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The NASA History Series includes over 200 books and monographs on a wide range of topics in aerospace history, many of which are available in downloadable digital formats.

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Reference Works (SP-4000)

The books in this category provide information, usually in dictionary, encyclopedia, or chronological form, for use by NASA personnel, scholars, and the public.

Pub. Number Title Author Year Keywords
SP-4001 Project Mercury: A Chronology > HTML version Grimwood, James M. 1963 Project Mercury
SP-4002 Project Gemini Technology and Operations: A Chronology > HTML version Grimwood, James M., and Barton C. Hacker, with Peter J. Vorzimmer 1969 Project Gemini
SP-4003 Space Medicine in Project Mercury Link, Mae Mills 1965 Project Mercury
SP-4004 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1963: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1964 Chronology
SP-4005 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1964: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1965 Chronology
SP-4006 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1965: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1966 Chronology
SP-4007 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1966: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1967 Chronology
SP-4008 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1967: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1968 Chronology
SP-4009 The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume I, Through November 7, 1962 Ertel, Ivan D., and Mary Louise Morse 1969 Apollo Program
SP-4009 The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume II, November 8, 1962–September 30, 1964 Morse, Mary Louise, and Jean Kernahan Bays 1973 Apollo Program
SP-4009 The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume III, October 1, 1964–January 20, 1966 Brooks, Courtney G., and Ivan D. Ertel 1976 Apollo Program
SP-4009 The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume IV, January 21, 1966–July 13, 1974 Ertel, Ivan D., and Roland W. Newkirk, with Courtney G. Brooks 1978 Apollo Program
SP-4010 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1968: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1969 Chronology
SP-4011 Skylab: A Chronology Newkirk, Roland W., and Ivan D. Ertel, with Courtney G. Brooks 1977 Skylab
SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. I: NASA Resources, 1958–1968 Van Nimmen, Jane, and Leonard C. Bruno, with Robert L. Rosholt 1976, rev. ed. 1988 General Reference
SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. II: Programs and Projects, 1958–1968 Ezell, Linda Neuman 1988 General Reference
SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. III: Programs and Projects, 1969–1978 Ezell, Linda Neuman 1988 General Reference, Historical Data
SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. IV: NASA Resources, 1969–1978 Gawdiak, Ihor, with Helen Fedor 1994 General Reference
SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. V: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1979–1988 Rumerman, Judy A. 1999 Historical Data, Launch Transportation
SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VI: NASA Space Applications, Aeronautics and Space Research and Technology, Tracking and Data Acquisition/Support Operations, Commercial Programs, and Resources, 1979–1988 Rumerman, Judy A. 2000 General Reference
SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989–1998 Rumerman, Judy A. 2009 General Reference
SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VIII: NASA Earth Science and Space Applications, Aeronautics, Technology, and Exploration, Tracking and Data Acquisition/Space Operations, Facilities and Resources 1989–1998 Rumerman, Judy A. 2012 Historical Data, Earth Science
SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VIII: NASA Earth Science and Space Applications, Aeronautics, Technology, and Exploration, Tracking and Data Acquisition/Space Operations, Facilities and Resources 1989–1998 — Tables Rumerman, Judy A. 2012 General Reference, Historical Data
SP-4014 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1969: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1970 Chronology
SP-4015 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1970: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1972 Chronology
SP-4016 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1971: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1972 Chronology
SP-4017 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1972: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1974 Chronology
SP-4018 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1973: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1975 Chronology
SP-4019 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1974: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1977 Chronology
SP-4020 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1975: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1979 Chronology
SP-4021 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1976: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1984 Chronology
SP-4022 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1977: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1986 Chronology
SP-4023 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1978: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1986 Chronology
SP-4024 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1979–1984: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1990 Chronology
SP-4025 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1985: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy NASA Historical Staff 1988 Chronology
SP-4026 The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor (English translation) Noordung, Hermann; Edited by Ernst Stuhlinger and J.D. Hunley, with Jennifer Garland 1995 (Original German published in 1929) Early Spaceflight
SP-4027 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1986–1990: A Chronology Gawdiak, Ihor Y., Ramon J. Miro, and Sam Stueland 1997 Chronology
SP-4028 Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1991–1995: A Chronology Gawdiak, Ihor Y. and Charles Shetland 2000 Chronology
SP-4029 Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference Orloff, Richard W. 2000 Apollo Program, Reference
SP-4030 Astronautics and Aeronautics: A Chronology, 1996–2000 Lewis, Marieke and Ryan Swanson 2009 Chronology
SP-4031 Astronautics and Aeronautics: A Chronology, 2001–2005 Ivey, William Noel and Marieke Lewis 2010 Chronology
SP-4032 Astronautics and Aeronautics: A Chronology, 2006 Buchalter, Alice R. and William Noel Ivey 2010 Chronology
SP-4033 Astronautics and Aeronautics: A Chronology, 2007 Lewis, Marieke 2011 Chronology
SP-4034 Astronautics and Aeronautics: A Chronology, 2008 Lewis, Marieke 2012 Chronology
SP-4035 Astronautics and Aeronautics: A Chronology, 2009 Lewis, Marieke 2012 Chronology
SP-4037 Astronautics and Aeronautics: A Chronology, 2010 Flattery, Meaghan 2013 Chronology
SP-4041 Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration Siddiqi, Asif A. 2018 Deep Space Exploration, Planetary Science

