Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1963. Presumed first thus. Wraps. Good. Format is approximately 8 inches by 8 inches. Four page insert format is approximately 7.5 inches by 7.25 inches. Rear cover folds out. Primary cover colors are Blue and Gold. The insert is titled "Salute to NASA" and includes a one page narrative a one page program one page of Head Table Guests and the last page lists the sponsor committee and administrative assistance. The interior of the rear foldout presents NASA milestones from 1958 through 1963 and a summary of the Mercury Flight Program. The front cover has a small circular hole that reveals the NASA logo on the first page of the insert. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA is an independent agency of the U.S. Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and space research. The NASA was established in 1958 succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA. The new agency was to have a distinctly civilian orientation encouraging peaceful applications in space science. Since its establishment 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. NASA is supporting the International Space Station and is overseeing the development of the Orion spacecraft the Space Launch System and Commercial Crew vehicles. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management for uncrewed 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 such as New Horizons; and researching astrophysics topics such as the Big Bang through the Great Observatories and associated programs. National Aeronautics and Space Administration paperback
Washington DC: NASA 2002. very good CD-ROM's in fair to good plastic cases. 7 CD-ROM disks 7 CD-ROM disks in plastic cases--cases for disks 1 2 5 & 6 are cracked but no damage to CD-ROM's. The Nimbus 7 Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere LIMS radiance profile dataset of 1978/79 was reconditioned and reprocessed to Version 6 profiles of temperature and species that are improved significantly over those from Version 5. NASA unknown
Washington DC: GPO 1969. fair to good. 238 wraps illus. tables appendices covers and edges foxed some foxing to a few pages mailing label on rear cover. Front cover creased. GPO paperback
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2007. Presumed First Edition First printing. Comb binding. Very good. 50 pages including covers. Decorative front cover. Phoenix was an uncrewed space probe that landed on the surface of Mars on May 25 2008 and operated until November 2 2008. Phoenix was operational on Mars for 157 sols 161 days. Its instruments were used to assess the local habitability and to research the history of water on Mars. The mission was part of the Mars Scout Program; its total cost was $420 million including the cost of launch. The multi-agency program was led by the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona with project management by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Academic and industrial partners included universities in the United States Canada Switzerland Denmark Germany the United Kingdom NASA the Canadian Space Agency the Finnish Meteorological Institute Lockheed Martin Space Systems MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates MDA in partnership with Optech Incorporated Optech and other aerospace companies. It was the first NASA mission to Mars led by a public university. Phoenix was NASA's sixth successful landing on Mars from seven attempts and the first in Mars' polar region. The lander completed its mission in August 2008 and made a last brief communication with Earth on November 2 as available solar power dropped with the Martian winter. The mission was declared concluded on November 10 2008 after engineers were unable to re-contact the craft. JPL declared the lander to be dead. The program was considered a success because it completed all planned science experiments and observations. The mission had two goals. One was to study the geological history of water the key to unlocking the story of past climate change. The second was to evaluate past or potential planetary habitability in the ice-soil boundary. Phoenix's instruments were suitable for uncovering information on the geological and possibly biological history of the Martian Arctic. Phoenix was the first mission to return data from either of the poles and contributed to NASA's main strategy for Mars exploration "Follow the water." A press kit often referred to as a media kit is a pre-packaged set of promotional materials that provide information about a person company organization or cause and which is distributed to members of the media for use. Press kits are often distributed to announce a release or for a news conference.<br /> Traditionally the term "press kit" referred to a set of documents photographs such as publicity stills and other relevant materials packaged together and such a kit was designed to be sent to a newspaper or magazine as part of an organization's public relations or promotional program. There is no universal guide to the elements that should be included in a press kit or media kit but the following are common components: Backgrounder with historical information on the company or individual; Fact sheet listing specific features statistics or benefits; Biographies of key executives individuals artists etc.; Past press coverage; Photos or other images; a press release; and media contact information. National Aeronautics and Space Administration unknown
Washington DC: GPO 1974. very good. 10" x 8" 1 print of color photograph of astronauts Donald Slayton Vance Brand and Thomas Stafford signed by commander Thomas Stafford. Explanatory caption on reverse. GPO unknown
Washington DC: GPO 1975. very good. 10" x 8" 1 color photograph of 5 astronauts 2 Russians and 3 Americans signed by Amer. commander Thomas Stafford & Russian V. Kubasov. Explanatory caption on reverse. The five crew members include Americans Thomas Stafford Donald Slayton and Vance Brand and Russians Aleksey Leonov and Valeriy Kubasov. GPO unknown
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1959. Contemporary print. Photograph. Good. Sheet is approximately 8 inches by 10.5 inches. Black and white photographic image is approximately 9 inches by 6.5 inches. This is printed on photographic paper stock. The image is of a Pilot/Astronaut in a flight suit/spacesuit seated on a chair. Based on comparison with NASA early photographs of the Mercury 7 Astronauts this appears to be an astronaut in their spacesuit. It may be Gordon Cooper in the picture. The photo is contemporary with Project Mercury. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the US Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA it conducted twenty uncrewed developmental flights some using animals and six successful flights by astronauts. The program took its name from Roman mythology. The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury Seven" and each spacecraft was given a name ending with a "7" by its pilot. On April 9 1959 NASA's first administrator Dr. Keith Glennan announced the names of the agency's first group of astronauts at a news conference in Washington D.C. Now known as the "Original Seven" they included three Naval aviators M. Scott Carpenter Walter M. Schirra Jr. and Alan B. Shepard Jr.; three Air Force pilots L. Gordon Cooper Jr. Virgil I. Gus Grissom and Donald K. Deke Slayton; along with Marine Corps aviator John H. Glenn Jr. This group photo of the original Mercury astronauts was taken in June 1963 at the Manned Spacecraft Center MSC now Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas. The astronauts are left-to-right: Cooper Schirra Shepard Grissom Glenn Slayton and Carpenter. Project Mercury became NASA's first major undertaking. The objectives of the program were to place a human-rated spacecraft into orbit around Earth observe the astronaut's performance in such conditions and safely recover the astronaut and the spacecraft. The Mercury flights proved that humans could live and work in space and paved the way for the Gemini and Apollo programs as well as for all further human spaceflight. National Aeronautics and Space Administration unknown
Washington DC: GPO 1968. v.1 as is; v.2 fair to good. Quarto 2042 & 1536 2 vols. illus. figures tables charts references appendices index damp stains & wrinkling p. 1700 to end v.1. No pages stuck in v.1 rear board and spine damp stained and spotted v.1 rear board somewhat scuffed v.2 top edge rear board worn v.2 small stains to fore-edge v.1 & v.2. A collection of articles papers talks and reports generated by the scientific and engineering staff of Goddard Space Flight Center in 1965. Topics covered include astronomy and astrophysics celestial mechanics and geodesy 16 papers pp. 145-542 in v.1 solar physics ionosphere and radio physics planetology planetary atmospheres space dynamics and control systems spacecraft and subsystems sounding rockets sensors general electronics environmental testing tracking systems and telemetry and data processing. GPO unknown
Washington DC: GPO 1965. fair. Oversized approx. 200 Part II only wraps profusely illus. figures tables references some foxing to fore-edge and a few pages. Covers somewhat worn soiled and creased small tears and small pieces missing at spine. GPO paperback
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