Science in Orbit: The Shuttle & Spacelab Experience, 1981-1986
Washington, DC: GPO, 1988. First? Edition. First? Printing. 29 cm, 124, color illus., index, slight wear, soiling, and edge wear to boards. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1988. First? Edition. First? Printing. 29 cm, 124, color illus., index, slight wear, soiling, and edge wear to boards. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1962. First? Edition. First? Printing. 33, illus., diagrams, DJ in plastic sleeve, pencil erasure on front endpaper. 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
New York, N.Y. W. W. Norton & Company, 1992. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [6], 304 pages. Includes Author's Note and Prologue, 15 chapters, Epilogue, Bibliography, and an Index. In the panic that followed the Soviet launch of Sputnik, Harrison Storms, the legendary chief engineer of North American Aviation, captured the job of building the Apollo spacecraft. Storms was one of the country's foremost airplane designer, and at North American he is known, only half-jokingly, and The Creator. As Storms and his engineers feel their way through uncharted technologies on a killing schedule, the blizzard of changing orders from NASA keeps the design of the ship a constantly moving target. Harold Michael "Mike" Gray (October 26, 1935 – April 30, 2013)[1] was an American writer, screenwriter, cinematographer, film producer and director. In 1965, Mike Gray and Jim Dennett co-founded The Film Group, a Chicago film production company. In 1968, the pair produced the award-winning documentary American Revolution 2, followed by the trio's The Murder of Fred Hampton. He also wrote and directed Wavelength, an independent science fiction film starring Robert Carradine, Cherie Currie, and Keenan Wynn, with a soundtrack by Tangerine Dream. Gray next co-created the television series Starman. Following Starman, he became series writer/producer for the 1988–89 season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Screenwriter Mike Gray profiled Storms in his 1992 book, Angle of Attack. Publishers Weekly described it as a "swaggering portrait of NASA's Apollo project [which] might well be called Indiana Jones and the Engineering Mission of Destiny." More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1962. 224, illus., maps, glossary, index, boards somewhat scuffed. More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1962. 224, illus., maps, glossary, index, DJ somewhat scuffed and some edge wear. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xii, 329, [1] pages. Illustrations (many in color). Inscribed by author on fep. Michael Douglas Griffin (born November 1, 1949) is an American physicist and aerospace engineer who is the current Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. He previously 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 was named eminent scholar and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Alabama. 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 2007 he was included in the TIME 100, the magazine's list of the 100 most influential people. Griffin's appointment as Administrator was associated with a significant shift in the direction of the agency. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. The format is approximately 6.5 inches by 9.75 inches. xii, 329, [1] pages. Illustrations. DJ has minor wear and soiling. Michael Douglas Griffin (born November 1, 1949) is an American physicist and aerospace engineer who served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as Deputy of Technology for the Strategic Defense Initiative, and as Administrator of NASA from April 13, 2005, to January 20, 2009. As NASA Administrator Griffin oversaw such areas as private spaceflight, future human spaceflight to Mars, and the fate of the Hubble telescope. While he describes himself 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. Griffin's appointment as Administrator was associated with a significant shift in the direction of the agency. He began signaling intended changes at his Senate confirmation hearing. In 2005, he was appointed NASA Administrator where he pushed for commercial cargo and crew transportation services. After NASA lost a GAO protest from SpaceX on a sole-source contract to RocketPlane Kistler, Griffin led a reorganization of the contract into a competition called the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. Twenty aerospace companies applied to the COTS program, of which two companies, RocketPlane Kistler and SpaceX were selected by NASA. In 2008, NASA awarded SpaceX and Orbital Sciences contracts with a combined value of $3.5 billion. More
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1953. First Edition. 291, illus., typed list of dates taped inside rear board, tape stains inside rear flyleaf, bookplate inside front board. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1988. First Thus? Printing. 148, wraps, illus., some wear and soiling to covers. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1991. Quarto, 144, wraps, profusely illus. in color, map, appendix, crease at spine. More
Los Angeles, CA: Petersen Pub. Co., [1974]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 144, illus. (some color), minor soiling to some pages. Petersen's Book of Man in Space, v. 2. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1982. 28 cm, 134, wraps. NASA CP-2244. More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1962. Second Printing. 263, illus., notes, index, small stain inside front hinge, DJ scuffed and soiled: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1960. 263, illus., notes, index, lib stamps & pocket, sm rough spot ins rear flylf, ink name ins fr flylf, bds soiled & corners worn. More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1960. 263, illus., notes, index, bookplate inside front board, DJ soiled and stained: small tears, small pieces missing, edges worn. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1979. Quarto, 198, profusely illus. (many in color), maps, endpaper maps, figures, tables, index, damp stains in bottom margins (some pgs stuck). More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. First Printing. 24 cm, 398, illus., notes, bibliography, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm. x, 398, [4] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, and small tears and chips. T. A. Heppenheimer's acclaimed chronicle of rockets, politics, and the pioneers who dared to reach beyond humanity's limits. "The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and best written history of space flight there is."-The Times "A lively account of the development of space activities in the U.S. and the Soviet Union. . . as good a one-volume overview of space as exists."-Scientific American. "Countdown is by far the best history of space flight I have ever read. It is detailed, lucidly written for the layman, and full of fascinating stories.-Adrian Berry, Daily Telegraph. "Science writer Heppenheimer's readable account provides a timely historical overview of the early visionaries, the engineers, and the geopolitical forces that placed men on the moon and created today's aerospace industry. . . . A thoughtful analysis that is highly recommended.-Library Journal. "By far the most significant and technically insightful account of the ventures into the space environment I have seen. . . . Heppenheimer] concentrates unerringly on key elements, both technical and managerial, in this account of man's initial space ventures."-Lee Atwood, Former president and chairman, North American Aviation Corporation. "Like a skilled artisan, Heppenheimer weaves social, political, scientific, technological, military, and economic threads of the history of space flight into a tapestry that reveals fascinating patterns and themes."-Publishers Weekly. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Information Service, 1964. First? Edition. First? Printing. 18, wraps, illus., diagrams, footnotes, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, [1961]. 27 cm, 179, illus., some wear to DJ edges and corners, some tears to DJ. More
Place_Pub: Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1961. First? Edition. First? Printing. 27 cm, 179, illus., index, DJ slightly worn and soiled, book slightly sprung. More
San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman & Company, 1975. Second Printing. 179, wraps, illus. (some in color), index, questions and topics for discussion, pencil erasure on half-title, some cover wear/soil. More
Easton, PA: Inst/Aeronautical Sciences, 1958. 28 cm, 63, wraps, illus., highlighting/underlining, worn. More
Easton, PA: Inst/Aeronautical Sciences, 1949. 28 cm, 59, wraps, illus., some wear and soiling Fascinating snapshot of aeronautical/aerospace science between World War IIand the Korean War. More