Now You Can Read About...Spacecraft
Newmarket, England: Brimax Books, 1985. 7.5" x 10.25", 18, wraps, profusely illus. in color, some wear to cover and spine edges, small stains to rear cover. Book for young readers. More
Newmarket, England: Brimax Books, 1985. 7.5" x 10.25", 18, wraps, profusely illus. in color, some wear to cover and spine edges, small stains to rear cover. Book for young readers. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976. 554, illus., tables, charts, references, index, DJ edges worn: small tears and creases. More
Rockville, MD: B-K Dynamics, Inc., 1987. 34, velobound, glossary of terms. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1984. Updated Edition. 268, wraps, illus., appendix, index, lib stamps & pocket, covers scuffed & small tears to rear cover, edges of covers worn. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1984. Updated Edition. 268, wraps, illus., appendix, index, some wear to cover edgesThe development of the military applications of space technology. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1982. Book Club Edition. 248, illus., appendix, index, small tears/creases to DJ edgesForeword by General George Keegan. The development of the military applications of space technology. More
New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1979. First Edition. Oversized, 64, wraps, profusely illus. (many in color), index, some weakness to covers, covers somewhat soiled and edges worn. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, [1963]. Hardcover. 24 cm, 422 pages, illustrations. Name written in ink inside front board, DJ worn, torn in places, and missing small pieces. Space Communications can be defined as communications between a vehicle in outer space and Earth, using high-frequency electromagnetic radiation (radio waves). Provision for such communication is an essential requirement of any space mission. The total communication system ordinarily includes (1) command, the transmission of instructions to the spacecraft; (2) telemetry, the transmission of scientific and applications data from the spacecraft to Earth; and (3) tracking, the determination of the distance (range) from Earth to the spacecraft and its radial velocity (range-rate) toward or away from Earth by the measurement of the round-trip radio transmission time and Doppler frequency shift (magnitude and direction). A specialized but commercially important application, which is excluded from consideration here, is the communications satellite system in which the spacecraft serves solely as a relay station between remote points on Earth. More
Greenbelt, MD: Goddard Space Flight Center, 1969. Quarto, 59, wraps, illus., tables, reading list, covers somewhat soiled, small rough spot (erasure) top corner front cover. More
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk, 1960. Quarto, 149 + plates, 18 pages of plates at the end of the volume (28 photographs & 2 large folded photographs), large map of lunar surface laid in. More
New York: The Associated Press, 1969. Quarto, 216, profusely illus. in color, index, DJ scuffed and creased: small tears, small pieces missing, larger piece missing at spine. More
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1974. First? Edition. First? Printing. 540, illus., references, DJ worn, soiled, and small edge tears/chips. More
Redondo Beach, CA: TRW Space & Technology, 1992. Fourth Edition. Wraps. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. Various paginations (approximately 200 pages). Glossary of Astronautical Terms. List of references. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1988. First? Edition. First? Printing. 169, wraps, illus., diagrams, references, mailing label on rear cover, covers somewhat worn/soiled, pencil erasure on title page. More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 176 pages. Illustrations (color). Essay by Svetlana Boym. Notes. Catalogue (picture identifications) on pages 101-109). Reference collection stamp on top edge. No other markings noted. DJ has noticeable sticker residue. The photographs in this work were taken between June 1995 and April 1999. Native New Yorker Adam Bartos has been photographing since he was a teenager and creates photographs suffused with a quiet calm. He cites William Eggleston--known for his intensely colored images of ordinary scenes--and the earlier photographers Timothy O'Sullivan and Carleton Watkins--both known for their unique documents of the changing American landscape--as primary influences, Bartos focuses on the contemporary landscape. Yet, in his images, time seems to stand still, lending them an aura of temporal dislocation. In the early 1970s he attended film school at New York University and began working with color photography. He was mentored independently by the photographer Evelyn Hofer, known for her serene and meticulous color compositions. Bartos published perhaps his best-known work--photographs illustrating the effects of time on the modernist United Nations building in New York after fifty years of use--in the book International Territory: The United Nations, 1945-95, 1995. In 2001 he published Kosmos: A Portrait of the Russian Space Age, photographs of the "obsolescent future" of the Soviet space program. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1979. Oversized, 146, maps, tables, errata, appendices, bibliography, foxing inside boards, flyleaves, & title page, some wear to board corners. More
