NASA History Series


Reference Works, NASA SP-4000

Grimwood, James M. Project Mercury: A Chronology. (NASA SP-4001, 1963.)

Grimwood, James M.; and Barton C. Hacker, with Peter J. Vorzimmer. Project Gemini Technology and Operations: A Chronology. (NASA SP-4002, 1969).

Link, Mae Mills. Space Medicine in Project Mercury. (NASA SP-4003, 1965).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1963: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4004, 1964).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1964: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4005, 1965).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1965: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4006, 1966).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1966: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4007, 1967).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1967: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4008, 1968).

Ertel, Ivan D.; and Mary Louise Morse. The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume I, Through November 7, 1962. (NASA SP-4009, 1969).

Morse, Mary Louise; and Jean Kernahan Bay. The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume II, November 8, 1962–January 20, 1966. (NASA SP-4009, 1973).

Ertel, Ivan D.; and Roland W. Newkirk, with Courtney G. Brooks. The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume III, January 21, 1966–July 13, 1974. (NASA SP-4009, 1978).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1968: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4010, 1969).

Newkirk, Roland W.; and Ivan D. Ertel, with Courtney G. Brooks. Skylab: A Chronology. (NASA SP-4011, 1977).

Van Nimmen, Jane; and Leonard C. Bruno, with Robert L. Rosholt. NASA Historical Data Book, Volume I: NASA Resources, 1958–1968. (NASA SP-4012, 1976, rep. ed. 1988).

Ezell, Linda Neuman, NASA Historical Data Book, Volume II: Programs and Projects, 1958–1968. (NASA SP-4012, 1988).

Ezell, Linda Neuman. NASA Historical Data Book, Volume III: Programs and Projects, 1969–1978. (NASA SP-4012, 1988).

Gawdiak, Ihor Y., with Helen Fedor. Compilers. NASA Historical Data Book, Volume IV: NASA Resources, 1969–1978. (NASA SP-4012, 1994).

Rumerman, Judy A. Compiler. NASA Historical Data Book, 1979–1988: Volume V, NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science. (NASA SP-4012, 1999).

Rumerman, Judy A. Compiler. NASA Historical Data Book, Volume VI: NASA Space Applications, Aeronautics and Space Research and Technology, Tracking and Data Acquisition/Space Operations, Commercial Programs, and Resources, 1979–1988. (NASA SP-2000-4012, 2000).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1969: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4014, 1970).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1970: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4015, 1972).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1971: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4016, 1972).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1972: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4017, 1974).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1973: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4018, 1975).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1974: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4019, 1977).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1975: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4020, 1979).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1976: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4021, 1984).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1977: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4022, 1986).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1978: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4023, 1986).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1979–1984: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4024, 1988).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1985: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. (NASA SP-4025, 1990).

Noordung, Hermann. The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor. Stuhlinger, Ernst, and J. D. Hunley, with Jennifer Garland. Editors. (NASA SP-4026, 1995).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1986–1990: A Chronology. (NASA SP-4027, 1997).

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1990–1995: A Chronology. (NASA SP-2000-4028, 2000).

Orloff, Richard W. Compiler. Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference. (NASA SP-2000-4029, 2000).

Management Histories, NASA SP-4100

Rosholt, Robert L. An Administrative History of NASA, 1958–1963. (NASA SP-4101, 1966).

Levine, Arnold S. Managing NASA in the Apollo Era. (NASA SP-4102, 1982).

Roland, Alex. Model Research: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1915–1958. (NASA SP-4103, 1985).

Fries, Sylvia D. NASA Engineers and the Age of Apollo. (NASA SP-4104, 1992).

Glennan, T. Keith. The Birth of NASA: The Diary of T. Keith Glennan. J. D. Hunley. Editor. (NASA SP-4105, 1993).

Seamans, Robert C., Jr. Aiming at Targets: The Autobiography of Robert C. Seamans, Jr. (NASA SP-4106, 1966).

Project Histories, NASA SP-4200

Swenson, Loyd S., Jr.; James M. Grimwood; and Charles C. Alexander. This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury. (NASA SP-4201, 1966; rep. ed. 1998.)

Green, Constance M.; and Milton Lomask. Vanguard: A History. (NASA SP-4202, 1970; rep. ed. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971).

Hacker, Barton C.; and James M. Grimwood. On Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini. (NASA SP-4203, 1977, rep. ed., 2002).

Benson, Charles D.; and William Barnaby Faherty. Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations. (NASA SP-4204, 1978).

Brooks, Courtney G.; James M. Grimwood; and Loyd S. Swenson, Jr. Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft. (NASA SP-4205, 1979).

Bilstein, Roger E. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles. (NASA SP-4206, 1980, rep. ed. 1997).

Compton, W. David; and Charles D. Benson. Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab. (NASA SP-4208, 1983).

Ezell, Edward Clinton; and Linda Neuman Ezell. The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. (NASA SP-4209, 1978).

Hall, R. Cargill. Lunar Impact: A History of Project Ranger. (NASA SP-4210, 1977).

Newell, Homer E. Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science. (NASA SP-4211, 1980).

Ezell, Edward Clinton; and Linda Neuman Ezell. On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet, 1958–1978. (NASA SP-4212, 1984).

Pitts, John A. The Human Factor: Biomedicine in the Manned Space Program to 1980. (NASA SP-4213, 1985).

Compton, W. David. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions. (NASA SO-4214, 1989).

Naugle, John E. First Among Equals: The Selection of NASA Space Science Experiments. (NASA SP-4215, 1991).

Wallace, Lane E. Airborne Trailblazer: Two Decades With NASA Langley’s Boeing 737 Flying Laboratory. (NASA SP-4216, 1994).

