National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1974. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. No previous owner's name. Clean tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. . National Aeronautics and Space Administration hardcover
Washington D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1968. S5 - A hardcover book in very good condition that has some bumped corners some stains/smudge tanning and light shelf wear with no dust jacket. Astronautics and Aeronautics 1967: Chronology on Science Technology and Policy. Text by Science and Technology Division Library of Congress. NASA SP-4008. 9.5"x6" 487 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Hardcover
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kennedy Space Center 2011. Presumed First Edition First printing one of multiple origins. Single sheet printed on both sides. Good. The format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. There is an illustration of the orbiter on the booster on the front side. The other side lists the 32 completed missions and the 33rd mission targeted for June 28 2011. This is an ephemeral items and only a relatively few copies have likely survived. Space Shuttle Atlantis Orbiter Vehicle designation: OV-104 is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States.Atlantis was manufactured by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and was delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985. Atlantis is also the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J made from October 3 to 7 1985. <br /> Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission also the final mission of a space shuttle STS-135 on July 8 2011. STS-134 by Endeavour was expected to be the final flight before STS-135 was authorized in October 2010. STS-135 took advantage of the processing for the STS-335 Launch on Need mission that would have been necessary if STS-134's crew became stranded in orbit. Atlantis landed for the final time at the Kennedy Space Center on July 21 2011. By the end of its final mission Atlantis had orbited the Earth a total of 4848 times traveling nearly 126000000 miles which is more than 525 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon.Atlantis is named after RV Atlantis a sailing ship that operated as the primary research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from 1930 to 1966 Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off on its maiden voyage STS-51-J on October 3 1985. This was the second shuttle mission that was a dedicated Department of Defense mission. It flew one other mission STS-61-B the second shuttle night launch before the Challenger disaster temporarily grounded the shuttle fleet in 1986. Among the five Space Shuttles flown into space Atlantis conducted a subsequent mission in the shortest time after the previous mission turnaround time when it launched in November 1985 on STS-61-B only 50 days after its previous mission STS-51-J in October 1985. Atlantis was then used for ten flights from 1988 to 1992. Two of these deployed the planetary probes Magellan to Venus on STS-30 and Galileo to Jupiter on STS-34. With STS-30 Atlantis became the first Space Shuttle to launch an interplanetary probe. During the launch of STS-27 in 1988 a piece of insulation shed from the right solid rocket booster struck the underside of the vehicle severely damaging over 700 tiles and removing one tile altogether. The crew were instructed to use the remote manipulator system to survey the condition of the underside of the right wing ultimately finding substantial tile damage. The only images transferred to the mission control center were encrypted and of extremely poor quality. Mission control personnel deemed the damage to be "lights and shadows" and instructed the crew to proceed with the mission as usual infuriating many of the crew. Upon landing Atlantis became the single-most-damaged shuttle to successfully land. A similar situation would eventually lead to the loss of the shuttle Columbia in 2003 albeit on the more critical reinforced carbon-carbon. During STS-37 in 1991 Atlantis deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Beginning in 1995 with STS-71 Atlantis made seven straight flights to the former Russian space station Mir as part of the Shuttle-Mir program. STS-71 marked a number of firsts in human spaceflight: 100th U.S. crewed space flight; first U.S. Shuttle-Russian Space Station Mir docking and joint on-orbit operations; and first on-orbit change-out of shuttle crew. When linked Atlantis and Mir together formed the largest spacecraft in orbit at the time. Atlantis delivered several vital components for the construction of the International Space Station ISS. During the February 2001 mission STS-98 to the ISS Atlantis delivered the Destiny Module the primary operating facility for U.S. research payloads aboard the ISS. The five-hour 25-minute third spacewalk performed by astronauts Robert Curbeam and Thomas Jones during STS-98 marked NASA's 100th extra vehicular activity in space. The Quest Joint Airlock was flown and installed to the ISS by Atlantis during the mission STS-104 in July 2001. The successful installation of the airlock gave on-board space station crews the ability to stage repair and maintenance spacewalks outside the ISS using U.S. EMU or Russian Orlan space suits. On ISS assembly flight STS-122 in February 2008 Atlantis delivered the Columbus laboratory to the ISS. Columbus laboratory is the largest single contribution to the ISS made by the European Space Agency ESA. In May 2009 Atlantis flew a seven-member crew to the Hubble Space Telescope for its Servicing Mission 4 STS-125. The mission was a success with the crew completing five spacewalks totaling 37 hours to install new cameras batteries a gyroscope and other components to the telescope. The longest mission flown using Atlantis was STS-117 which lasted almost 14 days in June 2007. During STS-117 Atlantis' crew added a new starboard truss segment and solar array pair the S3/S4 truss folded the P6 array in preparation for its relocation and performed four spacewalks. During the STS-129 post-flight interview on November 16 2009 shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach said that Atlantis officially beat Space Shuttle Discovery for the record low amount of interim problem reports with a total of just 54 listed since returning from STS-125. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Center unknown
Washington DC: NASA 1976. good. 306 wraps illus. references covers somewhat worn and soiled spine somewhat wrinkled. Sponsored by Optical Society of America and the NASA Langley Research Center. Complete subtitle: A digest of technical papers presented at the topical meeting on Atmospheric Aerosols: Their Properties and Effects December 13-15 1976 Williamsburg Virginia. NASA paperback
National Academy of Public A. 1992. Paperback. UsedVeryGood. Paperback; light fading shelf wear to exterior; crease to front cover near spine; otherwise in very good condition with clean text and tight binding. . National Academy of Public A paperback
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2007. Third Printing stated. Wraps. Very good. 12 pages plus covers. Illustrations color. Sources of Further Information. How did the Universe begin Does time have a beginning and an end Does space have edges Einstein's theory of relativity replied to these ancient questions with three startling predictions: that the Universe is expanding from a Big Bang; that black holes so distort space and time that time stops at their edges; and that a dark energy could be pulling space apart sending galaxies forever beyond the edge of the visible Universe. Observations confirm these remarkable predictions the last finding only four years ago. Yet Einstein's legacy is incomplete. His theory raises - but cannot answer - three profound questions: What powered the Big Bang What happens to space time and matter at the edge of a black hole and What is the mysterious dark energy pulling the Universe apart The Beyond Einstein program within NASA's office of space science aims to answer these questions employing a series of missions linked by powerful new technologies and complementary approaches to shared science goals. The program also serves as a potent force with which to enhance science education and science literacy. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. President Dwight D. Eisenhower established NASA in 1958 with a distinctly civilian rather than military orientation encouraging peaceful applications in space science. The agency became operational on October 1 1958. Since that time most US space exploration efforts have been led by NASA including the Apollo Moon landing missions the Skylab space station and later the Space Shuttle. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program LSP which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management for unmanned NASA launches. NASA science is focused on better understanding Earth through the Earth Observing System advancing heliophysics through the efforts of the Science Mission Directorate's Heliophysics Research Program exploring bodies throughout the Solar System with advanced robotic spacecraft missions and researching astrophysics topics. National Aeronautics and Space Administration paperback
NASA 1969. Pbk 4to 236pp illustr charts and diagrams prev ownerÕs stamp partly-obliterated on front cover very faint shelfweat to covers otherwise appears unused and an excellent clean tight unmarked copy as new NASA, 1969 unknown
National Academy of Public Administration. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. National Academy of Public Administration unknown
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