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President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, creating NASA to direct U.S. space policy. Since then, NASA has led U.S. efforts for space exploration, which includes the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs, as well as the International Space Station. In honor of NASA’s anniversary and in celebration of the significant achievements of America’s Space Shuttle program, the United States Government Printing Office has assembled this collection of consumer and scientific publications for sale about NASA, its pioneers, contributions, and America’s rich history of space exploration. And introducing a gift set of 5 new Space Shuttle color bookmarks, one for each of the shuttles. (See image above.)
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Description: These colorful NASA Space Shuttle Bookmarks represent each shuttle that was launched in the space shuttle program, including the Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, and the Endeavour. Each bookmark contains stunning photography of the shuttle and provides its history and a fun “did you know” fact about the ship. Year/Pages: 2011: 5 Bookmarks.
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$2.50
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, History Program Office Description: Part of the NASA History Series, this book explores contributions of psychology to yesterday's great space race, today's orbiter and International Space Station missions, and tomorrow's journeys beyond Earth's orbit. Through essays on topics including survival in extreme environments, studies of commercial spaceflights, the multicultural dimensions of exploration, and the psychological benefits of viewing Earth from space and the multicultural dimensions of exploration, readers will gain an understanding of the psychological challenges that have faced the space program since its earliest days. An engaging read for those interested in space, history, and psychology alike. Year/Pages: 2011: 264 p.; ill. Price: $23.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Headquarters Description: Provides authoritative documentation of the many accomplishments of the NASA Space Shuttle Program over the course of its 30 year history. It also provides accurate, authentic and easily understood accounts from NASA's best subject matter experts and external resources. This marvelous book, replete with extraordinary photographs, captures the passion of those who devoted their energies to the Program's success for more than three decades. It focuses on their science and engineering accomplishments, the rich history of the program and the shuttle as an icon in U.S. history. Year/Pages: 2011: 600 p.; ill.
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$50.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Headquarters Description: Covers the Aircraft Energy Efficiency (ACEE), consisting of six aeronautical projects born out of the energy crisis of the 1970s and divided between the Lewis and Langley Research Centers in Ohio and Virginia. Book has a CD-ROM in a pocket attached to the back cover. Year/Pages: 2010: 201 p.; ill. and CD-ROM. Price: $24.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Description: A two-volume collection of case studies on aspects of NACA-NASA research by noted engineers, airmen, historians, museum curators, journalists, and independent scholars. Explores various aspects of how NACA-NASA research took aeronautics from the subsonic to the hypersonic era. 2 books in slipcase, sold as a set. Year/Pages: 2010: 2 bks. (2019 p.); ill.
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$50.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of External Relations Description: Covers the years 1989-1998 and includes the areas of launch systems, human spaceflight and space science. Also addresses funding, management, and details of programs and missions. Year/Pages: 2009: 1074 p.; ill.
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$59.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Description: Focuses on the applications of the techniques to generic configurations for general research as well as to specific aircraft and spacecraft configurations. Important lessons learned are also reviewed. A brief review of the special dynamic force tests that usually accompany free-flight tests is provided, and the document concludes with the author's perspective on potential future opportunities and requirements in free-flight model testing. Year/Pages: 2010: 200 p.; ill.
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$35.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of Communications, NASA Headquarters Description: This scholarly look at the Altitude Wind Tunnel covers the transformations the wind tunnel made in its long history from a wind tunnel doing full-scale testing for wartime applications, to a vacuum chamber supporting the Vision for Space Exploration, and even a brief period as home to Mercury astronaut training. The book also addresses the attempts to resurrect the facility and its eventual decommissioning and demolition. Year/Pages: 2010: 410 p.; ill.
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$44.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, spinoff Program Office, NASA Center for AeroSpace Information, Office of the Chief Technologist Description: Highlights the Agency's most significant research and development activities and the successful transfer of NASA technology, showcasing the cutting-edge research being done by the Nation's top technologists and the practical benefits that come back down to Earth in the form of tangible products that make our lives better. Year/Pages: 2010: 315 p.; ill.
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$37.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Earth Observing System Aura, Goddard Space Flight Center Description: This booklet details discoveries from the Earth Observing System Aura, which was launched July 15, 2004. Aura is part of the Earth Science Projects Division, a program dedicated to monitoring the complex interactions that affect the globe using NASA satellites and data systems. Year/Pages: 2010: 57 p.; ill.
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$10.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, History Division Description: Authors with diverse backgrounds in science, history, anthropology, and more, consider culture in the context of the cosmos in this book. How does our knowledge of cosmic evolution affect terrestrial culture? Conversely, how does our knowledge of cultural evolution affect our thinking about possible cultures in the cosmos? Are life, mind, and culture of fundamental significance to the grand story of the cosmos that has generated its own self-understanding through science, rational reasoning, and mathematics? Book includes bibliographical references and an index. Year/Pages: 2009: 612 p.; ill.
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$61.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of External Relations Description: Emphasizes primary documents or long-out-of-print essays or articles and material from the private recollections of important participants in shaping space affairs. Each document or group of related documents is accompanied by a headnote setting out its context and providing a background narrative. These headnotes also provide specific information about people and events discussed. Year/Pages: 2008: 893 p. ; ill.
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$35.00
Publisher: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Description: This book describes the history and accomplishments of the Hubble space telescope. Includes color photographs and diagrams and a color wall poster. Year/Pages: 2009: 151 p.; ill.
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$35.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of External Relations Description: A biography of Dr. William H. Pickering, this book details the accomplishments of one of America's premier deep space scientists. Thomas P. Everhart said of him: "More than any other individual Bill Pickering was responsible for America's success in exploring the planets, an endeavor that demanded vision, courage, dedication, expertise, and the ability to inspire two generations of scientists and engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory." Year/Pages: 2008: 269 p.; ill.
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$25.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of External Relations Description: In this volume, NASA covers the history of the Soviet space program from 1961 to 1967. Year/Pages: 2009: 832 p.; ill. Price: $69.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Description: This publication contains papers presented at a conference convened by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum Space History Division on October 22-23, 2007, coverage 50 years in space. Divided into three parts, it encompasses the themes of the conference: 1. National and Global Dimensions of the Space Age; 2. Remembrance and Cultural Representation of the Space Age; and 3. Reflections on the Space Age. Year/Pages: 2008: 479 p.; ill.
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$55.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, NASA History Division Description: Contains an historical account of NASA's Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network (STDN), starting with its formation in the late 1950's to what it is today in the first decade of the 21st century. It traces the roots of the tracking network from its beginnings at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS). Year/Pages: 2008: 523 p.; ill.
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$25.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Description: Contains selected speeches of NASA Administrator Michael Griffin about America's leadership role in space. Provides a thoughtful rationale for what we are doing in space, why we are doing it, and how we intend to bring it about. Year/Pages: 2008 341 p.; ill.
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$43.00
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Description: A collection of articles dealing with the risks of space exploration: behavioral health, radiation, medical capabilities, human factors and habitability, exercise and extravehicular activities. Year/Pages: 2009: 396 p.; ill. Price: $63.00 [ Top ] |
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July 2011 marked several significant milestones for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Not only does NASA celebrate its 53rd anniversary, but it has also launched the final space shuttle mission after three extraordinary decades. 
