Space Activities of the United States, Soviet Union, and Other Launching Countries/Organizations: 1957-1982; Report Prepared by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, for the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications transmitted to the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, First Session, Serial F April 1983
Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1983. This is in further revision of an original report by Charles S. Sheldon II. Wraps. xv, [1], 133, [3] pages. Figure. Tables. Cover has some wear and soiling. The author was a specialist in Aerospace and Telecommunications systems. Marcia S. Smith, Director of the Library of Congress’s Science and Technology Division of the Congressional Research Service from 1984-1985. Marcia S. Smith became President of the Space and Technology Policy Group, LLC in Arlington, VA, which specializes in policy analysis of civil, military and commercial space programs, and other technology areas. From March 2006-March 2009, Ms. Smith was Director of the Space Studies Board (SSB) at the National Research Council (NRC), and from January 2007-March 2009 additionally was Director of the NRC’s Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB). Previously, Ms. Smith was a senior level specialist in aerospace and telecommunications policy at the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Ms. Smith specialized in U.S. and foreign military and civilian space activities, as well as telecommunications issues. She worked at CRS from 1975-2006, except for a one year leave of absence from 1985-1986 while she served as Executive Director of the U.S. National Commission on Space. Ms. Smith is the author or co-author of more than 220 reports and articles on space, nuclear energy, and telecommunications issues. Ms. Smith is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress is a research group of more than 400 people who do research for congress and the White House. This report continues the Congressional Research Service tradition for outstanding research and understanding of space activities and is based on careful analysis of information contained in numerous unclassified sources. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Astronautics, Space Science, Space Launches, International Geophysical Year, Manned Orbital, Apollo-Soyuz, Salyut, Skylab, Launch Vehicles, Spacecraft, Space Shuttle, Tracking Facilities, Voskhod, Sputnik, Vanguard, Vostok
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