A New Sun: The Solar Results From Skylab. NASA SP-402
Washington, DC: GPO, 1979. Quarto, 198, profusely illus. (many in color), maps, endpaper maps, figures, tables, index, boards somewhat scuffed, board corners worn. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1979. Quarto, 198, profusely illus. (many in color), maps, endpaper maps, figures, tables, index, boards somewhat scuffed, board corners worn. More
Bethlehem, PA: Edu-Cards, c. 1985. 1 deck (36), 1 deck of 36 playing cards approx. 3-1/2" x 2-1/4", cards slightly worn, box edges worn, small tears at box flap. More
Santa Clara, CA: Hamilton Burr Pub. Company, 1982. 28 cm, 76, wraps, illus., some wear and soiling to covers. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1990. First Edition. First Printing. 213, source notes, index. More
Seattle, Washington: Elton-Wolf Publishing, 2002. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 11.25 inches by 8.75 inches. 192 pages. Illustrations (many in color). Includes detailed information on civilian aircraft, commercial aircraft, military aircraft, and space craft Includes a DVD on the B-29 Superfortress written and directed by C. Marin Faure, Narrated by John Cullum. Among the listed contributors are: Buzz Aldrin, Bill Anders, Richard Bach, John Cullum, Marin Faure, Bill Hayes, Mick Hendrickson, Jeff Huey, Robert Kelly, Dave Knowlen, Alan Mullay, and Pinky Nelson. Three of the listed contributors were NASA Astronauts. Two gold color stamp size stickers attached to the back of DJ. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First Edition. First Printing. 12.5" x 10", 64, profusely illus. in color, illus., weakness to front board. Book for young readers, based on the IMAX film. More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1961. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, xi, [1], 240 pages. Chronology. Abbreviations. Select Bibliography. Subject and Name Index. Pencil erasure residue on front endpaper. Minor wear to cover, some wear to spine lettering. Foreword by Deputy Administrator Hugh L. Dryden. Emme was an historian of science and technology and an aerospace historian. His education included a BA from Morningstar College in Iowa, 1941; MA, University of Iowa, 1946 and Ph. D. in 1949 both in Modern European History. He was a Navy pilot in the Pacific in World War II. He served in the Air Force Reserves, 1948-1972, retiring with the rank of colonel. In 1949, he became public historian for the Air University of the U.S. Air Force in Montgomery, Alabama before joining NASA, 1959-1979, as chief historian. His published books included: "The Impact of Air Power" 1959, "The History of Rocket Technology" 1964, and "A History of Space Flight" 1965. Emme wrote a brief survey of NASA in 1965, entitled "Historical Sketch of NASA (EP 29)", which was revised and expanded in 1976 by Frank W. Anderson, Jr. Emme was a member of many scholarly societies including the American Astrinautical Society for over 25 years. More
Washington DC: Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc., 1963. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 19, [1] pages, plus covers. Illustrations (some with color). Cover has some wear and soiling. The purpose of the professional journal was to "Foster understanding of the aerospace industry's role in insuring our national security through the design, development and production of advanced weapon systems; Foster understanding of the aerospace industry's responsibilities in the space exploration program; Foster understanding of commercial and general aviation as prime factors in domestic and international travel and trade. In this issue there is an article on NASA--the First Five years by Karl G. Harr, Jr.; an article on Why Go to the Moon: by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, an article on The Moon and Beyond by James J. Haggerty, Jr. and information on space bounty and steps to space. More
Greenbelt, MD: NASA Goddard Space Flight, 1994. Quarto, 260, wraps, tables, references, some soiling and creasing to covers and a few pages. More
Paris: European Space Agency, 1990. 30 cm, 320, wraps, illus., diagrams, references, keyword index, covers somewhat worn and soiled. ESA SP-299. More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1965. First? Edition. First? Printing. 179, illus., bibliography, index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1962. 33, wraps, illus., diagrams, some plastic overlays on photos, covers somewhat worn and soiled, top of front cover missing. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1984. 535, illus. (some color), tables, charts, footnotes, appendices, biblio essay, source notes, index, some wear board & spine edges. More
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2009. Republication of original NASA 1984 publication. Trade paperback. xviii, [2], 535, [5] pages. Illustrations. Tables. Bibliographic Essay. Errata. Source Notes. Index. 9.25 inches by 6.75 inches and about 1 inch wide--slightly larger format than many other books. Cover has slight wear and soiling. This Dover edition, first published in 2009, is an unabridged and slightly corrected republication of the work originally published in Washington in 1984 in the NASA History Series as NASA SP-4212 under the title On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet 1958-1978. The color photos originally on pages 385 to 388 can now be found between pages 364 and 365 in the Dover edition. A new Introduction by Paul Dickson has been added to this edition. More
Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 2009. First Printing thus. Trade paperback. xviii, [2], 535, [5] pages. Includes Epilogue, 7 Appendixes, Bibliographic Essay, Errata, Source Notes, Index, Authors, List of NASA Photography Numbers, and 55 Tables. Cover has some wear and soiling. This is an unabridged and slightly corrected republication of NASA SP-4212. A new Introduction by Paul Dickson has been added to this edition. Edward Clinton Ezell (7 Nov 1939, Indianapolis, Indiana – 23 Dec 1993, Northern Virginia) was an American author and professor who served as National Firearms Collection curator at the National Museum of American History, administered by the Smithsonian Institution. He was also founding Director of the Institute for Research on Small Arms in International Security. Prior to his stint with the Smithsonian Institution, Ezell was employed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to write about space projects. Publications include "The Partnership", a history of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project and "On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet" More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1965. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 176 pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Maxime Allen "Max" Faget (August 26, 1921 – October 9, 2004) was a Belizean-born American mechanical engineer. Faget was the designer of the Mercury spacecraft, and contributed to the later Gemini and Apollo spacecraft as well as the Space Shuttle. In 1958, Faget became one of the 35 engineers who formed the Space Task Group, creating the Mercury spacecraft. He based his designs on the aerodynamic work of Harvey Allen from the mid-1950s, and was instrumental in selecting the blunt-body shape that won the Mercury competition over numerous contenders. He led the development of the escape tower system used on Mercury, which was used in various forms on almost all following crewed spacecraft. He also worked on the Gemini and Apollo vehicles, which shared many design points with the Mercury. In 1962 Faget became the Director of Engineering and Development at the Manned Spacecraft Center and continued to work for NASA until his retirement in 1981, shortly after the second Space Shuttle flight (STS-2). Faget was inducted into the 1969 National Inventors Hall of Fame, and received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal and John J. Montgomery Award. He was inducted into the Houston National Space Hall of Fame in 1969. He was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1990. Faget was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2020. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1997. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. ix, [1], 367, [7] pages. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Appendix A-F. Small tear side margin pp. iii-12. Some creasing to top and bottom DJ edges. William B. Fawcett (born May 13, 1947) is an American editor, anthologist, game designer, book packager, fiction writer, and historian. Fawcett was also a field historian for the Navy SEAL museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, and has co-authored work on the US Navy Seals in Vietnam. How to prepare for and make the most of contact with extraterrestrials. Making Contact discusses all aspects of close encounters with extraterrestrials. Editor Bill Fawcett[1] said their existence is "unquestionable". The book includes explanations of signs and symptoms of an alien abduction, such as burns, tinnitus, a metallic taste in the mouth, and double vision. Particular locations, such as Area 51 and Mexico City, are described as giving the best chance of an encounter. More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1971. 614, illus., diagrams, index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ in plastic sleeve, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 1989. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. ix, [1], 276 pages. Illustrations. Figures Glossary. Reading list. Index, George B. Field (born on October 25, 1929 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American astrophysicist. Field worked on plasma oscillations and later became interested in cosmology. In 1973 he became the founding director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, an innovative organizational structure that unified the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory under a single management. Field served as director until 1982. In the early 1980s Field chaired an influential National Academy of Science decadal study that recommended priorities for U.S. astronomical research. Astronomer Donald W. Goldsmith earned his Ph. D. in Astronomy from the University of California at Berkeley in March, 1969. More
New York: Pergamon Press, 1961. 266, illus. (incl. 1 fold-out), tables, charts, chapter references, sources, appendix, index, large rough spot inside rear board glue stain inside rear flyleaf, top corner of a few pages bent, marginal pencil notes on a few pages, boards somewhat stained, library call number on spine and front board, library stamps. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, 1995. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. xi, [1], 358, [2] pages. Illustrations (many in color). Appendices. Glossary. Bibliography. Acronyms. Index. Format is 9 inches by 11.5 inches. Cover has some wear and soiling. Richard O. Fimmel was the Manager of Pioneer Missions at the Ames Research Center. In the early 1980s, Ames presented to NASA Headquarters concepts for Pioneer-class missions to the outer and inner planets, under the leadership of Dr. Larry Colin, chief of the Space Science Division at Ames Research. Eric Burgess (1920 – March 2005) was an English journalist, who wrote about the Pioneer program missions since the first tests in 1957. He was the science correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor for many of the planetary probe launches, and was often the senior science reporter present at those events. Burgess is credited with the original idea that the Pioneer probes should carry a message for extraterrestrial intelligences. He approached Carl Sagan, which eventually resulted in the Pioneer plaque. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1977. Revised Edition. Quarto, 217, profusely illus. (many in color), figures, tables, appendices, reading list, index, boards somewhat scuffed & some edge wear. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. Quarto, 285, profusely illus. (many in color), maps, figures, tables, appendices, index, boards somewhat scuffed and some edge wear. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. Quarto, 285, wraps, profusely illus. (many in color), maps, figures, tables, appendices, index, covers somewhat scuffed and some edge wear. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. Quarto, 285, profusely illus. (many in color), maps, figures, tables, appendices, index, boards somewhat scuffed and some edge wear. More