Space Science in the Twenty-First Century: Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015
Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1988. 121, wraps, small stains inside front cover and title page, some wear along cover edges, front cover scratched. More
Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1988. 121, wraps, small stains inside front cover and title page, some wear along cover edges, front cover scratched. More
Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1968. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Wraps. 23 cm, 76 pages. Wraps. Illustrations/ Some wear and soiling to covers. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. First? Edition. First? Printing. 29 cm, 114, illus. (some in color), index. More
Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. x, [4], 386 pages. Figures. Boxes. Notes. A Note on the Text. Index. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Beyond Sputnik: U.S. Science Policy in the 21st Century is a book that offers a comprehensive survey of national science policy looking at how policies for science are made, the government entities that make these policies, and the impact federal policies have on the conduct of science. In addition to the book, this website serves as a supplementary tool for students, teachers, researchers and practitioners of science policy. More
Evolution, 1969. Special Collectors Edition. Phonograph Record. Jacket format is approximately 12.25 inches by 12.25 inches. Cover has slight wear and soiling. This was produced with official NASA voice tapes and photographs. Special Collectors Edition with full color 8-page commemorative booklet. It comes complete with official NASA voice tapes - including those of Neil Armstrong, Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins, liner notes in the fold-open cover by Vic Petkoff, and a beautiful 8-page insert with color photographs and further text from Petkoff. Small hole in lower left corner (record is undamaged). Minimal damage to booklet text. This is an Evolution, a stereo dimension recording. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 270 pages. Illustrations (some color). Notes. Index. Signed by the author with sentiment on the title page. Signed "With best wishes, Valerie Neal". Dr. Valerie Neal is an emerita curator in the Smithsonian's Department of Space History. She joined the Museum as a curator in 1989 and was responsible for human spaceflight artifact collections from the Space Shuttle era and International Space Station, most prominently the orbiter Discovery. She led the Museum's effort to prepare shuttle test vehicle Enterprise for public display and to acquire Spacelab, SpaceShipOne, the Manned Maneuvering Unit, the space-flown IMAX camera, and personal effects from several astronauts for the national collection. Dr. Neal's publications include Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond (2017) which was the recipient of the AIAA Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award. She has been instrumental in the production of eight Smithsonian Channel documentaries about the shuttle and other major engineering projects for space exploration. Before joining the Museum, Dr. Neal spent a decade as a writer, editor, and manager for some 25 NASA publications on shuttle and Spacelab missions, the Hubble Space Telescope and other great space observatories, the space sciences, and NASA history. She also participated in underwater astronaut-training activities and worked on the mission management support team for four shuttle missions. A Phi Beta Kappa, she earned a Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Minnesota. More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Inst. Press, 1983. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 152, illus., underlining to text, DJ somewhat soiled, edges worn and small tears, notes on rear DJ. More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1972. First Edition. 195, footnotes, index, pencil erasure on rear endpaper and at several places in the text, some wear and soiling to DJ. More
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. First Edition. First Printing. 317, illus., appendix, index, black marker line and small stains to fore-edge, DJ somewhat soiled and scratched. More
Washington DC: Lockheed Martin, 2009. Copy appears to have been produced using a Xerox type of reproduction, presumed one of a few copies made for media distribution. Stapled at upper left corner. The format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Paginated by sections (approximately 140 pages, printed mostly on both sides of the sheets). Illustrations. Prepared for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by Lockheed Martin. The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy. The Hubble telescope is named after astronomer Edwin Hubble and is one of NASA's Great Observatories. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) selects Hubble's targets and processes the resulting data, while the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) controls the spacecraft. The contents address: Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Configuration, The Hubble Space Telescope Program, The Value of Servicing, HST Servicing Mission 4, Reasons for Orbital Servicing, Orbital Replacement Instruments and Units; Shuttle Support Equipment, Astronaut Roles and Training, Extravehicular Crew Aids and Tools; Astronauts Servicing Mission 4, Redeploying the Telescope, HST Science and Discoveries, Galaxies and Cosmology, Earth's Solar System, Science Instruments, HST Systems, HST Operations, and Glossary. More
Washington DC: Lockheed Martin, 2009. Copy appears to have been produced using a color Xerox type of reproduction, presumed one of a few copies made for media distribution. Comb binding. The format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Paginated by sections (approximately 140 pages, printed mostly on both sides of the sheets). Illustrations (color). Prepared for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by Lockheed Martin. The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy. The Hubble telescope is named after astronomer Edwin Hubble and is one of NASA's Great Observatories. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) selects Hubble's targets and processes the resulting data, while the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) controls the spacecraft. The contents address: Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Configuration, The Hubble Space Telescope Program, The Value of Servicing, HST Servicing Mission 4, Reasons for Orbital Servicing, Orbital Replacement Instruments and Units; Shuttle Support Equipment, Astronaut Roles and Training, Extravehicular Crew Aids and Tools; Astronauts Servicing Mission 4, Redeploying the Telescope, HST Science and Discoveries, Galaxies and Cosmology, Earth's Solar System, Science Instruments, HST Systems, HST Operations, and Glossary. More
