America: Too Young to Die!
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961. First Edition. 237, index, tape stains on DJ flaps, ins bds, & ins flylfs, DJ scuffed, small pieces missing at DJ spine. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961. First Edition. 237, index, tape stains on DJ flaps, ins bds, & ins flylfs, DJ scuffed, small pieces missing at DJ spine. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961. First Edition. 237, index, some wear to board and spine edges. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, History Division, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. ardcover. xiii, [1], 465, [1] pages. Illustrations (some in color). About the Authors. Acronyms and Abbreviations. NASA History Series. Index. Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age. Among the authors are: Roger D. Launius, John M. Logsdon, and Hans Mark. Steven J. Dick (born October 24, 1949, Evansville, Indiana) is an American astronomer, author, and historian of science most noted for his work in the field of astrobiology. Dick served as the Chief Historian for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 2003 to 2009 and as the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology from 2013 to 2014. Before that, he was an astronomer and historian of science at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, from 1979 to 2003. More
McLean, VA: JASON, The MITRE Corporation, 2003. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. This is a JASON study. Quarto. Various paginations (approximately 120 pages). Part I ONLY stated as ITAR Restricted. [ Part II was issued separately as an ITAR Secret document]. Wraps. Figures. Charts Tables. Appendices. This was an export controlled document when issued and this is understood to no longer apply given the available information on hypersonic aircraft research and development. Among the contributors were Freeman Dyson and Richard Garwin. This study focused on S&T issues with air-breathing propulsion identified as a primary focus. Representatives from Government, Industry, and Academia briefed the JASON team on the Hypersonic parts of the National Aerospace Initiative, hypersonic Science and Technology issues, and hypersonic programs. Hypersonic flight is flight through the atmosphere below about 90 km at speeds above Mach 5, a speed where dissociation of air begins to become significant and high heat loads exist. The first manufactured object to achieve hypersonic flight was the two-stage Bumper rocket. In February 1949, at White Sands, the rocket reached a speed of 5,150 mph, or approximately Mach 6.7. In April 1961, Russian Major Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel at hypersonic speed, during the world's first piloted orbital flight. Soon after, in May 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American and second person to achieve hypersonic flight when his capsule reentered the atmosphere at a speed above Mach 5 at the end of his suborbital flight over the Atlantic Ocean. More
New York: MGM Merchandising Corp. 1969. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 45 RPM vinyl record. Envelop is approximately 7.25 inches by 7 inches. 1 45 RPM vinyl record with recording on both sides. Designated PX-101 MGM Records. Technical Advisor was Major James C. Sparks, USAF (Ret.). The back of the record envelop is mostly an image of the plaque left on the Moon. It also includes a quotation from President Kennedy. At the bottom it reads: A Commemorative Record of The First Words Spoken By Man on the Moon! Record selected and prepared from moon to earth reports for Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. All rights reserved by MGM Merchandising Corp., 199 MGM, INC. N.Y. Hugh Malcolm Downs (February 14, 1921 – July 1, 2020) was a radio and television broadcaster, announcer; television host; news anchor; TV producer; author; game show host; and music composer. He had several successful roles on morning, prime-time, and late-night television. For years, he held the certified Guinness World Record for the most hours on commercial network television, before being surpassed by Regis Philbin. Downs was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in 1984. Downs wrote a column for Science Digest during the 1960s. He was a science consultant for Westinghouse Laboratories and the Ford Foundation and an elected member of the National Academy of Science. He served as chair of the Board of Governors of the National Space Society until 2019 and was a longtime president and chairman of the society's predecessor, the National Space Institute. The asteroid 71000 Hughdowns is named after him. More
Washington DC: National Geographic, 2020. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 383, [3] pages Illustrations. Further Reading. Index. Bookplate signed by the author on the fep. Ann Druyan (born June 13, 1949) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning American documentary producer and director specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981. Druyan served as program director of the first solar-sail deep-space mission, Cosmos 1. She is the creator, producer, and writer of the 2014 sequel, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and its sequel series, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, as well as the book of the same name. She directed episodes of both series. In the late 1970s, she became the Creative Director of NASA's Voyager Interstellar Message Project, which produced the golden discs affixed to both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft. She also published a novel, A Famous Broken Heart, in 1977, and later co-wrote several best selling non-fiction books with Sagan. More
Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1994. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 205, wraps, illus., publisher's ephemera laid in. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1995. First Edition. 23 cm, 295, illus., footnotes. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1995. First Edition. 23 cm, 295, illus., several date stamps and book store stamps inside front bd & flylves, some soiling & wear to DJ. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 23 cm, 295 pages. Illus., footnotes, some wear to DJ. Signed by the author (signature blurred). More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1995. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 23 cm, viii, 295 pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Some soiling and wear to DJ. DJ shows signs of have become damp but there is no apparent impact on book covers. Inscribed on half-title page by the author. Susan Elaine Eisenhower (born December 31, 1951) is a consultant, author, and expert on international security, space policy, energy, and relations between the Russian Federation and the United States of America. She is the daughter of John Eisenhower, and the granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower is President of the Eisenhower Group, Inc., which provides strategic counsel on political, business, and public affairs projects. She has consulted for Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies doing business in the emerging markets of the former Soviet Union and for a number of major institutions engaged in the energy field. She is also Chairman of Leadership and Public Policy Programs and Chairman Emeritus of the Eisenhower Institute, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. and in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, owned and operated by Gettysburg College. Eisenhower served as the president of the Eisenhower Institute twice, and later as Chairman. During that time, she became known for her work in the former Soviet Union and in the energy field. More
Annapolis, MD: Leeward Publications, Inc., 1979. 396, illus., chronology, bibliography, index, ink notation inside front flyleaf, small tears and chips to DJ edges. More
Washington DC: Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc., 1963. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 19, [1] pages, plus covers. Illustrations (some with color). Cover has some wear and soiling. The purpose of the professional journal was to "Foster understanding of the aerospace industry's role in insuring our national security through the design, development and production of advanced weapon systems; Foster understanding of the aerospace industry's responsibilities in the space exploration program; Foster understanding of commercial and general aviation as prime factors in domestic and international travel and trade. In this issue there is an article on NASA--the First Five years by Karl G. Harr, Jr.; an article on Why Go to the Moon: by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, an article on The Moon and Beyond by James J. Haggerty, Jr. and information on space bounty and steps to space. More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 1992. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 256 pages. Oversized book, measuring 9-1/4 inches by 11 inches. Profusely illustrated (many in color). Includes Introduction, Index, Picture Credits, Acknowledgments, and Colophon. Topics covered include Powered Flight; Coast to Coast; The Atlantic and the World; USA to Europe Nonstop; Air Transport for All; Golden Air Frontiers; Rocket Power; Jet Power; The Sound Barrier; The Jet Airliner; The Threshold of Space; To Space and Back; and The Last Great World Record. Jeffrey Ethell (1947–1997) was an American aviation author and pilot who wrote extensively on aviation and military matters. Starting at a remarkably young age, Ethell, published an extensive series of technical studies of WWII-era aircraft and eventually authored 60 books and over 1,000 magazine articles covering all aspects of aviation. He soloed at 18 and logged over 4,800 hours in over 210 different types of aircraft, including most of the various warbirds of the allied and Axis sides from WWII. His works on color photography of the World War II era brought to life an era which too many thought had only been filmed in black and white. While attending college in the 1960s, Ethell received several research grants from the National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and went on to lecture at numerous academic institutes. His co-authored study of the first American daylight attack on Berlin has often been compared to the works of Cornelius Ryan and Stephen Ambrose in presenting a balanced account of one of the most pivotal events of World War II, the first daylight deep penetration raid against the capital of Nazi Germany. More