Management Histories (SP-4100)

This category contains historical works analyzing the institutional development of NASA, its institutional culture, and its broad functions in the execution of its aeronautics and space mission.

SP-4101 An Administrative History of NASA, 1958–1963 Rosholt, Robert L. 1966 Management History, Early NASA History
SP-4102 Managing NASA in the Apollo Era Levine, Arnold S. 1982 Management History, Apollo Program
SP-4103 Model Research: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1915–1958. Volume I and Volume II Roland, Alex 1985 Management History, The NACA
SP-4104 NASA Engineers and the Age of Apollo Fries, Sylvia D. 1992 Management History, Apollo Program, Engineers
SP-4105 The Birth of NASA: The Diary of T. Keith Glennan Hunley, J.D., Editor 1993 Management History
SP-4106 Aiming at Targets: The Autobiography of Robert C. Seamans Seamans, Robert C. 1996 Management History
SP-4107 Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of Human Spaceflight Symposium Garber, Stephen J. 2002 Management History
SP-4108 The Smell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot’s Odyssey Malick, Donald W. with Peter W. Merlin 2003 Management History, Memoir
SP-4109 From Runway to Orbit: Reflections of a NASA Engineer Iliff, Kenneth W. and Curtis L. Peebles 2004 Management History, Memoir, Engineer
SP-4110 Rockets and People (Volumes I to IV) Chertok, Boris 2005, 2006 2009, 2011 Management History, Memoir, Rockets
SP-4111 Shared Voyage: Learning and Unlearning from Remarkable Projects Laufer, Alexander, Todd Post, and Edward Hoffman 2005 Management History
SP-4112 Realizing the Dream of Flight: Biographical Essays in Honor of the Centennial of Flight, 1903-2003 Dawson, Virginia P. and Mark D. Bowles 2005 Management History
SP-4113 William H. Pickering: America’s Deep Space Pioneer Mudgway, Douglas J. 2008 Management History, Memoir
SP-4114 NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA’s Senior Leadership Dick, Steven J.; Rebecca Wright, and Sandra, Johnson, editors 2012 Management History, 50th Anniversary

Project Histories (SP-4200)

This category contains the largest number of works, all relating to the various aeronautics and space efforts undertaken by NASA over its history.

