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	NASA History in Brief
		NASA's first high profile program was Project Mercury, an effort to learn if humans could survive in space, followed by Project Gemini, which built upon Mercury's successes and used spacecraft built for two astronauts.
		NASA's human space flight efforts then extended to the Moon with Project Apollo, culminating in 1969 when the Apollo 11 mission first put humans on the lunar surface.
		NASA has also done important research on such topics as "lifting bodies" (wingless airplanes) and "supercritical wings" to dampen the effect of shock waves on transsonic aircraft.
	history.nasa.gov /brief.html (524 words)

	Genesis : Search for Origins \| JPL \| NASA
		NASA's Office of History has chronicled these feats and has developed many resources to help students better understand the development of America's space program.
		NASA notes that "...our exploration of space has taught us to view the Earth, ourselves, and the universe in a new way.
		Using the NASA "First" chronology, have them tape the patches to one side of the timeline in the correct place.
	www.genesismission.org /product/genesis_kids/socialstudactivities/TimelineTG.html (527 words)

	NASA Special Publications SP-42XX Series Part 2
		Accordingly, NASA physicians were extremely cautious about the risks to astronauts and biomedical research was (and still is) and important area of research.
		The Project Histories had previously included studies of the Saturn launch vehicle ("Stages to Saturn") and the Apollo Command and Lunar Modules ("Chariots for Apollo") and in 1989, the NASA History Office published William Compton's fine book "Where No Man Has Gone Before; A History of Lunar Exploration Missions" (SP-4214).
		Other volumes in the Project History Series examine the use of computers in digital fly by wire, a history NASA's Icing Research Tunnel and a history of the Deep Space Network, plus over half a dozen volumes in preparation for publication in the next two years.
	www.boggsspace.com /nasa_sp_42xx2.htm (1105 words)

	Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket 1958–2002
		This book is a continuation of the NASA History Office’s effort to document the agency’s programs and projects, and is written by Virginia Dawson and Mark Bowles of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, near NASA’s Glenn Research Center (GRC), formerly Lewis Research Center in Cleveland.
		It is interesting that NASA’s history office would publish a book highlighting the intercenter rivalries and disagreements over the Centaur at a time when the current NASA administrator, Mr.
		NASA’s philosophy during this era and the technical experiences and lessons learned by General Dynamics and their subcontractors, on this program, were later shared with other Apollo-Saturn vehicle contractors.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/bookrev/dawsonboles.html (1011 words)

	science@nasa - History
		Titled Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume V: Exploring the Cosmos, the book is the fifth volume in an ongoing series of reference books that are useful for those interested in both space history and space policy.
		Written by John Naugle, the former head of NASA's Office of Space Science and the agency's former Chief Scientist.
		An excellent history of the Deep Space Network (DSN), the critical component necessary for tracking, controlling, and transmitting data to and from interplanetary spacecraft.
	science.hq.nasa.gov /missions/hist.html (365 words)

	NASA - NASA History Office
		The NASA History Program was first established in 1959 (a year after NASA itself was formed) and has continued to document and preserve the agency's remarkable history through a variety of products.
		The NASA History Office serves two key functions: fulfilling the mandate of the 1958 "Space Act" calling for NASA to disseminate aerospace information as widely as possible, and helping NASA managers understand and thus benefit from the study of past accomplishment and difficulties.
		Thus, in addition to serving internal NASA customers, the NASA History Program is of great interest to a wide panoply of outside citizens who follow aerospace activities such as scholars, journalists, and students.
	www.nasa.gov /audience/foreducators/9-12/features/F_NASA_History_Office.html (266 words)

	NASA Special Publications SP-42XX Series Part 1
		The SP-42XX series is composed of histories of various NASA projects and is perhaps the series of most interest to readers and collectors as it offers the official NASA histories of Projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo among others.
		The volume is an excellent history of the Vanguard project, the U.S.’ s second satellite in space, including onboard experiments, instrumentation, tracking systems and test firings.
		This is perhaps the scarcest of the NASA history publications and extremely difficult to find in hardback.
	www.boggsspace.com /nasa_sp_42xx1.htm (1892 words)

	Review 0065
		is designed to provide a wide range of concise monographs referred to the history of aeronautics and astronautics, which may be of use to aerospatial historians.
		NASA personnel and to anyone wishing to get information on the Apollo project.
		To provide enough historical general references, the book offers a summary of the history of the Apollo project, brief enough to provide the reader with a global vision of the program in a short reading time, and wide enough so as not to omit important data.
	www.amazings.com /sbb/reviews/review0065.html (269 words)

	NASA - Student Programs
		This is a NASA competition program which allows teams of students to design and build a science experiment which will then be operated in a NASA microgravity drop tower facility.
		The office provides interface, integration and verification support with linkages to educational content, encouraging students to pursue course work and careers in technical fields.
		NASA Cooperative Education Programs are designed to combine academic studies with on-the-job training and experience and to give students an opportunity to work at a NASA Field Center while completing their education.
	education.nasa.gov /edprograms/stdprograms/index.html (1033 words)

