Exploding Stars and Galaxies (Kosmicheskie vzryvy). NASA TT F-559
Jerusalem: Israel Program for Sci Trans, 1970. 121, wraps, illus., figures, charts, bibliography, covers soiled, spine edges worn, address sticker on rear cover. More
Jerusalem: Israel Program for Sci Trans, 1970. 121, wraps, illus., figures, charts, bibliography, covers soiled, spine edges worn, address sticker on rear cover. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1959. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 197, [5] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Glossary. Index. DJ is missing part of spine and is in pieces and has wear, soiling, tears, and chips. Ted Gordon was a Douglas Aircraft engineer who fired the American missile 130 that was the first to penetrate outer space. Mr. Scheer, who had covered the fledgling space program as a newspaper reporter, joined NASA in 1962 as a consultant and was named assistant administrator for public affairs in 1963. Working closely with James E. Webb, the second head of the agency but the most influential of NASA administrators, he built an information program that embraced the news media and fed their appetite for news about space. The result was a steady flow of generally positive public attention during the risky and expensive drive to land a man on the Moon, making public heroes of the early astronauts. After the lunar landing, Mr. Scheer was awarded NASA's highest recognition, the Distinguished Service Medal. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1996. Quarto, 137, wraps, illus., notes, key documents, index, slight wear to cover and spine edges. More
Huntsville, AL: Marshall Space Flight Center, 1967. Quarto, 489, wraps, illus., figures, charts, references, appendix, covers scuffed & discolored: small creases, small tears. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1986. 348, wraps, illus., diagrams, covers somewhat worn and soiled, small creases to front cover. More
Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1981. Quarto, 175, wraps, color illus., maps, figures, tables, appendices, covers somewhat scuffed & creased & some edge wear, sm tear front cover. 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
Washington, DC: American Astronautical Soc. 1967. First? Edition. First? Printing. 256, illus., usual library markings, errata slip taped to half-title. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First Edition. 256, illus., endpaper illus., ink name and date frontis and p. 5, boards and spine quite stained and spotted Juvenile fiction about a voyage to the Moon, illustrated by William Pene du Bois. 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
New York: AIAA, 1977. Quarto, 67, wraps, illus. (some color), maps, figures, red ink name on front cover. More
n.p. General Electric Research, 1963. Quarto, 23, wraps, illus., tables, references, appendix, pencil underlining p. 1, covers somewhat soiled, cover corners slightly bent. More
Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1997. First Printing. 270, notes, index, top or bottom edges of a few pages stuck together at margin, library stamps crossed out in marker, DJ in plastic library stickers on DJ or plastic sleeve partially removed or crossed out in marker, slight wear to DJ edges. The author details NASA's mishaps with plutonium-fueled missions to dates, and its unrealistic calculations about the probability of a major accident. More
Reston, VA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., 2004. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 10.25 inches. xiv, 505, [7] pages. Illustrations. Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations. Appendix B: Selected Bibliography. Index. Mike Gruntman is a physicist, space engineer, and author. He is professor of astronautics and aerospace engineering at the Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California (USC). Gruntman has authored two books on history of rocketry and space technology, published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, published in 2004, received the 2006 Luigi G. Napolitano Award from the International Academy of Astronautics. Intercept 1961: The Birth of Soviet Missile Defense (2015) covers the history of the Soviet air defense and missile defense. He also published a book about pioneers of space Robert Esnault-Pelterie and Ary Sternfeld and the words astronautics and cosmonautics which they had respectively introduced in the language of science and engineering. Gruntman is also the author of "Enemy Amongst Trojans: A Soviet Spy at USC" detailing a Soviet espionage operation in the United States when GRU officer Ignacy Witczak (Litvin) operated under a cover of a student and then instructor at the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1940s. More
New York: Praeger, 1990. 220, index, some wear to DJ edges, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Aero, c1988. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 293, wraps, illus., covers very worn and repaired with tape, usual library markings. 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: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1978. Presumed First Edition Later printing (Title page states 1977, GPO states 1978 printing). Wraps. xx, 625, [7] pages. Frontis illustration. List of Illustrations. Source Notes. Bibliographical Note. Appendix A-G (includes Glossary). Index. GEMINI was the intermediate manned space flight program between America's first steps into space with Mercury and the amazing and unprecedented accomplishments achieved during the manned lunar expeditions of Apollo. It more than had its place in man's progress into this new frontier. Gemini accomplishments were manyfold. They included many firsts: first astronaut-controlled maneuvering in space; first rendezvous in space of one spacecraft with another; first docking of one spacecraft with a propulsive stage and use of that stage to transfer man to high altitude; first traverse of man into the Earth's radiation belts; first extended manned flights of a week or more in duration; first extended stays of man outside his spacecraft; first controlled reentry and precision landing; and many more. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Technology Utilization Office, 1977. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Quarto, 116 pages. Wraps. Profusely illustrated (many in color). Maps, Cover slightly worn and soiled. Foreword by Edward Z. Gray. From 1967 to 1973, Edward Z. Gray was Assistant to the President of Grumman Aircraft Engineering, with responsibility for ensuring the timely development and implementation of the lunar landing module, the vehicle that delivered the first men to the moon in the Apollo program. Edward especially treasured being present in Houston Mission Control during those first steps on the moon. In 1973 he became NASA Assistant Administrator for Industry Affairs and Technology Utilization with responsibility for developing the transfer of space technology to uses on earth. During this time he helped found the National Space Association. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1981. Quarto, 126, wraps, profusely illus. in color, map, appendix, slight wear to cover and spine edges. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1986. Quarto, 130, wraps, profusely illus. in color, map, appendix, covers somewhat scuffed and scratched. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1989. Quarto, 136, wraps, profusely illus. in color, map, appendix, covers somewhat scuffed and scratched. More
Washington, DC: Spartan Books, 1967. Forty-Fifth Edition. 558, illus., index, DJ worn, soiled, edge tears, and chips. More
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1958. 334, illus., appendices, index, boards slightly soiled and scuffed, spine soiled and some wear. More