Advances in Space Science and Technology, Volume 5
New York: Academic Press, 1963. First? Edition. First? Printing. 334, illus., references, index, usual library markings and blacked out portions, tape residue on DJ and boards. More
New York: Academic Press, 1963. First? Edition. First? Printing. 334, illus., references, index, usual library markings and blacked out portions, tape residue on DJ and boards. More
New York: Academic Press, 1960. First? Edition. First? Printing. 450, illus., references, index, DJ in plastic sleeve, tape residue on DJ and boards. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Policy and Plans, NASA History Office, 2000. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. viii, 334, [2] pages. Format is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Illustrations. Statistical Tables. Bibliography. Index. The purpose of this work is to provide researchers, students, and space enthusiasts with a comprehensive reference for facts about Project Apollo, America's effort to put humans in the Moon. Research for this work started in 1988, when the author discovered that, despite the excellent books that focused on the events that highlighted Apollo, there were none that focused on the drama of the numbers. This book is separated into two parts. The first part contains narratives for the Apollo 1 fire and the 11 flown Apollo missions. Included after each narrative is a series of data tables, followed by a comprehensive timeline of events from just before liftoff to just after crew and spacecraft recovery. The second part contains more than 50 tables. These tables organize much of the data from the narratives in one place so they can be compared among all missions. The tables offer additional data as well. More
Ithaca, NY: NY State College of Agricult, 1969. Wraps. 76 pages. Wraps, bibliography, index, covers somewhat worn and soiled, stray ink mark on rear cover. Signed by Ormsby ins rear cover. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. First U.S. Edition (stated). First Printing (Stated). Hardcover. 215, [1] pages. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with the usual library markings. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Tony Osman was a noted British journalist. He joined the Sunday Times in 1969 and reported oh the first moon landing. He was subsequently assigned to work in Houston and witnessed other space voyages from there. He became Chairman of the Association of British Science Writers and returning to London, he also became the Science Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine. More
Annapolis, MD: Leeward Publications, c1979. 24 cm, 396, illus., DJ scratched: tear in top front DJ, DJ edges and corners worn. Introduction by Sen. Harrison Schmitt, astronaut. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1977. 54, illus., figures, appendices, glossary, reading list, some soiling to covers, small creases at spine, white-out on fr cover. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1977. First? Edition. First? Printing. 57, wraps, illus., glossary, reading list. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1974. 222, wraps, tables, figures, references, covers and spine scuffed and some edge wear, crease to front cover. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1969. Quarto, 172, wraps, bibliography, some soiling to covers. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1987. First Edition. 30 cm, 296, illus., maps (some color), bibliography, index. More
Hemphill, TX. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Brochure. Approximately 4 inches by 9 inches, Tri-fold brochure printed on all six panels. Illustrations (color). On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. During the launch of STS-107, Columbia's 28th mission, a piece of foam insulation broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank and struck the left wing of the orbiter. A few previous shuttle launches had seen damage ranging from minor to nearly catastrophic from foam shedding, but some engineers suspected that the damage to Columbia was more serious. NASA managers limited the investigation, reasoning that the crew could not have fixed the problem if it had been confirmed. When Columbia reentered the atmosphere of Earth, the damage allowed hot atmospheric gases to penetrate the heat shield and destroy the internal wing structure, which caused the spacecraft to become unstable and break apart. More
Hemphill, TX. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Brochure. Approximately 4 inches by 9 inches, Two-sided brochure printed on both sides. Illustrations (color). On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. During the launch of STS-107, Columbia's 28th mission, a piece of foam insulation broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank and struck the left wing of the orbiter. A few previous shuttle launches had seen damage ranging from minor to nearly catastrophic from foam shedding, but some engineers suspected that the damage to Columbia was more serious. NASA managers limited the investigation, reasoning that the crew could not have fixed the problem if it had been confirmed. When Columbia reentered the atmosphere of Earth, the damage allowed hot atmospheric gases to penetrate the heat shield and destroy the internal wing structure, which caused the spacecraft to become unstable and break apart. More
New York: Pergamon Press, 1961. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. x, 255, [3] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Diagrams. Figures. Tables. Fold-out. Formulae. References. Author Index. Subject Index. DJ has wear, soiling, and a scuff on front of DJ. Published for and on behalf of Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Stanford Solomon Penner (5 July 1921 – 15 July 2016) also known as Sol Penner, was a German-American scientist and engineer, a major figure in combustion physics, especially in rocket engines, and a founder of the Engineering program at University of California, San Diego. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1946 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison under Farrington Daniels and Theodore von Kármán. After working as a research engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1946 to 1950, he became the Professor of Jet Propulsion at Caltech from 1950 to 1964. At 1964, he came to UCSD as a founding chair of the UCSD's first engineering department. In 1972, he created the Center for Energy Research at UCSD as a place for researchers from across campus and around the world to come together to pursue critical, interdisciplinary energy research. More
New York: Times Books, c1995. First Edition. 24 cm, 260, DJ worn, soiled, and small tears, red dot on top edge. More
