Military Space Forces: The Next 50 Years
Washington, DC: Pergamon-Brassey's Intern'l. 1989. First Edition. First Printing. 29 cm, 236, illus., appendices, source notes, index. More
Washington, DC: Pergamon-Brassey's Intern'l. 1989. First Edition. First Printing. 29 cm, 236, illus., appendices, source notes, index. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xx, 245, [7] pages. Tables. Notes. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Martin J. Collins was chief of the Archives and Oral History Section of the Department of Space History at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and codirector of the Glennan-Webb-Seamans Project for Research in Space History. Sylvia Fries was chief historian of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1983 to 1990. After that she became director of the Office of Special Studies in the Office of the NASA Administrator. Among the contributors are: William E. Burrows, Richard P. Hallion, James R. Hansen, and Jeffrey Richelson. More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1993. Quarto, 267, wraps, footnotes, corners of a few pages bent, coves soiled, rear cover creased. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974. Second printing. Hardcover. 483, illus., appendix, Some wear, tears and soiling. Ink notation on fep. DJ flap price clipped. Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh. More
Farrar Straus Giroux, 1994. 2nd Sunburst Edition, updated edition. Presumed 1st printing. Trade paperback. [10], 162 pages. Illustrations. Some sticker residue on cover. Some wear and soiling to cover. Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) (Major General, USAF, Ret.), is an American former astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew into space twice. His first spaceflight was on Gemini 10, in which he and Command Pilot John Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and Collins undertook two extra-vehicular activities (EVAs). His second spaceflight was as the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11. While he stayed in orbit around the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left in the Lunar Module to make the first manned landing on its surface. He is one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon. Collins was the fourth person, and third American, to perform an EVA; and is the first person to have performed more than one EVA. He attended the United States Military Academy, and from there he joined the United States Air Force. He was accepted to the U.S. Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in 1960. He was accepted for the third group. After retiring from NASA in 1970 he took a job in the Department of State as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. A year later he became the director of the National Air and Space Museum. He held this position until 1978 when he stepped down to become undersecretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1980 he took the job as Vice President of LTV Aerospace. More
New York: Grove Press, 1988. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 288, illus., glossary, appendix, index, lib stamps ins rear flylf & to fore-edge crossed out in marker, wrinkling to several pages (no pages are stuck together), DJ in plastic sleeve, sticker inside plastic sleeve over front DJ flap, library stickers on plastic sleeve ( some crossed out in marker). The author was an astronaut; in this book, he covers the early days of Project Mercury to the lunar landings. He also discusses the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. More
New York: Grove Press, 1988. First Edition. First Printing. 288, illus., glossary, appendix, index, slight wear to DJ edges, large NASA sticker inside front flyleaf. More
New York: Grove Press, 1988. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xi, [1], 288, [4] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Acronyms and key terms. Glossary. Spaceflight Log. Index. Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) (major general, USAF) is an American former astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew into space twice. His first spaceflight was on Gemini 10, in which he and Command Pilot John Young performed orbital rendezvous with two different spacecraft and undertook two extravehicular activities (EVAs, also known as spacewalks). His second spaceflight was as the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11. While he stayed in orbit around the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left in the Apollo Lunar Module to make the first crewed landing on its surface. He is one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon. Collins was the seventeenth American in space, the fourth person (and third American) to perform a spacewalk, and the first person to have performed more than one spacewalk. More
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. First Edition. First Printing. 307, color illus., index, library stamps to text and fore-edge, pp. 163-170 quite wrinkled, lib stickers on DJ crossed out in marker library call number on DJ spine, DJ in plastic sleeve. Collins, formerly an astronaut, argues that the most effective way to revitalize space exploration and NASA is to focus planning, research, and development on onemajor goal: human exploration of Mars, with the long-range objective of establishing a permanent colony on the planet. More
Place_Pub: New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. First Edition. First Printing. 307, color illus., index. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1971. Oversized, 159, profusely illus., color frontis, maps, tables, charts, bibliography, appendix, boards slightly scuffed & some edge wear. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1971. Quarto, 170, illus. (some color), tables, chapter references, appendices, rear board slightly scuffed. More
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2011. Dover Edition [stated]. Trade paperback. xiii, [1], 449, [1] pages. Kennedy Space Center Special Interest Tour ticket attached at page viii. Illustrated cover. Color illustrations inside the front and back covers. Introduction to the Dover Edition by Paul Dickson. Footnotes. Illustrations. Appendices. Dr. Benson earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas (Austin). His scholarship has focused on science, technology, and space exploration. Lt. Col. Benson earned his Ph.D. from the University of Florida. After completing work on this volume, he was recalled to active duty with the U.S. Army. The official record of America's first space station, this thorough and highly readable book from the NASA History Series chronicles the Skylab program from its planning during the 1960s through its 1973 launch and its conclusion in 1979. Its definitive accounts examine the project's goals and achievements as well as the use of discoveries and technology developed during the Apollo program. This three-part survey begins with the background against which post-Apollo planning unfolded, amid congressional doubt, public opposition, and internal uncertainty at NASA. The second part recounts the modification of existing spacecraft, the manufacture and testing of new modules, changes in astronaut training, and other alterations all requiring a high degree of coordination between NASA headquarters, field centers, experimenters, and contractors. The final part reviews the three missions and assesses their results. Extensive appendixes provide convenient summaries of the missions and experiments in addition to profiles of the participants. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1989. 415, wraps, illus., color frontis illus., charts, footnotes, source notes, appendix, bibliographic essay, index. More