New York: Viking, 2009. Second Printing. 404, illus., notes, sources, index. Inscribed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Viking, 2009. First Edition. First Printing. 404, illus., notes, sources, index. More
New York: Penguin Books, 2009. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xii, 404 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Sources. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Corners of three pages creased. Craig Nelson is the author of Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness and the New York Times bestseller, Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon, as well as several previous books, including The Age of Radiance (a PEN Award Finalist chosen as one of the year’s best books by NBC News, the American Institute of Physics, Kirkus Reviews, and FlavorWire), The First Heroes, Thomas Paine (winner of the Henry Adams Prize), and Let’s Get Lost (shortlisted for W.H. Smith’s Book of the Year). His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, Salon, National Geographic, The New England Review, Popular Science, Reader’s Digest, and a host of other publications. More
New York: Viking, 2009. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, 404 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Sources. Index. DJ has sticker residue and some wear and other soiling. Black mark on bottom edge. Some soiling to fep and edges. One corner creased. Craig Nelson is the author of Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness and the New York Times bestseller, Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon, as well as several previous books, including The Age of Radiance (a PEN Award Finalist chosen as one of the year’s best books by NBC News, the American Institute of Physics, Kirkus Reviews, and FlavorWire), The First Heroes, Thomas Paine (winner of the Henry Adams Prize), and Let’s Get Lost (shortlisted for W.H. Smith’s Book of the Year). His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, Salon, National Geographic, The New England Review, Popular Science, Reader’s Digest, and a host of other publications. More
New York: Vintage Books, 2008. First Vintage Books Edition [stated]. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. [4], xiii, [3], 587, [1] pages. Illustrations. A Note on the Name and on Terms. Notes. Significant Abbreviations used in the Notes. Bibliography and Archival Sources. Index. Corner creased at rear cover. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was a German (and, later, American) aerospace engineer and architect. He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Germany and of rocket technology and space science in the United States. Von Braun worked in Nazi Germany's rocket development program. He helped design and develop the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War II. Following the war, he was secretly moved to the United States, along with about 1,600 other German scientists, engineers, and technicians, as part of Operation Paperclip. He worked for the United States Army on an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) program and he developed the rockets that launched the United States' first space satellite Explorer 1. His group was assimilated into NASA, where he served as director of the Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V super heavy-lift launch vehicle that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. More
New York: New American Library, 1969. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 10.75" x 13.5", 28, Wraps. Profusely illustrated. Figures. Tables. Astronaut's Jargon. Covers scuffed and some edge wear, very slight wrinkling to text. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours after landing on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC; Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later. They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft, and collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Michael Collins piloted the command module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21.5 hours on the lunar surface before rejoining Columbia in lunar orbit. More
New York: The New York Times Co., Inc., 1969. oversized, approx. 60, wraps, profusely illus. (many in color), table, slight darkening to pgs, some creases to covers, covers somewhat soiled spine worn and repaired with small piece of tape at bottom. Designed and produced by Look Magazine, with color photographs by the crew of Apollo 8, and a copy of Norman Rockwell's painting of the moon landing which was to come. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. 497, wraps, illus., figures, tables, apps, biblio essay, source notes, index, some soiling, creasing, & wear to covers & spine. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. 497, illus., figures, tables, apps, bibliographical essay, source notes, index, library stamps & sticker, boards somewhat scuffed. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. 497, illus., figures, tables, apps, biblio essay, source notes, index, bds somewhat worn, scratched, & soiled, sm tear at spine. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch, 1980. Presumed First Paperback Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xviii, 497, [5] pages. Wraps. Color two-page frontis. Illustrations. Figures. Tables. Appendices. Bibliographic Essay. Source Notes. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. This is one of the NASA History Series. Homer Edward Newell Jr. (March 11, 1915 – July 18, 1983) was a mathematics professor and author who became a powerful United States government science administrator—eventually rising to the number three position at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In the early 1960s, he either controlled or influenced virtually all non-military unmanned space missions for the free world. In 1944 he became an NRL employee. In 1945, the communications security section became the rocket section. Newell became successively head of the theoretical analysis subsection, associate head of the section, and by 1947 headed the section; which performed upper atmosphere research using rockets including German-built V2s, US-built Aerobees and eventually NRL's own Viking. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961. First Edition. 324, illus., glossary, index, lib stamps & raised stamps, lib pocket, tape stains ins flylves, DJ in plastic sl & lib sticker. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1967. 67, wraps, illus., figures, tables, references, some wear to cover and spine edges. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1967. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 67, wraps, illus. More