New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1962. Third Printing. Hardcover. 208 pages, illustrations, appendix, chronology, glossary, index, slight discoloration inside boards & flyleaves, DJ soiled, DJ edges worn & several edge tears/chips. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1992. Quarto, 129, wraps, appendices, glossary of acronyms, some soiling to covers. More
Washington, DC: Nat. Academy of Sciences, 1966. 516, illus., tables, charts, references, appendices, small stain on fore-edge, DJ worn & warped: small tears, small pieces missing. More
Washington, DC: Nat. Academy of Sciences, 1966. 516, illus., tables, charts, references, appendices, slight foxing on fore-edge. More
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2008. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Approximately 12 pages with pull-outs, pop-up, and illustrations. Illustrations in color. May be missing one item as there is an empty slot at early missions. Some wear noted. Richard Platt (15 April 1953) is a British writer of nonfiction and information books and multimedia works. Platt was born in Northumberland, England. He started writing when aged 27 with how-to articles and books about photography. By 1992 he had begun writing non-fiction books for children, initially collaborating with Stephen Biesty in a successful series that capitalized on the illustrator's facility for cross-sectional drawings. Since then, Richard Platt has gone on to complete some 100 books for UK publishers Oxford University Press, Kingfisher, Dorling Kindersley and Walker Books (Candlewick Press in the U.S.). Most have been for children and young people, though he also writes books for adults on maritime themes, especially smuggling. He won the annual Blue Peter Book Award in category Best Book with Facts. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1999. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. vii, [1], 473, [1] pages. Frontis illustration. Notes. Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. William Poundstone is an American author, columnist, and skeptic. He has written a number of books including the Big Secrets series and a biography of Carl Sagan. Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. Sagan argued the now accepted hypothesis that the high surface temperatures of Venus can be attributed to and calculated using the greenhouse effect. Sagan published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. More
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1979. Presumed First Paperback Edition, Presumed First printing. Trade paperback. 255, [1] pages. Illustrations (a few in color). NASA Abbreviations. Space Shuttle Diagrams. Glossary. Additional Reading. Index. Foreword by Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins. Cover has wear, soiling, and creases. Join the crew of space shuttle Enterprise as they prepare to take the first step into the twenty-first century. Step aboard the world’s first reusable space vehicle with science writer Robert M. Powers for a cockpit view of a launch, orbit, re-entry, and return to earth. Preview the scheduled NASA shuttle missions in hundreds of line drawings and photographs of the crew at work in orbit. The shuttle system is the key to unlocking the next era of technology and the forerunner of space transportation systems of tomorrow: The world’s first spaceship is here! Mr. Powers has covered launches from the Kennedy Space Center and Viking Landings from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. More
Washington, DC: Presidential Commission, 1986. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Quarto. [6], 256, [6] pages. Volume I ONLY. Wraps. Illustrations (some color). Tables. Charts. Appendices. References. Slight wear to cover and spine edges. Sticker residue inside front flyleaf. Volume I contains the report and appendices AD. Volumes II and III (not present) contain the rest of the appendices; Volumes IV and V (also not present) contain hearings of the Presidential Commission. The Rogers Commission Report was created by a Presidential Commission charged with investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during its 10th mission, STS-51-L. The report, released and submitted to President Ronald Reagan on 9 June 1986, both determined the cause of the disaster that took place 73 seconds after liftoff, and urged NASA to improve and install new safety features on the shuttles and in its organizational handling of future missions. One of the commission's members was physicist Richard Feynman. His style of investigating with his own direct methods rather than following the commission schedule put him at odds with Rogers, who commented, "Feynman is becoming a real pain." During a hearing, Feynman famously demonstrated how the O-rings became less resilient and subject to seal failures at ice-cold temperatures by immersing a sample of the material in a glass of ice water. Feynman's own investigation revealed a disconnect between NASA's engineers and executives that was far more striking than he expected. His interviews of NASA's high-ranking managers revealed misunderstandings of elementary concepts. One such concept was the determination of a safety factor. More
Washington, DC: Presidential Commission, 1986. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Quarto, 5 volume set. Various paginations: Volume I [10], 256, [6] pages; Volume II approximately 500 pages; Volume III approximately 530 pages. Volume IV approximately 830 pages; and Volume V approximately 900 pages. Wraps. Illustrations (some color in Volume I). Diagrams. Tables. Charts. Appendices. References. Slight wear to cover and spine edges. Volumes II and III removed from shrinkwrap for cataloguing. Volume IV and V has open shrinkwrap present. Some wear and soiling to covers. Overall condition of the 5 volumes is Very Good. Volume I contains the report and appendices A-D. Volumes II and III contain the rest of the appendices; Volumes IV and V contain hearings of the Presidential Commission. The Rogers Commission Report was created by a Presidential Commission charged with investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during its 10th mission, STS-51-L. The report, released and submitted to President Ronald Reagan on 9 June 1986, both determined the cause of the disaster that took place 73 seconds after liftoff, and urged NASA to improve and install new safety features on the shuttles and in its organizational handling of future missions. More
Washington, DC: AIAA, 1992. First? Edition. First? Printing. 332, illus., references, author index, pencil erasure on front endpaper. Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, 145. More