Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1996. First? Edition. First? Printing. Approx. 120, wraps, illus. (some in color), diagrams, references. More

San Diego, CA: Univelt, Inc., 1985. First Edition. First Paperbk Printing. 177, wraps, illus., diagrams, index. More

Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Scientific and Technical Information. 1977. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Quarto, viii,[4], 164 pages. Endpaper maps. Profusely illus. (most in color). Mission Summary. Editor's Note. Index, This work was prepared by the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Leland F. Belew joined the von Braun Rocket Development Program as a Design Engineer in May 1951, working in the field of rocketry and propulsion systems. He contributed to the fast start system for large rocket propulsion engines which gave our nation the capability of placing a man on the moon. In 1958, he was appointed Manager of Engine Programs for MSFC where he was responsible for planning and directing the research, development and production of engine projects for vehicles in NASA's Apollo Manned Space Flight Program, including the Saturn V engines that took man to the moon. He was the manager of the Skylab Program at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, a program that produced the world's first space station. More

Jerusalem: Israel Program for Sci Trans, 1967. 384, wraps, illus., figures, tables, charts, bibliography, covers and spine somewhat creased and discolored along edges. More

New York, N.Y. Dutton, 2006. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xi, [1], 196 pages. Illustrations (many in color). DJ has partial plastic covering. DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge tears and chips. Oversized book, measuring 12 inches by 12 inches. Includes Foreword by Bill Nye; Preface, Part 1: The First Thing to Photograph; Part 2: With Spirit in Guesev Crater; Part 3: An Opportunity in Meridiani. Also contains Postscript; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Additional Resources; and Index. James (Jim) F. Bell III (born July 23, 1965) is a Professor of Astronomy at Arizona State University, specializing in the study of planetary geology, geochemistry and mineralogy using data obtained from telescopes and from various spacecraft missions. Dr. Bell's active research has involved the NASA Mars Pathfinder, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR), Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR), 2001 Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and the Mars Science Laboratory missions. His book Postcards from Mars includes many images taken by the Mars rovers. Dr. Bell has been an editor of the space science journal Icarus and president of The Planetary Society. He has served as the lead scientist in charge of the Panoramic camera (Pancam) color imaging system on Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Bell is an active planetary scientist and has been involved in many NASA robotic space exploration missions. As a professional scientist, he has published over 30 first-authored and 140 co-authored scientific research papers and over 400 short abstracts and conference presentations. More

New York: Avon Book Division, The Hearst Corporation, 1961. Reprint. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Mass market paperback. Pocket paperback. 126, [2] pages. Wraps. Illustrations (32 photos and diagrams). Map. Some weakness to front cover. Pages somewhat darkened. Cover edges worn and corners bent. Small tear at spine. The original title of this work was Seven into Space. Joseph Bell was a columnist for the Daily Pilot, and the Los Angeles Times before that, for more than two decades. Joe's account of the seven original Project Mercury astronauts is still highly-sought after as a seminal reference piece about the early stages of the United States Space Program. More

New York: Associated Business Pubs. 2002. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Magazine. 28 cm, 82 pages plus covers. Advertisers Index. Wraps. Illustrations (some color). Cover has slight wear and soiling. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is required by its charter to report to industry any new, commercially significant technologies developed in the course of their R&D. For more than three decades, this has been accomplished primarily through the publication of NASA Tech Briefs. NASA Tech Briefs has been a joint publishing venture of NASA and Tech Briefs Media Group, a unit of SAE International, since 1985. Today, NASA Tech Briefs’ circulation surpasses 190,000. The monthly magazine features reports of innovations developed by NASA and its industry partners/contractors. NASA Tech Briefs also contains articles on NASA spinoffs, NASA tech transfer resources, and application stories. Regular columns describe new patents, industry products, software, and literature. More

The Woodlands, TX: Pioneer Publications, Inc., 1984. Quarto, 350, profusely illus. (many in color), index, DJ scuffed and edges worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More

Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1996. Presumed First Edition. Stiff boards. Format is approximately 6 inches by 10 inches. 28 pages, counting covers. Stiff card pages. Color illustrations. Name in marker on back cover. Come along with the twins as they look to the stars and wonder what it would be like to be astronauts. The twins - Anna and Josh - visit a space museum and touch a rock from the moon! More

Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997. Second Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xxviii, [10], 250, [2] pages. Sticker residue on back cover. An extraordinary memoir by a survivor of the Nazi camps, Yves Béon. Planet Dora is a recollection of life and death in a concentration camp like no other. Dora was a cavernous underground factory cut out of solid rock, where thousands of prisoners beaten, starved, killed, and living underground for weeks at a time. The purpose of all this brutality was to build the world’s first operational rockets: the V-1 and V-2 missiles, Hitler’s vengeance weapons. Some of Germany’s most brilliant engineers were involved with production at Dora, including Werner von Braun, who after the war went on to become the father of the American space program. It was his Saturn V rocket, designed with the help of his wartime comrades, that put the first man on the moon; while the Saturn V project was headed by the same man who had been the director of slave labor in Dora. In fact, some of the very rockets built in Dora were packed up after the war and shipped to New Mexico to serve as the seeds of the U.S. space program. The greatest technological achievement of the twentieth century had its origins in the enslavement and murder of thousands of innocent people, the down payment of a Faustian bargain that still tarnishes the foundation of our reach for the stars. More

New York: Riverhead Books, 2000. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [12], 355, [1] pages. Select Bibliography. Index. Review copy, publisher's ephemera laid in. Laurence Bergreen (born February 4, 1950) is an American historian and biographer. After graduating from Harvard University in 1972, Bergreen worked in journalism, academia and broadcasting. Bergreen has written books on historical subjects, such as Voyage to Mars: NASA's Search for Life Beyond Earth, a narrative of NASA's exploration of Mars, and Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe. Bergreen has written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek and Esquire. A frequent lecturer at major universities and symposiums, and, on occasion, aboard cruise ships, he has served as a Featured Historian for the History Channel. In 2007, Bergreen was asked by NASA to name some geological features surrounding the Victoria crater on Mars, based on places Ferdinand Magellan visited. Bergreen was a keynote speaker at NASA's 50th anniversary event in Washington, D.C.. Bergreen is a member of PEN American Center, The Explorers Club, the Authors Guild, and the Board of Trustees of the New York Society Library. More

Washington DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. ii, 242, [26] pages. Index. Cover worn and soiled with tear at bottom spine. Ink marks and circles to text in a number of places noted. Some corners creased. Pages 5-26 had become disbound and were reglued into the binding. Connie Bertka is a planetary scientist and former director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Program for Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion. She received her theological training at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., where she also lectures on the intersection of science and religion. Evolution, astrobiology, and science education are among her topics of special interest. More

Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1989. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Trade paperback. x, 167, [3] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Bibliographic Essay. Index. Ding at bottom of spine. Roger Bilstein completed the Ph.D. degree at Ohio State University in 1965, and his dissertation analyzed the progress of aviation during the 1920s. His interest in aviation stemmed from boyhood fascination, especially the role of general aviation. As a university history professor, he taught history courses in twentieth century US history, but also offered courses in the history of technology and the history of aviation and space. During 1970-71, he was contracted by NASA to write the official history of the Apollo-Saturn launch vehicles, which won an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) history award. Among his eight books are "Flight in America" and "The American Aerospace Industry;" he also wrote several dozen articles as well as numerous encyclopedia entries on aviation and space. In 1992-93, he was named as the Charles Lindbergh Fellow at NASM. More