Telescopes in Space
New York: Hart Publishing Company, 1970. First? Edition. First? Printing. 256, illus., tables, index, usual library markings, front DJ flap price clipped, "book sale" stamped on bottom edge. More
New York: Hart Publishing Company, 1970. First? Edition. First? Printing. 256, illus., tables, index, usual library markings, front DJ flap price clipped, "book sale" stamped on bottom edge. More
New York: Hart Publishing Company, 1970. First? Edition. First? Printing. 256, illus., tables, index, bookplate inside front flyleaf, DJ edges worn and small edge tears. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1970. Oversized, 152, profusely illus., appendix, maps, tables, glue stain inside rear board, some discoloration inside rear flyleaf. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1970. Oversized, 152, profusely illus., appendix, maps, tables, some wear to boards, some discoloration inside hinges. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxix, [1], 270, [4] pages. Illustrations (some with color). Foreword by Roger D. Launius. Acknowledgments. List of Abbreviations. Introduction. On the Shoulders of Giants: Developing the Technology. 1971: Mariner 9 Mars Orbit. 1972 and 1973: Pioneer 10 and 11 Jupiter and Saturn Flybys. 174 and 1976: Helios 1 and 2 Solar Probes. 1973: Mariner 10 Venus and Mercury Flybys. 1975: Viking 1 and 2 Mars Orbits and Landings. 1977 Voyager 1 and 2 Flybys of the Outer Planets. 1978: Pioneer Venus 1 and 2 Orbit and Probes. Epilogue: From Gloom of Night to New Light of Dawn. Appendix. Notes. References. Index. This is one of the Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series. Robert Samuel Kraemer (October 21, 1928 – August 20, 2013) was an American aerospace engineer who served as Director of Planetary Programs at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1971 to 1976. Robert Kraemer was hired by Rocketdyne where he designed rocket engines. Kraemer served as the head of Advanced Design at Rocketdyne, designing or overseeing the development of the engines that powered Jupiter, Thor, Atlas, and Saturn rockets. Kraemer joined NASA in 1967. He was appointed as manager of Advanced Planetary Programs and Technology, and immediately began plans for a Mars orbiter. Beginning in 1969, he also chaired the Outer Planets Working Group (OPWG), which met monthly to review mission plans under development to explore the outer planets, and make recommendations. In June 1970, Kraemer became the Director of Planetary Programs. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1992. First? Edition. First? Printing. 355, wraps, v.2 only, illus., diagrams, references, index, usual library markings, pp. 781-782 loose but present. More
Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Apogee Books, 2006. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. 296 pages. Cover has folded flaps back and front. Illustrations (a few in color). Glossary. Bibliography. Foreword by Edgar Mitchell, Captain, USN (Ret) Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot. This is an Aerospace Technology Working Group sponsored book. Bob Krone is a global educator, author, and consultant in Advanced Management theory and practice. He is President of the Kepler Space Institute; An Emeritus Professor of the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, U.S.A. (1975-1993); was a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Business at La Sierra University in Riverside, California, U.S.A.(1992-2007); and an Adjunct Professor for Doctoral Programs in the International Graduate School of Business at the University of South Australia (1995-present). He authored or co-authored seven books and 72 professional journal articles. More
New York: Random House, 2018. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 372, [2] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Diagram of Apollo 8. Author's Note. A Note on Sources. Index. DJ has slight edge wear and soiling. Robert A. Kurson (born April 18, 1963) is an American author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, Shadow Divers, the true story of two Americans who discover a World War II German U-boat sunk 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey. Kurson began his career as a lawyer, graduating from Harvard Law School in 1990, and practicing real estate law. Kurson's professional writing career began at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he started as a sports clerk and soon gained a full-time features writing job. In 2000, Esquire published "My Favorite Teacher," his first magazine story, which became a finalist for a National Magazine Award. He moved from the Sun-Times to Chicago magazine, then to Esquire magazine, where he was a contributing editor. His stories have appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications. In 2018 Kurson released Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man’s First Journey to the Moon. The book recounts the Apollo 8 mission. The Washington Post wrote “Rocket Men is close-to-the-bone adventure-telling on a par with Alfred Lansing’s Endurance and Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air. It’s as close to a movie as writing gets.” The book was a New York Times bestseller, was featured on The Today Show, and optioned for film and television. More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. 70, illus., reading list, index, title page torn out, library stickers on boards. Book for young readers The Hubble Space Telescope. More