Pub. Number Title Author Year Keywords
SP-4201 This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury Swenson, Loyd S., Jr., James M. Grimwood, and Charles C. Alexander 1966, reprinted 1998 Project Mercury
SP-4202 Vanguard: A History Green, Constance McLaughlin, and Milton Lomask 1970, reprinted by Smithsonian Inst. Press 1971 Project Vanguard
SP-4203 On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini Hacker, Barton C., and James M. Grimwood 1977, reprinted 2002 Project Gemini
SP-4204 Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations Benson, Charles D. and William Barnaby Faherty 1978 Apollo Program
SP-4205 Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft Brooks, Courtney G., James M. Grimwood, and Loyd S. Swenson, Jr. 1979 Apollo Program
SP-4206 Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles Bilstein, Roger E. 1980 and 1996 Apollo Program, Saturn Launch Vehicles
SP-4208 Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab Compton, W. David and Charles D. Benson 1983 Skylab
SP-4209 The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Ezell, Edward Clinton and Linda Neuman Ezell 1978 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
SP-4210 Lunar Impact: A History of Project Ranger Hall, R. Cargill 1977 Project Ranger
SP-4211 Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science Newell, Homer E. 1980 Space Science
SP-4212 On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet, 1958-1978 Ezell, Edward Clinton and Linda Neuman Ezell 1984 Mars Exploration
SP-4213 The Human Factor: Biomedicine in the Manned Space Program to 1980 Pitts, John A. 1985 Space Medicine
SP-4214 Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions Compton, W. David 1989 Apollo Program
SP-4215 First Among Equals: The Selection of NASA Space Science Experiments Naugle, John E. 1991 Space Science
SP-4216 Airborne Trailblazer: Two Decades with NASA Langley’s 737 Flying Laboratory Wallace, Lane E. 1994 Boeing 737, Space Technology
SP-4217 Beyond the Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communications Butrica, Andrew J. 1997 Satellite Programs
SP-4218 To See the Unseen: A History of Planetary Radar Astronomy Butrica, Andrew J. 1996 Radar Astronomy
SP-4219 From Engineering Science to Big Science: The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners Mack, Pamela E., ed. 1998 Collier Trophy, Space Research
SP-4220 Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story Reed, R. Dale 1997 Lifting Bodies, Dryden / Armstrong Flight Research Center
SP-4221 The Space Shuttle Decision: NASA’s Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle Heppenheimer, T. A 1999 Space Shuttle Program
SP-4222 Toward Mach 2: The Douglas D-558 Program Hunley, J. D., ed. 1999 Douglas D-558 Program; Dryden / Armstrong Flight Research Center; High Speed Research
SP-4223 “Before This Decade is Out…” Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program Swanson, Glen E, ed. 1999 Apollo Program, Memoirs
SP-4224 Computers Take Flight: A History of NASA’s Pioneering Digital Fly-By-Wire Project Tomayko, James E. 2000 Computers
SP-4225 Shuttle-Mir: The United States and Russia Share History’s Highest Stage > HTML version Morgan, Clay 2001 Space Shuttle Program, Mir Space Station
SP-4226 “We Freeze to Please”: A History of NASA’s Icing Research Tunnel and the Quest for Safety Leary, William M. 2002 Research Tunnel, Icing Research
SP-4227 Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997 Mudgway, Douglas J. 2001 Deep Space Network
SP-4230 Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket, 1958-2002 Dawson, Virginia P. and Mark D. Bowles. 2004 Centaur Rocket
SP-4231 Mission to Jupiter: A History of the Galileo Project Meltzer, Michael 2007 Galileo Project
SP-4232 Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics Heppenheimer, T.A. 2007 Hypersonics, High Speed Research
SP-4233 “Read You Loud and Clear!” The Story of NASA’s Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Tsiao, Sunny 2008 Spaceflight Tracking, Data Network
SP-4234 When Biospheres Collide: A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs Metzler, Michael 2011 Planetary Protection
SP-4235 A History of Near-Earth Objects Research Conway, Erik M., Donald K. Yeomans, and Meg Rosenburg 2022 Near-Earth Objects, Asteroids, Comets, Planetary Defense
SP-4237 Not Yet Imagined: A Study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations Gainor, Christopher 2020 Hubble Space Telescope, Astronomy
SP-4238 NASA’s Discovery Program: The First Twenty Years of Competitive Planetary Exploration Susan M. Niebur with David W. Brown, Editor 2023 Planetary Exploration, Deep Space Exploration, Mission Management

Center Histories (SP-4300)

The books in this category cover the specific histories of the various NASA Field Centers.