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		Since its inception in 1958, NASA has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space.
		NASA remains a leading force in scientific research and in stimulating public interest in aerospace exploration, as well as science and technology in general.
		While the tremendous technical and scientific accomplishments of NASA demonstrate vividly that humans can achieve previously inconceivable feats, we also are humbled by the realization that Earth is just a tiny "blue marble" in the cosmos.
	history.nasa.gov (201 words)

	NASA - JSC History Portal
		The JSC Roundup offers history as it was happening, reported in the pages of JSC's own newspaper.
		And the JSC Oral Histories tell space history stories, in the words of those who lived them.
		Official NASA history titles are presented in italics, such as Suddenly, Tomorrow Came: a History of Johnson Space Center.
	www.jsc.nasa.gov /history/complete.htm (1032 words)

	NASA - Managing History: A Practicum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In the summer of 2002, I was asked to serve as interim chief historian for NASA until a permanent replacement was hired.
		I had been with the NASA History Office since 1995, and had worked closely with Roger.
		Just one year after the agency was formed, the NASA History Office began its work of documenting and preserving the organization's remarkable history.
	appl.nasa.gov /ask/issues/17/practices (1820 words)

	NASA History
		The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created on October 1, 1958, "to provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere and for other purposes." This was one year after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 and a "technology gap" crisis had become part of the Cold War.
		Since then, NASA has built a largely successful human spaceflight program; sent probes and landers throughout the solar system and beyond; orbited telescopes and observatories of both outer space and Earth; and conducted research in aeronautics.
		NASA's Origins and the Dawn of the Space Age
	www.jsc.nasa.gov /history/nasa_history.htm (134 words)

	NASA's Solar System Exploration: News & Events: 07.19.02: A Little Light Reading
		The NASA History Office is pleased to announce the availability of three publications and three websites:
		NASA History's newest monograph provides an excellent ready reference of deep space missions attempted since the opening of the space age in 1957 and documents the development, testing, and implementation of robotic spacecraft.
		Special thanks to Charles Brooks, Colin Fries, and Rick Spencer of the History Office and Headquarters Library for their help formatting this for the Web.
	solarsystem.nasa.gov /news/display.cfm?News_ID=3155 (502 words)

	U.S. Government Bookstore: Browse by Subject: Space Exploration
		Recounts the history of the lunar landing program from the perspective of some of the political leaders, engineers, scientists, and astronauts who made it such a success.
		Includes chapters on: space history, the evolution of space power (1945-1992); space law, policy, and doctrine; space support to the war fighters, space missions and military space systems; spacelift (launch centers and vehicles); military space strategy and evolving systems; and glossary of acronyms.
		Focuses on the political, administrative, and social history aspects of Wallops Flight Facility on the East Coast of the lower Delmarva Peninsula from 1957 to 1966.
	bookstore.gpo.gov /subjects/sb-297.jsp (2128 words)

	Treasures web
		In 2001 NASA celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the first flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.
		NASA's response to the committee's investigation of the "Challenger" accident : hearing before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, February 26, 1987.
		NASA's Mars program after the Young report, parts I & II : hearing before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, April 12 and June 13, 2000.
	staff.lib.muohio.edu /~shocker/DOCS/NASA (1342 words)

	History of Astronomy - Astronautics @ GCA7Sky
		History of Space Exploration From Views of the Solar System, based on NASA information.
		NASA History Series Publications includes other on-line publications and books available off-line, plus lists other books that are out of print, but which you may be able to find.
		Also, many online NASA history books that cover this period are listed individually on the Book Links Page.
	members.aol.com /chopstcks/gca7sky/history/astronautics.htm (1076 words)

	collectSPACE - resources and guides - "NASA Special Publications"
		NASA physicians were extremely cautious about the risks and accordingly, biomedical research was important.
		Project Histories had previously included studies of the Saturn launch vehicle ("Stages to Saturn") and the Apollo Command and Lunar Modules ("Chariots for Apollo").
		Beginning with the International Geophysical Year in 1957,ÊVanguard and the transition of NACA into NASA, as well as the founding of the Space Science Board, Naugle covers the tension between Homer Newell, Goddard and JPL, as well as the impact of NASA Administrator James Webb's leadership.
	www.collectspace.com /resources/books_nasapubs5.html (975 words)

	Earth-Sun Exploration Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The greatest challenge faced by these NASA Earth Science pioneers was just 'getting there': putting a satellite in space, exactly where you want it, and then keeping it there was very difficult in the early days.
		NASA's Earth Science missions would grow from this humble beginning to impact virtually every aspect of our lives.
		During this period Earth Sciences at the NASA Goddard Space Flight was actually part of our Space Science research organization which involved studying weather observations from TIROS and learning about the Van Allen belts and cosmic radiation from the Vanguard missions.
	webserv.gsfc.nasa.gov /metadot/index.pl?iid=1829 (297 words)

	collectSPACE - resources and guides - "NASA Special Publications"
		As with other NASA publications, the older of these are often seen in softbound editions, but were also released in hardbound in very limited press runs.
		The volume is an excellent history of the Vanguard project, the United States' second satellite in space, including onboard experiments, instrumentation, tracking systems and test firings.
		Beginning with NASA SP-4208, "Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab," the History Office moved away from the conservative deep blue cover with gold text to a more contemporary look.
	www.collectspace.com /resources/books_nasapubs4.html (1947 words)

