Program oversees work performed at a variety of NASA centers, prime contractors and subcontractors located around the country. This work includes the Orion crew exploration vehicle, the Ares I launch vehicle, ground operations, mission operations and extravehicular activity systems. The Constellation Program (abbreviated CxP) is a canceled crewed spaceflight program developed by NASA, the space agency of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. The major goals of the program were "completion of the International Space Station" and a "return to the Moon no later than 2020" with a crewed flight to the planet Mars as the ultimate goal. The program's logo reflected the three stages of the program: the Earth (ISS), the Moon, and finally Mars—while the Mars goal also found expression in the name given to the program's booster rockets: Ares (the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Mars). The technological aims of the program included the regaining of significant astronaut experience beyond low Earth orbit and the development of technologies necessary to enable sustained human presence on other planetary bodies. More
Huntsville, AL: Marshall Space Flight Center, c. 1980. Quarto, 30, illus. (many in color), appendix, some wear to cover edges, small scratches to covers. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1968. Quarto, 2042 & 1536, 2 vols., illus., figures, tables, charts, references, appendices, index, damp stains & wrinkling p. 1700 to end v.1. More
Greenbelt, MD: NASA, 1989. Preprint Edition. Quarto, approx. 500, wraps, figures, tables, references, some soiling to covers, some wrinkling at spine. More
Greenbelt, MD: NASA, 1993. Preprint Edition. Wraps. Quarto, approx. 1, 000, 2 vols., wraps, figures, tables, references, slight soiling to covers, slight creasing to covers v.2, a few pages bent. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1973. 604, wraps, illus., figures, tables, bibliography, appendices, references, some soiling to covers & spine, small dings to spine. More
Greenbelt, MD: Goddard Space Flight Center, 1977. Quarto, approx. 175, wraps, figures, charts, references, appendices, small stain to rear cover. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1972. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 213, wraps, illus., references, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1975. First? Edition. First? Printing. 859, wraps, illus., diagrams, references, covers worn and soiled, slightly cocked, damp staining at edges. More
Greenbelt, MD: Goddard Space Flight Center, 1985. First? Edition. First? Printing. 91, wraps (stiff paper covers), illus., diagrams, bibliography, distribution letter laid in. More
Greenbelt, MD? Goddard Space Flight Center? c. 1965? Quarto, 88, wraps, illus., sources, "Space Sci" written in ink on spine, sm tears rear cover, tear at one of two staples holding rear cover. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Innovative Partnerships Program, 2005. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Format 8.5 inches by 11 inches oblong. 167, [1] pages. Wraps. Profusely illustrated (many in color). Maps, Cover slightly worn and soiled. Foreword by Administrator Michael D. Griffin. Michael Douglas Griffin (born November 1, 1949) is an American physicist and aerospace engineer. He served as Administrator of NASA, the U.S. space agency, from April 13, 2005, to January 20, 2009. As NASA Administrator Griffin oversaw such areas as the future of human spaceflight, the fate of the Hubble telescope and NASA's role in understanding climate change. In April 2009 Griffin, who has an academic background, was named eminent scholar and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Griffin had worked at NASA prior to serving as NASA Administrator, including as Associate Administrator for Exploration. When he was nominated as NASA chief, he was head of the Space Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. While he describes himself modestly as a "simple aerospace engineer from a small town", Griffin has held several high-profile political appointments. In 2007 he was included in the TIME 100, the magazine's list of the 100 most influential people. Introduction by Merle McKenzie, Acting Director, Innovative Partnerships Program. She had previously been manager of JPL's Technology Transfer and Commercialization Program. More