Pub. Number Title Author Year Keywords
SP-4301 Venture into Space: Early Years of Goddard Space Flight Center Rosenthal, Alfred 1986 Goddard Space Flight Center
SP-4302 Adventures in Research: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940–1965 Hartman, Edwin P. 1970 Ames Research Center
SP-4303 On the Frontier: Flight Research at Dryden, 1946–1981 Hallion, Richard P. 1984 Dryden/Armstrong Flight Research Center
SP-4304 Searching the Horizon: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940–1976 Muenger, Elizabeth A. 1985 Ames Research Center
SP-4305 Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917–1958 Hansen, James R. 1987 Langley Aeronautical Laboratory
SP-4306 Engines and Innovation: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology Dawson, Virginia P. 1991 Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Glenn Research Center, Engine Research
SP-4307 “Suddenly Tomorrow Came…”: A History of the Johnson Space Center, 1957-1990 Dethloff, Henry C. 1993 Johnson Space Center
SP-4308 Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley Research Center from Sputnik to Apollo Hansen, James R. 1995 Langley Research Center
SP-4309 Flights of Discovery: 50 Years at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Wallace, Lane E. 1996 Dryden/Armstrong Flight Research Center
SP-4310 Way Station to Space: A History of the John C. Stennis Space Center Herring, Mack R. 1997 Stennis Space Center
SP-4311 Wallops Station and the Creation of an American Space Program Wallace, Harold D., Jr. 1997 Wallops Flight Facility
SP-4312 Dreams, Hopes, Realities. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center: The First Forty Years Wallace, Lane E. 1999 Goddard Space Flight Center
SP-4313 Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960–1990 Dunar, Andrew J. and Stephen P. Waring 1999 Marshall Space Flight Center
SP-4314 Atmosphere of Freedom:–Sixty Years at the NASA Ames Research Center–Seventy Years at the NASA Ames Research Center–75 Years at the NASA Ames Research Center Bugos, Glenn E. 2000,2010,2014 Ames Research Center
SP-4316 Crafting Flight: Aircraft Pioneers and the Contributions of the Men and Women of NASA Langley Research Center Schultz, James 2003 Langley Research Center
SP-4317 Science in Flux: NASA’s Nuclear Program at Plum Brook Station, 1955-2005 Bowles, Mark D. 2006 Plum Brook Station
SP-4318 Flights of Discovery: 60 Years at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Wallace, Lane E. 2007 Dryden/Armstrong Flight Research Center
SP-4319 Revolutionary Atmosphere: The Story of the Altitude Wind Tunnel and the Space Power Chambers Arrighi, Robert S. 2010 Wind Tunnel Research, Glenn Research Center
SP-4322 NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Contributions to the Space Shuttle Program Gelzer, Christian, ed. 2020 Dryden/Armstrong Flight Research Center,Space Shuttle Program

General Histories (SP-4400)

This category’s publications analyze, in detail, a variety of topics of interest to NASA, special issues in the development of spaceflight, and the evolution of the aerospace program as it relates to the Agency.

Pub. Number Title Author Year Keywords
SP-4401 NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958–1968: A Historical Summary Corliss, William 1971 Sounding Rockets
SP-4402 Origins of NASA Names Wells, Helen T., Susan H. Whiteley, and Carrie Karegeannes 1976 Names
SP-4403 Orders of Magnitude Anderson, Frank W., Jr. 1981 NACA, NASA, Survey History
SP-4404 Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, 1945–1959 Sloop, John L. 1978 Liquid Hydrogen, Propulsion
SP-4405 A Spacefaring People: Perspectives on Early Spaceflight Roland, Alex 1985 Early Spaceflight
SP-4406 Order of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915–1990 Bilstein, Roger E. 1989 NACA, NASA, Survey History
SP-4407 Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program Logsdon, John M., ed. et al. 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2008 Space, Documents, Science
SP-4408 Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945–1974 Siddiqi, Asif A. 2000 Soviet Union, Space Race, Russia
SP-4409 The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America Hansen, James R., ed. 2003, 2007, 2021 Aeronautics, Documents
SP-4410 Mars Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Space Exploration Initiative Hogan, Thor 2007 Mars, Space Exploration Initiative, Bush
SP-4411 Psychology of Space Exploration Vakoch, Douglas A. 2011 Psychology
SP-4412 NASA’s First A: Aeronautics from 1958–2008 Ferguson, Robert G. 2013 Aeronautics
SP-4413 Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication Vakoch, Douglas A. 2014 Archaeology, Anthropology, SETI, Interstellar Communication
SP-4415 Origins of 21st Century Space Travel: A History of NASA’s Decadal Planning Team and Vision for Space Exploration, 1999–2004 Asner, Glen and Stephen Garber 2019 Vision of Space Exploration, Decadal Planning Team, George W. Bush
SP-4418 A Wartime Necessity: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and Other National Aeronautical Research Organizations’ Efforts at innovation During World War II Spencer, Alex M, ed. 2024 NACA, Flight Research, Aeronautics, World War II, Military Partnerships
SP-4419 NACA to NASA to Now: The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century Launius, Roger D. 2023 NACA, NASA, Survey History