Washington DC: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Special Applications, 1991. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 55 sheets, with information and images (illustrations) on one side only. Staple bound in upper right corner. This briefing was presented on June 28, 1991. Rare surviving of program briefing. A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG, RITEG) is an electrical generator that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity by the Seebeck effect. This generator has no moving parts. RTGs have been used as power sources in satellites, space probes, and unmanned remote facilities such as a series of lighthouses built by the former Soviet Union inside the Arctic Circle. RTGs are usually the most desirable power source for unmaintained situations that need a few hundred watts (or less) of power for durations too long for fuel cells, batteries, or generators to provide economically, and in places where solar cells are not practical. Safe use of RTGs requires containment of the radioisotopes long after the productive life of the unit. More
Greenbelt, MD: Goddard Space Flight Center, 1979. Quarto, 26, wraps, figures, tables, glossary, X's on front cover, some soiling to covers. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 183 pages. Illus., glossary, index, inscription on front endpaper, DJ worn, soiled, and edge tears. Signed by the author. More
Gainesville, FL: The Whispering Eagle Press, 1988. Second Printing. Wraps. 144 pages. Wraps, illus. (some in color), index, covers somewhat worn, soiled, and creased. Signed by the author. More
Hasrrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1988. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 240 pages. Illus., index, some sticker residue to DJ. Foreword by Eugene Cernan (the last man to walk on the moon). Signed by the author. More
Moffett Field, CA: Ames Research Center, c. 2001? 17, wraps, illus. (some in color), mailing label and mail stamp on rear cover. More
Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2005. 228, illus., chapter notes, sources, figures, appendices. Foreword by Dr. Ronald A. Heifetz. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xx, 313, [1] pages. Illustrations. Contents include Acknowledgments; Introduction: A False Dichotomy; The Human/Robot Debate; Human Spaceflight as Utopia; Promoting the Human Dimension; Robotic Spaceflight in Popular Culture; The New Space Race; Interstellar Flight and the Human Future in Space; Homo sapiens, Transhumanism, and the Postbiological University; An Alternative Paradigm?; and Appendix: Inadequate Words; Notes, and Index. Roger D. Launius (born May 15, 1954) is an American historian and author and a former chief historian of NASA. He retired in 2016 as Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.. Launius is a consulting historian in air and space history. He has written many books on space flight. Howard E. McCurdy is professor of public affairs in the public administration and policy department at American University. McCurdy is considered an expert on space policy and NASA. In 1998, he was selected to be the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History, a one-year fellowship at the National Air and Space Museum. McCurdy received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Washington and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xx, 313, [1] pages. Illustrations. Ink notations on fep, and on multiple pages up to about page 60. No additional in marks or notations observed in the remaining pages. Contents include Acknowledgments; Introduction: A False Dichotomy; The Human/Robot Debate; Human Spaceflight as Utopia; Promoting the Human Dimension; Robotic Spaceflight in Popular Culture; The New Space Race; Interstellar Flight and the Human Future in Space; Homo sapiens, Transhumanism, and the Postbiological University; An Alternative Paradigm?; and Appendix: Inadequate Words; Notes, and Index. Roger D. Launius (born May 15, 1954) is an American historian and author and a former chief historian of NASA. He retired in 2016 as Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.. Launius is a consulting historian in air and space history. He has written many books on space flight. Howard E. McCurdy is professor of public affairs in the public administration and policy department at American University. McCurdy is considered an expert on space policy and NASA. In 1998, he was selected to be the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History, a one-year fellowship at the National Air and Space Museum. McCurdy received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Washington and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. More