Washington DC: United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Division. 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. vii, [3], 643, [3] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. NASA Organization Charts. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Minor edge soiling. Linda Neuman Ezell, from Fulton County, Illinois, was born in 1951. She graduated from Sangamon State University in 1974 and has also published in the field of military technology. NASA began its operations as the nation's civilian space agency in 1958 following the passage of the National Aeronautics and Space Act. It succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The new organization was charged with preserving the role of the United States "as a leader in aeronautical and space science and technology" and in its application, with expanding our knowledge of the Earth's atmosphere and space, and with exploring flight both within and outside the atmosphere. By the 1980s, NASA had established itself as an agency with considerable achievements on record. The first two volumes of this series provide a statistical summary of the first decade of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It was a pioneering decade, characterized by public and congressional support, growth, and adventure. While Volume I introduces the researcher to NASA finances, personnel, and installations, the second volume contains information on the agency's major programs and projects-the raison d'etre for the "dollars, people, and things" previously measured. More
Washington DC: United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Division. 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. v, [1], 485, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. NASA Organization Charts. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Minor edge soiling. Slightly cocked. Linda Neuman Ezell, from Fulton County, Illinois, was born in 1951. She graduated from Sangamon State University in 1974 and has also published in the field of military technology. This is Volume 3, Programs and Projects 1969-1978, of a multi-volume series providing a 20-year compilation of summary statistical and other data descriptive of NASA's programs in aeronautics and manned and unmanned spaceflight. This series is an important component of NASA published historical reference works, used by NASA personnel, managers, external researchers, and other government agencies. More
Place_Pub: New York: Norton, c1997. First Edition. Second Printing. 25 cm, 242, notes, index, DJ edges worn. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1991. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Magazine. 82 pages. Illustrations (most in color). Cover has some wear and soiling. Complimentary copy sticker on front. This is one of the issues from their 75th Anniversary year. Aviation Week & Space Technology, often abbreviated Aviation Week or AW&ST, is the flagship magazine of the Aviation Week Network. The weekly magazine is available in print and online, reporting on the aerospace, defense and aviation industries, with a core focus on aerospace technology. It has reputation for its contacts inside the United States military and industry organizations. The publication is sometimes informally called "Aviation Leak and Space Mythology" in defense circles. The magazine was first published in August 1916 and changed to its current title in January 1960. Other titles the magazine has held include Aviation & Aircraft Journal (1920–1921), Aviation (1922–1947), Aviation Week (1947–1958), Aviation Week Including Space Technology (1958–1959). More
Washington, DC: American Astronautical Soc. 1970. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 401, illus., usual library markings. An American Astronautical Society publication. More
Washington, DC: Hawthorne Publishing House, 1970. Hardcover. 296 pages. Foxing to fore-edge, DJ worn, wrinkled, & scuffed: small tears, small pieces missing. Presentation copy signed by the editor. More
Denver, CO: University of Denver, 1973. Quarto, 14, wraps in spiral binding, references, pencil underlining and notes throughout, pencil and ink notes on front cover. More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1960. 260, DJ soiled and worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Apogee Books, 2005. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 47, [1] pages and unpaginated (46 page) photo section at the back. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Robert Godwin (born 1958, England) is a British author who has written about rock music and spaceflight. Early in his career he was a rock music impresario who managed a venue in Burlington, Ontario and founded Griffin Music. Books he authored between 1987 and 2007 include: Apollo 11 The First Men on the Moon, Project Apollo The Test Program, Project Apollo Exploring the Moon, Mars, The Lunar Exploration Scrapbook, Russian Spacecraft, and Space Shuttle Fact Archive . In 2005 Godwin co-authored Saturn with Alan Lawrie. The book won the Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Best Presentation Written in 2006. In 2013 he co-authored a biography of Arthur C. Clarke with Fred Clarke, brother of Arthur. In October 2015, Godwin wrote and published The First Scientific Concept of Rockets for Space Travel, an essay in which he asserted that a Scottish Presbyterian Minister and Canadian University Principal named William Leitch was the first scientist to determine, for the correct reasons, that rockets were the best method for powering space flight. Godwin's essay was publicly endorsed by Frank H. Winter, retired Curator of Rocketry at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and by David Baker, editor of the British Interplanetary Society's magazine, Spaceflight. Leitch's proposal for rockets appeared in September 1861 in the magazine Good Words, effectively pre-dating the modern proponents of rocketry, such as Robert Hutchings Goddard and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky by more than three decades. More
London: Temple Press, [1962]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 146, illus. An early, salient, and prescient work on the militarization of space. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1996. Quarto, 137, wraps, illus., notes, key documents, index, slight wear to cover and spine edges. More