Monographs in Aerospace History (SP-4500)

These are studies, shorter than book length, that focus on specific issues in NASA’s history that have immediate relevance for public policy formulation and administration.

SP-4501 Toward a History of the Space Shuttle: An Annotated Bibliography Launius, Roger D. and Aaron K. Gillette, comps. 1992 Space Shuttle Program
SP-4502 An Annotated Bibliography of the Apollo Program > HTML version Launius, Roger D., and J.D. Hunley, comps. 1994 Apollo Program
SP-4503 Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis Launius, Roger D. 1994, reprinted 2004 Apollo Program
SP-4504 Enchanted Rendezvous: John C. Houbolt and the Genesis of the Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous Concept Hansen, James R. 1995, reprinted 1999 Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous; Apollo Program
SP-4505 Hugh L. Dryden’s Career in Aviation and Space Gorn, Michael H. 1996 Director History
SP-4506 Women in Flight Research at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center from 1946 to 1995 Powers, Sheryll Goecke 1997 Women, Dryden/Armstrong Flight Research Center
SP-4507 Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology Portree, David S.F. and Robert C. Treviño 1997 Spacewalks, EVAs
SP-4508 Legislative Origins of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958: Proceedings of an Oral History Workshop Logsdon, John M., moderator 1998 Congress; Early NASA
SP-4509 U.S. Human Spaceflight, A Record of Achievement 1961–1998 Rumerman, Judy A., compiler 1998 General History
SP-4510 NASA’s Origins and the Dawn of the Space Age >HTML version Portree, David S.F. 1998 Early NASA, Space Race
SP-4511 Together in Orbit: The Origins of International Cooperation in the Space Station Logsdon, John M. 1998 Space Station, International
SP-4512 Journey in Aeronautical Research: A Career at NASA Langley Research Center Phillips, W. Hewitt 1998 Langley Research Center
SP-4513 A History of Suction-Type Laminar-Flow Control with Emphasis on Flight Research Braslow, Albert L. 1999 Flight Research
SP-4514 Managing the Moon Program: Lessons Learned from Apollo Logsdon, John M., moderator 1999 Apollo Program, Moon
SP-4515 The Difficult Road to Mars: A Brief History of Mars Exploration in the Soviet Union Perminov, V.G. 1999 Mars Exploration, Soviet Union
SP-4516 Touchdown: The Development of Propulsion Controlled Aircraft at NASA Dryden Tucker, Tom 1999 Dryden/Armstrong Flight Research Center
SP-4517 The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft: From Concept to Flight Maisel, Martin, Demo J. Giulanetti, and Daniel C. Dugan 2000 Flight Research
SP-4518 Hypersonics Before the Shuttle: A Concise History of the X-15 Research Airplane Jenkins, Dennis R. 2000 Flight Research
SP-4519 Partners in Freedom: Contributions of the Langley Research Center to U.S. Military Aircraft of the 1990s Chambers, Joseph R. 2000 Langley Research Center, Military Partnerships
SP-4520 Black Magic and Gremlins: Analog Flight Simulations at NASA’s Flight Research Center Waltman, Gene L. 2000 Flight Research
SP-4521 Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950–2000 Portree, David S.F. 2001 Mars Exploration
SP-4522 Flight Research: Problems Encountered and What They Should Teach Us Thompson, Milton O. with J.D. Hunley 2000 Flight Research
SP-4523 The Eclipse Project Tucker, Tom 2000 Flight Research
SP-4524 Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes, 1958–2000 Siddiqi, Asif A. 2002 Deep Space Exploration
SP-4525 Mach 3+: NASA/USAF YF-12 Flight Research, 1969–1979 Merlin, Peter W. 2002 Flight Research; Air Force Partnership
SP-4526 Memoirs of an Aeronautical Engineer: Flight Tests at Ames Research Center, 1940–1970 Anderson, Seth B. 2002 Flight Research; Ames Research Center
SP-4527 Wilbur and Orville Wright: A Bibliography Commemorating the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the First Powered Flight on December 17, 1903 Renstrom, Arthur G. 2002 Early Flight Research, Wright Brothers
SP-4529 Concept to Reality: Contributions of the NASA Langley Research Center to U.S. Civil Aircraft of the 1990s Chambers, Joseph R. 2003 Flight Research