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm. xii, [2], 264, [2] pages. Notes. Works Cited. Index. David Lavery (August 27, 1949 – August 30, 2016) was a professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University who specialized in studying pop culture, especially television. From 2006 to 2008 he served as Chair in Film & Television at Brunel University in London. He authored or edited over 20 books on popular culture, including Conversations with Joss Whedon. This book is about the nature, present condition, and future of humanity, seen through the lens of our interest in space. More
Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Apogee Books, 2005. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Trade paperback with DVD at back. 328 pages and DVD at back cover. Contents include News Reference, Manufacturing and Test Records, Descriptions of instruments, facilities, testing, vehicle assembly, and flight history, glossary, and Index. Illustrations. Payload Planners Guide. Front cover has curve. Alan Lawrie is a satellite propulsion engineer who has 36 years of experience in the space industry and has published on the Saturn rockets as well as Images of Modern America: Sacramento's Moon Rockets. To achieve Kennedy's vision, NASA partnered with US industry to build the largest rocket ever produced, the Saturn V. It was designed and tested in record time and made its first flight in 1967. Less than two years later, the crew of Apollo 11 was launched on a Saturn V and watched by millions of people. Neil Armstrong made his famous giant leap for mankind, to be followed by 11 other astronauts who also walked on the moon. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 2002. First? Edition. First? Printing. 203, illus., footnotes, essay on sources, index. More
San Diego, CA: American Astronautical Soc. 1977. First? Edition. First? Printing. 322, illus., diagrams, references, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Anaheim, CA: Image Comics Published in cooperation with Malibu Comics, 1993. First Printing [Stated]. Wraps. 32 pages, plus covers. Illustrations (most in color). With Topps WildC.A.T.S. Trading Card No 6. Jim Lee (born August 11, 1964) is a Korean American comic-book artist, writer, editor, and publisher. Lee has received a Harvey Award, Inkpot Award and three Wizard Fan Awards. He entered the industry in 1987 as an artist for Marvel Comics, illustrating titles such as Alpha Flight and The Punisher War Journal, before gaining popularity on The Uncanny X-Men. X-Men #1, the 1991 spin-off series premiere that Lee penciled and co-wrote with Chris Claremont, remains the best-selling comic book of all time, according to Guinness World Records. His style was later used for the designs of X-Men: The Animated Series. In 1992, Lee and several other artists formed their own publishing company, Image Comics, to publish their creator-owned titles, with Lee publishing titles such as WildC.A.T.s and Gen¹³ through his studio WildStorm Productions. Finding that the role of publisher reduced the amount of time he was able to devote to illustration, Lee sold WildStorm in 1998 to DC Comics, where he continued to run it as a DC imprint until 2010, as well as illustrating successful titles set in DC's main fictional universe, such as the year-long "Batman: Hush" and "Superman: For Tomorrow" storylines, and books including Superman Unchained and the New 52 run of Justice League. On February 18, 2010, Lee was announced as the new Co-Publisher of DC Comics with Dan DiDio, both replacing Paul Levitz. Upon DiDio's departure from the company in February 2020, Lee became the sole Publisher of DC Comics. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1988. First? Edition. First? Printing. 430, wraps, illus., list of authors, list of attendees, covers somewhat worn/soiled, rear cover creased, mailing label on back. More
New York: Checkmark Books, an Imprint of Facts On File, Inc., 2000. Second Edition [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. [11], 317, [1] pages. Illustrations (most in color). Index. Ex-library with usual library markings. The author was a Space Mission Design Engineer with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Without using a single mathematical formula or complicated scientific jargon, this book explores the functions and roles of satellites, the forces and masses fueling rocket science, the logistics of launching a shuttle into space, the stars and planets that comprise the Milky Way, and more. More