Space Safety and Rescue, 1982-1983: Proceedings of Symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics
San Diego, CA: Univelt, Inc., 1984. First Edition. First Paperbk Printing. 366, wraps, illus., references, index. More
San Diego, CA: Univelt, Inc., 1984. First Edition. First Paperbk Printing. 366, wraps, illus., references, index. More
San Diego, CA: Univelt, Inc., 1987. First Paperbk? Edition. First? Printing. 256, wraps, illus., index, pencil erasure on half-title. More
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1972. Revised Edition. Mass market paperback. 22 cm, 174, [2] pages. Wraps, illus. Inscribed by Vernon Grose, maverick space engineer, author of an article in this book. Includes contributions from Wernher von Braun, John Glenn, Vernon Grose, Ed White, Frank Borman, Don Lind, Edward Lindeman,and Buzz Aldrin. This book is arranged to help the reader follow the development of the Space program from Dr. Wernher von Braun's rocket experiments in Germany to the post Apollo 8 views of astronomer Peter Stoner in the concluding chapter. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration and U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974. Reprint from AIAA. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Quarto. [5], 67 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps. Figures. Tables. Charts. Glossary of Terms. Slight wear to cover and spine edges. Reprinted with permission from American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Prepared by Members of the AIAA Technical Committees on Space Systems and Space and Atmospheric Physics. This book outlines the potential achievements of solar system exploration, and provides a sourcebook of information on the solar system and the technology being brought to bear for its exploration. This Review is one of a series of Assessments and Reviews prepared in the public interest by the AIAA. The AIAA is a professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA was founded in 1963 from the merger of two earlier societies: the American Rocket Society (ARS), founded in 1930 as the American Interplanetary Society (AIS), and the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences (IAS), founded in 1932 as the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences. More
Kansas City, MO: Hallmark Cards, Inc., c. 1969. 14, profusely illus. color pop-up book, edges of pages somewhat worn, boards & spine somewhat scuffed and edges worn. More
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1963. First Printing. 272, illus., index, DJ stained, some wear to DJ edges and small chips missing, DJ in plastic sleeve Book intended for junior and senior high school students. Topics covered include planning earth satellites, designing rockets, the Explorers, the Vanguard, the Sputniks, orbiting observatories, weather satellites, and astronauts and cosmonauts, among many others. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Information Service, 1964. First? Edition. First? Printing. 18, wraps, illus., diagrams, footnotes, some wear and soiling to covers. More
New York: Koster-Dana Corp., Good Reading Rack Service Division, 1962. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Pamphlet. Format is 5.25 inches by 7.5 inches. 14, [2] pages. Ink notation on front cover. Scarce space ephemeral item. The author was the Science Editor of The Evening Star and The Sunday Star of Washington, D.C. Mr. Hines won a special citation from the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his published series on Operation Moon. William M. Hines (September 11, 1916 – February 28, 2005) was an American journalist. According to his Washington Post obituary, he was considered "the godfather of NASA space reporting." He attended Guilford College but left for a job at the Chattanooga Times. He served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army during World War II. He worked briefly in The Pentagon's information office before joining the Washington Star as a reporter and later becoming Sunday editor. His critical coverage of the Apollo 1 fire in 1967 led to reforms at NASA. He later became Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Sun-Times. He retired from the Sun-Times in 1989. More
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1976. First Printing. 212, appendix, raised stamp on 2nd front flyleaf, some wear and tears along DJ edges, small pieces missing to DJ. More
New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition. Second Printing. 262, illus., some scuffing to boards and spine. More
New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition. 262, illus., some soiling to fore-edge, DJ edges worn and small tears. More
New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition. 262, illus., some foxing to fore-edge, DJ edges somewhat worn. Presentation copy inscribed by the author. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1962. First Edition. 272, figures, map, appendices, index, some soiling to fore-edge, rear DJ somewhat soiled, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
Baltimore, MD: American Astronautical Soc. 1965. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 207, illus., diagrams, usual library markings, barcode cut out of rear endpaper, boards worn and soiled. More
Budapest, Hungary: Hungarian Space Office, 1992. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 100 pages. Color illustrations inside front and back covers. Illustrations (many in/with color). Cover has slight wear and soiling. This is a summary report on the Hungarian Space activities for the years 1990-91. It has been compiled from materials supplied by 35 Hungarian research team. Each individual report had been classified into one or two of the main research directions outlined in section 4. Primarily in English but with some information in Hungarian. Cover has slight wear and soiling. The beginning of Hungarian Space Research can be dated back to the year 1946, when Zoltan Bay and his team, using experimental radio radar equipment, obtained the first echo from the Moon. Hungarian experts started taking part in the new generation space research in the 1950s. In 1958, at the World Expo in Bruxelles, their ionosphere research equipment and its antenna system were awarded International Grand Prix. More
Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, [1961]. 27 cm, 179, illus., some wear to DJ edges and corners, some tears to DJ. 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
Springfield, VA: NTIS, 1979. Quarto, 432, wraps, figures, charts, tables, references, appendix, spine wrinkled. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1977. 266, wraps, tables, charts references, appendix, some discoloration to covers, some wear to spine edges. More
Culver City, CA: Hughes Aircraft Company, 1993. 29 cm, wraps, illus., slight wear and soiling to covers. More
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. First Printing. 352, illus. (some color), diagrams, glossary, appendix, chapter notes, lib stamps crossed out in marker, sm stains ins rear flyl. More
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. First Printing. 352, illus. (some color), diagrams, glossary, appendix, chapter notes, slight soiling to fore-edge, some creasing to DJ edges. More
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. First Printing. 352, illus. (some color), diagrams, glossary, appendix, chapter notes, boards somewhat scuffed and board edges worn. More
Rensselaerville, NY: Institute on Man and Science, 1976. Quarto, 54, wraps, cover edges faded, small chip at bottom of spine. More
Geneva: Intern'l Telecommunication, 1971. 31 cm, 219, wraps, illus., corners bent, several pages of advertisements bound in upside down at end of journal. More