SP-4530 The Spoken Word: Recollections of Dryden History, The Early Years Peebles, Curtis, ed. 2003 Dryden/Armstrong Flight Research Center
SP-4531 American X-Vehicles: An Inventory- X-1 to X-50 Jenkins, Dennis R., Tony Landis, and Jay Miller 2003 Flight Research, X-Vehicles
SP-4532 Wilbur and Orville Wright: A Chronology Commemorating the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the First Powered Flight on December 17, 1903 Renstrom, Arthur G. 2003 Early Flight Research, Wright Brothers
SP-4533 NASA’s Nuclear Frontier: The Plum Brook Research Reactor Bowles, Mark D., and Robert S. Arrighi 2004 Plum Brook Station, Nuclear Research
SP-4534 Nose Up: High Angle-of-Attack and Thrust Vectoring Research at NASA Dryden 1979-2001 Wallace, Lane and Christian Gelzer 2009 Flight Research, Dryden/Armstrong Flight Research Center
SP-4535 Unconventional, Contrary, and Ugly: The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle Matranga, Gene J., C. Wayne Ottinger, Calvin R. Jarvis, and D. Christian Gelzer 2005 Lunar Landing Research Vehicle
SP-4536 Low Cost Innovation in Spaceflight: The History of the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Mission McCurdy, Howard E. 2005 NEAR Earth Missions
SP-4537 Project Apollo: The Tough Decisions Seamans, Robert C., Jr. 2007 Apollo Program
SP-4538 NASA and the Environment: The Case of Ozone Depletion Lambright, W. Henry 2005 Environment, Ozone
SP-4539 Innovation in Flight: Research of the NASA Langley Research Center on Revolutionary Advanced Concepts for Aeronautics Chambers, Joseph R. 2005 Langley Research Center, Flight Research
SP-4540 Journey in Space Research: Continuation of a Career at NASA Langley Research Center Phillips, W. Hewitt 2005 Langley Research Center, Space Research
SP-4541 U.S. Human Spaceflight: A Record of Achievement, 1961–2006 Rumerman, Judy A., comp. 2007 General History
SP-4542 The Spoken Word II: Recollections of Dryden History, Beyond the Sky Peebles, Curtis 2011 Dryden/Armstrong Flight Research Center, Space Research
SP-4543 Research in NASA History. A Guide of the NASA History Program, Third Edition Dick, Steven J, Stephen J. Garber, and Jane H. Odom, comp. 2009 NASA History Program
SP-4544 Ikhana: Unmanned Aircraft System Western States Fire Missions Merlin, Peter W. 2009 Flight Research
SP-4545 Remembering the Giants: Apollo Rocket Propulsion Development Fisher, Steven C. and Shamim A. Rahman, eds. 2009 Apollo Program
SP-4546 Fairing Well: From Shoebox to Bat Truck and Beyond, Aerodynamic Truck Research at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center Gelzer, Christian 2011 Truck Research, Dryden/Armstrong Research Center
SP-4547 Making the Invisible Visible: A History of the Spitzer Infrared Telescope Facility Rottner, Renee 2017 Spitzer Infrared Telescope Facility, Astronomy
SP-4548 Pursuit of Power: NASA’s Propulsion Systems Laboratory No. 1 and 2 Arrighi, Robert 2012 Propulsion Research
SP-4549 Toward a History of the Space Shuttle: An Annotated Bibliography Part 2 (1992–2011) Goodrich, Malinda K., Alice R. Buchalter, and Patrick M. Miller of the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, comp. 2012 Space Shuttle Program
SP-4550 Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology, 1997–2011, Volume 2 Ta, Julie B. and Robert C. Treviño 2016 Extravehicular Activities
SP-4552 The Spoken Word III: Recollections of Dryden History; The Shuttle Years Gelzer, Christian, Editor 2013 Dryden/Armstrong Flight Research Center, Space Shuttle Program
SP-4553 NASA Photo One Ross, James C. 2013 Dryden, Photography, Aeronautics
SP-4554 Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce Launius, Roger D. 2014 Public–Private Partnerships
SP-4555 The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: An Annotated Bibliography Buchalter, Alice R., and Patrick M. Miller of the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, comp. 2014 The NACA
SP-4556 Emblems of Exploration: Logos of the NACA and NASA Chambers, Joseph R., and Mark A. Chambers 2015 NACA and NASA, Logos, Symbols
SP-4557 Science Advice to NASA: Conflict, Consensus, Partnership, Leadership Alexander, Joseph K. 2017 NASA Advisory Committee, NAC, Space Science