	NASA Ames History Office
		Staffed by historians and archivists, the History Office supports research, writing and oral history projects, and helps preserve, store, and provide access to records and artifacts related to the history of the Center.
		Borders Books, sponsored by the NASA Ames Exchange, will have books for sale and for signing.
		Joel West, a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at the San Jose State University business school, will present a paper titled "Coding Theory in Space." The seminar is at the NASA Ames Research Center on Friday, 15 December from 1:00 to 2:00 in the Building N207, Room 111 (the conference room).
	history.arc.nasa.gov (330 words)

	NASA's Observatorium -- Human Spaceflight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Learn about NASA's rich history, from its beginnings in 1915 as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to the multifaceted role it plays today.
		The Johnson Space Center History Archive consists of approximately 1,000 linear feet of documentation collected by the History Office at the Johnson Space Center over a period of 20 years and used by Johnson Space Center historians to write the official histories and chronologies of several manned space programs.
		The Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA's Center of Excellence for Propulsion, was established in 1960.
	observe.arc.nasa.gov /nasa/spacefly/human_flight/HTML_version/hf_links.html (327 words)

	NASA Ames History Office - Moffett Field
		Since 1994 NASA has served as custodian of Moffett Field ("Moffett Federal Airfield").
		The NASA Ames Historic Preservation Office coordinates with state and federal agencies on historic preservation issues related to historic places, historic landmarks and historic districts at Moffett Field.
		See a brief history of Moffett Field prepared by the office titled, "Moffett Field History: 1933 - Today".
	history.arc.nasa.gov /moffett.htm (245 words)

	Russian Aerospace Guide - Space Centers
		The unique combination of his management skill, patronage of the highest political offices, and the militaries weapons requirements all coincided to allow the development of spaceflight and then manned spaceflight in an amazingly short period of time.
		Periodically, the Society for the History of Technology hosts space sessions, all other events are special and not repeating.
		The NASA and ESA booths were the largest, and NASA's was showing a continous flashy media presentation promoting Mars and other SEI missions using several dozen arrayed television sets.
	home.comcast.net /~rusaerog/conferences.html (1389 words)

	U.S. Government Bookstore: Browse by Subject: Aerospace
		Contains a history of the John C. Stennis Space Center, one of NASA's 10 Field Centers which was built in the days of the Apollo program for the specific purpose to static fire and certify the huge Saturn 5 boosters used in the Apollo lunar landing program.
		Captures a sense of the excitement and determination of the NASA team as it prepared for those historic journeys to the Moon.
		Recounts the 60 year history of NASA's Icing Research Tunnel, a unique facility that has made unparalleled contributions to a specialized area of aeronautics research that affects virtually all who fly.
	bookstore.gpo.gov /subjects/sb-222.jsp (3710 words)

	Web Sites of Interest
		NASA History Office documentation of the Apollo program.
		NASA History Office study commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
		NASA History Office site tells the story of the development of the Apollo Command and Service Modules and the people who designed and built them.
	www.lpi.usra.edu /expmoon/moonwebsites.html (477 words)

	CHS : History Day 1999 -- An Introduction to NASA
		National History Day and NASA have cooperated to help the student researcher access easily historic records of the NASA space program.
		Here at the Connecticut Historical Society website, links to NASA websites, Goddard Space and Flight Center and the AeroSpace and Environmental Education and Research Center at Eastern Connecticut State University are also featured.
		The Historical Subject Reference Guide is useful in narrowing the search on specific topics and looking at timelines on NASA history.
	www.chs.org /hist_day/NASA.html (315 words)

	NASA History: Interesting Links
		The NASA Headquarters History Office does not officially endorse these sites, but Web surfers may find useful information on these mostly non-government pages.
		This site details the history and mission of the Center, information on Center Members and associates, a list of the Center's prestigious series, Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, lists of upcoming colloquia and workshops, and information on the U of M Graduate Minor in Studies of Science and Technology
		A short page that presents texts and images of the NASA KSC facility where a large number of the gases and liquids supplied to the launch vehicles were kept.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/links3.htm (1266 words)

	NASA - Higher Education Programs - Students and Post Doctoral
		The program is an on-site paid internship/scholarship program open only to Hispanic students pursuing studies in the fields of engineering, mathematics and science at Hispanic serving Institutions.
		This is a web site with information on technical research and internship opportunities available in over 200 private companies, non-profit organizations, and government-sponsored research centers and laboratories.
		The program offers competitive fellowships to U.S. citizens who are pursuing graduate degrees at the Masters and Doctoral levels, at U. accredited colleges and universities in areas of science and engineering that support the NASA research and development mission.
	education.nasa.gov /divisions/higher/programs/high_ed_student.html (794 words)

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