Paris, France: International Academy of Astronautics, 2010. First edition. First edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 135, p. Includes illustrations. Most illustrations in color. More
New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1965. First Printing. 5-1/4" x 7-1/2", 75, wraps, illus., index, pages have darkened, discoloration inside covers, covers worn and creased: small tears, some soiling Scarce book for young readers. More
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, c1987. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 270, illus., ink stamp on front flyleaf. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 210 pages. Illustrations (some color). Ex-library with usual library markings. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. was a writer who reached beyond the planet to pioneer reporting on space travel. Mr. Cooper, a descendant James Fenimore Cooper, was the author of eight books and a longtime writer for The New Yorker. Mr. Cooper celebrated scientific achievement, addressed scientific failure and demystified what was behind both. Mr. Cooper had hoped to join The New Yorker since he was a teenager. After college, at an editor’s invitation, he submitted two Talk of the Town articles — one on a cockroach hunter, the other on a meteorologist ensconced in Belvedere Castle in Central Park — but received no response. He then spent what he remembered as a few miserable months at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Finally, he was summoned by the editor, William Shawn, who was so impressed with his two articles that he simply asked, “When can you start?” He wrote for the magazine for 35 years. He also contributed to The New York Times Book Review and other publications. More
New York: Golden Press, 1961. Special Edition. Pre-flight printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 95, [3] pages plus covers. Wraps. Profusely illustrated (some in color). Maps. Figures. Covers somewhat soiled and some edge wear, sticker scuff on front cover. The cover states: "The Only First-Hand Story of America's Man-in-Space Project." This is by the seven astronauts of Project Mercury with Loudon Wainwright a staff writer for Life Magazine. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1972. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 586, wraps, 3-vol. set, illus., footnotes, chronology, references, bibliography, index, usual library markings. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1969. Quarto, 18, wraps, illus., figures, slight wear to cover edges. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Booklet. [6], 26 pages. Wraps. illustrations. Diagram. Covers somewhat worn and soiled. Some page discoloration and soiling. Pencil erasure residue on title page. William Roger Corliss (August 28, 1926 – July 8, 2011) was an American physicist and writer who was known for his interest in collecting data regarding anomalous phenomena. Starting in 1974, Corliss published a number of works in the "Sourcebook Project". Each volume was devoted to a scientific field (archeology, astronomy, geology, et cetera) and featured articles culled almost exclusively from scientific journals. Corliss initially offered little in the way of his own opinions or editorial comments, preferring to let the articles speak for themselves. Corliss quoted all relevant parts of articles. Corliss wrote many other books and articles, notably including 13 educational books about astronomy, outer space and space travel for NASA and a similar number for the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Science Foundation. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Booklet. [6], 18 pages. Wraps. illustrations. Diagram. Covers somewhat worn and soiled. Some page discoloration and soiling. Pencil erasure residue on title page. William Roger Corliss (August 28, 1926 – July 8, 2011) was an American physicist and writer who was known for his interest in collecting data regarding anomalous phenomena. Starting in 1974, Corliss published a number of works in the "Sourcebook Project". Each volume was devoted to a scientific field (archeology, astronomy, geology, et cetera) and featured articles culled almost exclusively from scientific journals. Corliss initially offered little in the way of his own opinions or editorial comments, preferring to let the articles speak for themselves. Corliss quoted all relevant parts of articles. Corliss wrote many other books and articles, notably including 13 educational books about astronomy, outer space and space travel for NASA and a similar number for the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Science Foundation. More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1969. presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 26 cm, [2], 18 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. This is one of the America in Space: The First Decade series. William Roger Corliss (August 28, 1926 – July 8, 2011) was an American physicist and writer who was known for his interest in collecting data regarding anomalous phenomena. Arthur C. Clarke described him as "Fort's latter-day - and much more scientific - successor." Starting in 1974, Corliss published a number of works in the "Sourcebook Project". Each volume was devoted to a scientific field (archeology, astronomy, geology, et cetera) and featured articles culled almost exclusively from scientific journals. Corliss was inspired by Charles Fort, who earlier also collected reports of unusual phenomena. Many of the articles in Corliss's works were mentioned in Charles Fort's works. Unlike Fort, known for his idiosyncratic writing style, Corliss initially offered little in the way of his own opinions or editorial comments, preferring to let the articles speak for themselves. Corliss wrote many other books and articles, notably including 13 educational books about astronomy, outer space and space travel for NASA and a similar number for the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Science Foundation. More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985. First Paperbk Printing. 248, wraps, illus., index, pencil erasure on half-title, small sticker scuff at rear cover. More