Electronic Media (SP-4600)

This category consists of media resources, including DVDs and CDs, available for research purposes.

Pub. Number Title Author Year Keywords
SP-4601 Remembering Apollo 11 (CD-ROM) Bruce K. Byers, et al. 1999, 2004 Apollo Program
SP-4602 The Mission Transcript Collection: U.S. Human Spaceflight Missions from Mercury Redstone 3 to Apollo 17 (CD-ROM) NASA Historical Staff 2001 Apollo Program, Mission Transcripts
SP-4603 Shuttle-Mir: The United States and Russia Share History’s Highest Stage Morgan, Clay 2002 Shuttle–Mir, International, Russia
SP-4604 U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission presents Born of Dreams ~ Inspired by Freedom NASA Historical Staff 2004 General Reference
SP-4605 Of Ashes and Atoms: A Documentary on the NASA Plum Brook Reactor Facility (video) Polaczynski, James and Robert Arrighi 2005 Plum Brook Station Reactor
SP-4606 Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket Dawson, Virginia P. and Mark D. Bowles 2004 Centaur Rocket
SP-4607 Fueling Space Exploration: The History of NASA’s Rocket Engine Test Facility Glenn Research Center Imaging Technology Center 2005 Rocket Engine Test Facility
SP-4608 Altitude Wind Tunnel at NASA Glenn Research Center. An Interactive History Arrighi, Robert and Gary Nolan 2008 Glenn Research Center, Wind Tunnel Research
SP-4609 A Tunnel Through Time: The History of NASA’s Altitude Wind Tunnel (video) Polaczynski, James and Robert Arrighi 2010 Glenn Research Center, Wind Tunnel Research

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Conference Proceedings (SP-4700)

This category includes the proceedings of NASA conferences and conventions.

Pub. Number Title Author Year Keywords
SP-4701 Risk and Exploration: Earth, Sea and the Stars Dick, Steven J. and Cowing, Keith L., ed. 2005 Conference Proceedings
SP-4702 Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight Dick, Steven J. and Launius, Roger D., ed. 2006 Conference Proceedings
SP-4703 Remembering the Space Age Dick, Steven J., ed. 2008 Conference Proceedings
SP-4704 NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings. NASA’s First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives Dick, Steven J., ed. 2010 Conference Proceedings
SP-4705 50 Years of Solar System Exploration: Historical Perspectives Billings, Linda, ed. 2021 Conference Proceedings, Planets, Solar System

Societal Impact Studies (SP-4800)

The works in this collection relate to the impact of space activities, programs, and technologies upon society.

Pub. Number Title Author Year Keywords
SP-4801 Societal Impact of Spaceflight Dick, Steven J. and Launius, Roger D. 2007 Social Sciences; Humanities
SP-4802 Cosmos & Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context Dick, Steven J. and Lupisella, Mark L., ed. 2009 Social Sciences; Humanities
SP-4803 Historical Studies in the Societal Impact of Spaceflight Dick, Steven J., ed. 2015 Social Sciences; Humanities

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