The Future of the Future
New York: G. Braziller, [1969]. First Printing. 22 cm, 322, illus., references, index. More
New York: G. Braziller, [1969]. First Printing. 22 cm, 322, illus., references, index. More
Phoenix, AZ: Petley Studios, Inc. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Postcard. Format is approximately 6 inches by 4 inches. Dennis McLeveen was a photographer with the Department of Defense, based out of El Paso, Texas. The front is a color photograph entitled White Sands where the Space Shuttle landed at the top and a color image of the Shuttle against a hilly backdrop. On the reverse at the top left is the following text: Space Shuttle Columbia NASA's shuttle Columbia ended its third space transportation system test mission with a landing at Northrup Strip on White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on March 30, 1982. Later this 100 ton orbiter was carried piggyback on a Boeing 747 to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. No writing on this postcard--it had not been sent anywhere. More
Washington DC: Office of Air Force History, 1978. Second edition [stated]. 1979 printing as stated on page 341. Trade paperback. vii, [1], 341, [3] pages. Bibliography of Bibliographies. Reference Works. Guide to Documentary Collections. List of Publishers. List of Serial Publications. Author Index. Subject Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. This second edition of the United States Air Force bibliography presents a selection of books and periodical literature dealing with Air Force subjects. In choosing selections for this bibliography the increasing volume of published material relating to U.S. Air Force operations and activities necessitated great selectivity. The thirty-eight subject groupings were chosen to provide researchers with ready references to broad categories of general interest. A more detailed guide to specific topics is provided by the subject index. An author index is also appended as an aid in locating specific items. More
[London]: Octopus Books, 1975. Reprint Edition. 33 cm, 104, over 145 full color illus., tables of technical data, pencil erasure on blank side of front endpaper. More
New York: Random House, 1983. First American Edition. 30 cm, 10, chiefly color illus., some wear and soiling to boards. More
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air University Press, 1986. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 86, wraps, illus., notes, bibliography, some wear, soiling, and sticker residue to covers. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1986. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 86, wraps, illus., notes, bibliography, front cover somewhat weak, covers worn and soiled. More
Place_Pub: Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air University Press, 1986. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 86, wraps, illus., footnotes, notes, covers somewhat worn and soiled, ink name on bottom edge near spine. More
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Co., 1971. 1090, illus., figures, charts, tables, refs, large glue stain inside rear bd, rough spot ins fr bd (lib pocket removed), lib stamps. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009. Part of Apollo 40 years series. Photograph. Format approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Image size is approximately 6 inches by 7.25 inches. The caption reads: One of the first steps taken on the Moon, this is an image of Buzz Aldrin's bootprint from the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours after landing; Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later. They collected 47.5 pounds of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Armstrong and Aldrin spent just under a day on the lunar surface before rejoining Columbia in lunar orbit. After being sent toward the Moon by the Saturn V's upper stage, the astronauts separated the spacecraft from it and traveled for three days until they entered into lunar orbit. Armstrong and Aldrin then moved into the lunar module Eagle and landed in the Sea of Tranquility. They stayed a total of about 21.5 hours on the lunar surface. The astronauts used Eagle's upper stage to lift off from the lunar surface and rejoin Collins in the command module. They returned to Earth and landed in the Pacific Ocean on July 24. Apollo 11 effectively ended the Space Race and fulfilled a national goal proposed in 1961 by U.S. President John F. Kennedy: "before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009. Part of Apollo 40 years series. Photograph. Format approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Image size is approximately 6 inches by 7.25 inches. The caption reads: The Apollo 13 Command Module splashed down in the South Pacific at 12:07:44 p.m. on April 17, 1970, after a harrowing mission in which a ruptured oxygen tank put the crew in peril. The red and white parachutes were the first signal to Mission Control that astronauts Lovell, Haise, and Swigert had defied the odds and made it safely back to Earth. Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. The craft was launched on April 11, 1970 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later, crippling the Service Module upon which the Command Module had depended. Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water, and the critical need to make makeshift repairs to the carbon dioxide removal system, the crew returned safely to Earth on April 17, 1970, six days after launch. The mission was commanded by James A. Lovell with John L. "Jack" Swigert as Command Module Pilot and Fred W. Haise as Lunar Module Pilot. Swigert was a late replacement for the original CM pilot Ken Mattingly, who was grounded by the flight surgeon after exposure to German measles. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009. Part of Apollo 40 years series. Photograph. Format approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Image size is approximately 6 inches by 7.25 inches. The caption reads: Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17, salutes the flag on the lunar surface during extravehicular activity (EVA) on NASA's final lunar landing mission. The Lunar Module Challenger is in the left background behind the flag, and the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is also in the background behind him. Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program. Launched on December 7, 1972, with a crew made up of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt. Apollo 17 was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the final manned launch of a Saturn V rocket. While Evans remained in lunar orbit in the Command/Service Module, Cernan and Schmitt spent just over three days on the moon in the Taurus–Littrow valley and completed three moonwalks, taking lunar samples and deploying scientific instruments. The landing site was chosen with the primary objectives of Apollo 17 in mind: to sample lunar highland material older than the impact that formed Mare Imbrium, and investigate the possibility of relatively new volcanic activity in the same area. Cernan, Evans and Schmitt returned to Earth on December 19 after a 12-day mission. Apollo 17 is the most recent manned Moon landing and was the last time humans travelled beyond low Earth orbit. The mission broke several records: the longest moon landing, longest total extravehicular activities (moonwalks), largest lunar sample, and longest time in lunar orbit. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009. Part of Apollo 40 years series. Photograph. Format approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Image size is approximately 6 inches by 7.25 inches. The caption reads: This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 astronauts as they came from behind the Moon after the lunar orbit insertion burn. The photo is displayed here in its original orientation, thought it is more commonly viewed with the lunar surface at the bottom of the photo. In the image is the following quotation from Astronaut William Anders "We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth." Apollo 8, the second manned spaceflight mission in the United States Apollo space program, was launched on December 21, 1968, and became the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, reach the Earth's Moon, orbit it and return safely to Earth. The three-astronaut crew — Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders — became the first humans to: travel beyond low Earth orbit; escape Earth's gravity; see Earth as a whole planet; enter the gravity well of another celestial body (Earth's moon); orbit another celestial body (Earth's moon); directly see the far side of the Moon with their own eyes; witness an Earthrise; escape the gravity of another celestial body (Earth's moon); and re-enter the gravitational well of Earth. The crew was named Time magazine's "Men of the Year" for 1968 upon their return. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009. Part of Apollo 40 years series. Photograph. Format approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Image size is approximately 6 inches by 7.25 inches. The caption reads: This outstanding view of the full Moon was photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-Earth journey homeward. When this picture was taken, the spacecraft was already 10,000 nautical miles away from the Moon. On board Apollo 11 were Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Buss Aldrin. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first 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 in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface. Armstrong and Aldrin spent just under a day on the lunar surface before rejoining Columbia in lunar orbit. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1969. 238, wraps, illus., tables, appendices, covers and edges foxed, some foxing to a few pages, mailing label on rear cover. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. xiv, [2], 225, [3] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Tables. Appendices. Corner of front cover gone. Ex-library with the usual library markings. This reporting period was highlighted by the Apollo 11 manned lunar landing and the Apollo 12 second manned lunar landing. The two successful Moon missions fulfilled the national goal of a manned lunar landing and safe return within the decade of the sixties and convincingly demonstrated the technological competence of the Apollo program. In addition, these flights showed the value of the space program as a unifying force in international relations, for interest in the Moon landings and in the astronauts transcended national boundaries. This report addresses Manned Space Flight, Scientific Investigations in Space, Space Applications, Advanced Research and Development, The Nuclear Rocket Program, Tracking and Data Acquisition, International Affairs, University Programs, Information and Educational Programs, and Supporting activities. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009. Part of Apollo 40 years series. Photograph. Format approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Image size is approximately 6 inches by 7.25 inches. The caption reads: Walter Cronkite at the Reduced Gravity Simulator During 1 1968 visit to Langley, then-CBS News Anchorman Walter Cronkite tries out the Reduced Gravity Simulator a series of cable-supported slings designed to approximate the Moon's gravity, one-sixth that of Earth's. The reduced gravity simulate was a practical system for simulating reduced and zero-gravitational fields, such as would be encountered in space stations, for determining the effects on the self-locomotive capabilities of man when subjected to a gravitational field less than that of the Earth for a sustained period of time. One of the unknowns of space exploration was the effect of sustained weightlessness experienced by the explorers during orbital flight. In addition, the knowledge that the Moon has a reduced gravitational field equal approximately one-sixth to that of the Earth, and the knowledge that reduced gravity, as well as zero gravity or weightless conditions, for sustained periods of time would be experienced by explorers during space exploration, created a definite need for a suitable reduced gravity simulation technique for studies on Earth of mans ability to perform needed self-locomotive tasks during interplanetary exploration. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1965. 527, wraps, index, chronology of major NASA launches, chronology of manned space flight, 1964, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Washington, DC: NASA Office of Adv Concepts, 1995. 28 cm, 24, wraps, illus., mailing label and ink notation on rear cover, broken seal at fore-edge. More
Washington, DC: NASA Office of Aeronautics, 1999. 28 cm, 24, wraps, illus., rear cover crinkled with small tear, mailing information and ink note on rear cover. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Aerospace Technology, Commercial Technology Division, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Quarto, 133, [1] pages. Wraps. Profusely illustrated (most in color). Maps, Cover slightly worn and soiled. Special Millennium Feature. Foreword by Administrator Daniel S. Goldin. Daniel Saul Goldin (born July 23, 1940) served as the 9th and longest-tenured Administrator of NASA from April 1, 1992, to November 17, 2001. He was appointed by President George H. W. Bush and also served under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He began his career at NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio that year, and worked on electric propulsion systems for human interplanetary travel. Goldin left NASA a few years later to work at the TRW Space and Technology Group in Redondo Beach, California. During a 25-year career at TRW, Goldin eventually became Vice President and General Manager and led projects that conceptualized and produced advanced communication spacecraft, space technologies, and scientific instruments. When Goldin returned to NASA as administrator, he pioneered the "faster, better, cheaper" approach that proposed NASA could cut costs while still delivering a wide variety of aerospace programs. Introduction by Robert L. Norwood, Director, Commercial Technology Division. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1989. First? Edition. First? Printing. 136, wraps, color illus. More
Washington, DC: Nat Center/Advanced Technol, 1991. First? Edition. First? Printing. Approx. 400, wraps, illus., diagrams, covers somewhat worn, soiled, and creased. More
Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1989. First? Printing. 24 cm, 294, illus. (some color), pencil erasure on title page, order card and publisher's ephemera laid in. More
Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. xiii, 137 p. Illustrations (color). More