San Diego, CA: Univelt, Inc., 1981. 494, illus., figures, tables, refs, app, index, lib stamps, bkplate, due slip, & pocket, lib stickers on rear bd & spine crossed out. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. First? Printing. 165, illus., bibliography, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve, some page soiling Introduction by Isaac Asimov. One of the great accidents of nature occurred in Siberia in 1908, when a fireball appeared over the horizon and slammed into a remote forest area, creating shock waves which were felt half a world away. The authors explore not only what Russian scientists have to say about the affair today, but also assess enlightened opinions from scientists worldwide, as well as on-the-scene reports and interviews. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1970. Quarto, 23, wraps, figures, tables, references, ink name on front cover. More
Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett Company, 1981. quarto, 35, profusely illus. in color, appendix, index, library stamps crossed out in marker, boards and spine scuffed & edges worn pencil underlining and notes on several pages, library stickers on rear board crossed out in marker, library call number sticker taped to front board. This book for young readers describes some of the problems that hadto be overcome before the Apollo landings on the moon could take place, anddiscusses possible future developments. More
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 1980. First Edition. Quarto, 31, profusely illus. in color, pictures clipped pp. 21, 27, 29 (loss of text), small stains and some soiling to text. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1973. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 12 inches by 15 inches. 267 pages. Illustrated endpaper. 278 illustrations, including 143 in full color (from DJ front flap) and fold-out mission diagram. Some illustrations are tipped in (two have some looseness. Includes essays entitled Man and the Moon by Silvio A. Bedini, A Step Toward Immortality by Wernher von Braun, and The Moon Gives Up Its Secrets by Fred Whipple. Other sections are entitled: Introduction, The Space Age, Apollo 11 To the Moon, Moon Talk, The Moon Revisited [about the Apollo 12 mission], and Space Age Chronology. There is a listing of Maps and Charts and Photo and Chart Credits. The title page has the signatures in ink of Silvio A. Bedini and the crews of Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad, Dick Gordon, and Alan Bean). The pages are made of high gloss paper, and ink can bead before drying. It has been reported that NASA astronauts were provided with signature stamps they could personally use, in addition to, or instead of, personally signing items. In this book, there are variations in the color in some signatures, such as Dick Gordon's, which make his signature more likely to be personally signed than personally stamped. It is clear is that each of the six astronauts personally signed or stamped their signatures on this book, most likely at the same time. The book has been clearly signed by the author Silvio A. Bedini. This is a wonderful book that is focused on the missions of Apollo 11 and 12, and has this signature connection to each crew member. Rare in any signed form. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. xix, [3], 148, [4] pages. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Belbruno devised one of the most exciting concepts now being used in space flight, that of swinging through the cosmos on the subtle fluctuations of the planets' gravitational pulls. His idea was met with skepticism until 1991, when he used it to get a stray Japanese satellite back on course to the Moon. The successful rescue represented the first application of chaos to space travel and ushered in an emerging new field. Part memoir, part scientific adventure story, Fly Me to the Moon gives a gripping insider's account of that mission and of Belbruno's personal struggles with the science establishment. Along the way, Belbruno introduces readers to recent breathtaking advances in American space exploration. He discusses ways to capture and redirect asteroids; presents new research on the origin of the Moon; weighs in on discoveries like 2003 UB313 (now named Eris), a dwarf planet detected in the far outer reaches of our solar system--and much more. Grounded in Belbruno's own rigorous theoretical research but written for a general audience, Fly Me to the Moon is for anybody who has ever felt moved by the spirit of discovery. 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