Butrica, Andrew J. Editor. Beyond the Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communication. (NASA SP-4217, 1997).

Butrica, Andrew J. To See the Unseen: A History of Planetary Radar Astronomy. (NASA SP-4218, 1996).

Mack, Pamela E. Editor. From Engineering Science to Big Science: The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners. (NASA SP-4219, 1998).

Reed, R. Dale, with Darlene Lister. Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story. (NASA SP-4220, 1997).

Heppenheimer, T. A. The Space Shuttle Decision: NASA’s Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle. (NASA SP-4221, 1999).

Hunley, J. D. Editor. Toward Mach 2: The Douglas D-558 Program. (NASA SP-4222, 1999).

Swanson, Glen E. Editor. “Before This Decade Is Out...”: Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program. (NASA SP-4223, 1999).

Tomayko, James E. Computers Take Flight: A History of NASA’s Pioneering Digital Fly-by-Wire Project. (NASA SP-2000-4224, 2000).

Morgan, Clay. Shuttle-Mir: The U.S. and Russia Share History’s Highest Stage. (NASA SP-2001-4225, 2001).

Mudgway, Douglas J. Uplink/Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network. (NASA SP-2002-4227, 2002).

Center Histories, NASA SP-4300

Rosenthal, Alfred. Venture into Space: Early Years of Goddard Space Flight Center. (NASA SP-4301, 1985).

Hartman, Edwin, P. Adventures in Research: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940–1965. (NASA SP-4302, 1970).

Hallion, Richard P. On the Frontier: Flight Research at Dryden, 1946–1981. (NASA SP-4303, 1984).

Muenger, Elizabeth A. Searching the Horizon: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940–1976. (NASA SP-4304, 1985).

Hansen, James R. Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley Research Center From Sputnik to Apollo. (NASA SP-4308, 1995).

Wallace, Lane E. Flights of Discovery: 50 Years at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. (NASA SP-4309, 1996).

Herring, Mack R. Way Station to Space: A History of the John C. Stennis Space Center. (NASA SP-4310, 1997).

Wallace, Harold D., Jr. Wallops Station and the Creation of the American Space Program. (NASA SP-4311, 1997).

Wallace, Lane E. Dreams, Hopes, Realities: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, The First Forty Years. (NASA SP-4312, 1999).

Dunar, Andrew J.; and Stephen P. Waring. Power to Explore: A History of the Marshall Space Flight Center. (NASA SP-4313, 1999).

Bugos, Glenn E. Atmosphere of Freedom: Sixty Years at the NASA Ames Research Center Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1986–1990: A Chronology. (NASA SP-2000-4314, 2000).

General Histories, NASA SP-4400

Corliss, William R. NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958–1968: A Historical Summary. (NASA SP-4401, 1971).

Well, Helen T.; Susan H. Whiteley; and Carrie Karegeannes. Origins of NASA Names. (NASA SP-4402, 1976).

Anderson, Frank W., Jr. Orders of Magnitude: A History of NACA and NASA, 1915–1980. (NASA SP-4403, 1981).

Sloop, John L. Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, 1945–1959. (NASA SP-4404, 1978).

Roland, Alex A. Spacefaring People: Perspectives on Early Spaceflight. (NASA SP-4405, 1985).

Bilstein, Roger E. Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915–1990. (NASA SP-4406, 1989).

Logsdon, John M. Editor, with Linda J. Lear, Jannelle Warren-Findley, Ray A. Williamson, and Dwayne A. Day. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume I, Organizing for Exploration. (NASA SP-4407, 1995).

Logsdon, John M. Editor, with Dwayne A. Day and Roger D. Launius. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume II, Relations With Other Organizations. (NASA SP-4407, 1996).

Logsdon, John M. Editor, with Roger D. Launius, David H. Onkst, and Stephen E. Garber. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S Civil Space Program, Volume III, Using Space. (NASA SP-4407, 1998).

Logsdon, John M. General Editor, with Ray A. Williamson, Roger D. Launius, Russell J. Acker, Stephen J. Garber, and Jonathan L. Friedman. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume IV, Accessing Space. (NASA SP-4407, 1999).

Logsdon, John M. General Editor, with Amy Paige Snyder, Roger D. Launius, Stephen J. Garber, and Regan Anne Newport. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume V, Exploring the Cosmos. (NASA SP-2001-4407, 2001).

Siddiqi, Asif A. Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945–1974. (NASA SP-2000-4408, 2000).

Monographs in Aerospace History, NASA SP-4500

Maisel, Martin D.; Demo J. Giulianetti; and Daniel C. Dugan. The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft: From Concept to Flight. (NASA SP-2000-4517, 2000).

Jenkins, Dennis R. Hypersonics Before the Shuttle: A Concise History of the X-15 Research Airplane. (NASA SP-2000-4518, 2000).

Chambers, Joseph R. Partners in Freedom: Contributions of the Langley Research Center to U.S. Military Aircraft in the 1990s. (NASA SP-2000-4519, 2000).

Waltman, Gene L. Black Magic and Gremlins: Analog Flight Simulations at NASA’s Flight Research Center. (NASA SP-2000-4520, 2000).

Portree, David S. G. Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950–2000. (NASA SP-2001-4521, 2001).

Thompson, Milton O. with J. D. Hunley. Flight Research: Problems Encountered and What They Should Teach Us. (NASA SP-2000-4522, 2000).

Tucker, Tom. The Eclipse Project. (NASA SP-2000-4523, 2000).

Merlin, Peter W. Mach 3+: NASA/USAF YF-12 Flight Research, 1969–1979. (NASA SP-2002-4525, 2002).


 


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