NASA Aerospace Science & Technology Dictionary
Rocketplane Books
Toward Mach 2: The Douglas D-558 Program 173-page, 20.51 MB .pdf file
Hypersonics Before the Shuttle:
A Concise History of the X-15 Research Airplane
is a 130 page .pdf file.
X-15 Research Results, SP-60 (1964),
summarizes 119 X-15 flights from 1958 to 1964. The three X-15s flew to over 300,000 feet, and exceeded Mach 6, while exceeding Mach 5 on fifty flights.
Proceedings of the X-15 First Flight 30th Anniversary Celebration
CP-3105 (1991)
The X-15 Program in Retrospect lecture by John V. Becker (1968)
Transiting from Air to Space: The North American X-15
is a chapter from The Hypersonic Revolution (1998) v1 - v2 - v3
Project Mercury Books
Project Mercury: A Chronology SP-4001
This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury SP-4201 (1963)
Results of the Second U.S. Manned Orbital Flight, May 24, 1962 SP-6
Results of the Third U.S. Manned Orbital Flight, October 3, 1962 SP-12
Mercury Project Summary & Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital Flight
SP-45 (1963)
Project Gemini Books
Project Gemini Technology and Operations: A Chronology SP-4002 (1968)
On The Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini SP-4203 (1977)
Project Gemini Familiarization Manual:
Volume 1 (except Section VIII), "Long Range and Modified Configurations"
Volume 1, Section VIII, "Guidance and Control Systems"
Volume 2 (except Section VIII), "Rendezvous and Docking Configurations"
Volume 2, Section VIII, "Guidance and Control Sytsems"
Project Apollo Books
Apollo By The Numbers: A Statistical Reference SP-4029 (2001)
Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations
SP-4204 (1978)
Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles, SP-4206 (1996), describes the development of the Saturn I, IB, and V launch vehicles that carried the Apollo spacecraft.
The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, SP-4009 (1975), dates every step in the design, development, construction, and use of the Apollo lunar spacecraft, from ideas in 1923 to the final lunar landing in 1974.
Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft, SP-4205 (1979), describes the development of the Apollo Command, Service, and Lunar Modules from 1957 to July, 1969.
LM-5 Structures is a 61-page .pdf with drawings and descriptions of the structures of the Lunar Module, specifically detailing the Eagle LM used in the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
Lunar Roving Vehicle is a 14-page .pdf with drawings and descriptions of the Lunar Rover used during the Apollo 17 lunar explorations.
Apollo Expeditions to the Moon SP-350 (1975)
Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration
SP-4214 (1989)
LPI Apollo Image Atlas
almost 25,000 lunar images, + earth, astronauts & hardware
Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit SP-362 (1978)
"Before This Decade is Out...":
Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program SP-4223 (1999)
What Made Apollo a Success? SP-287 (1970)
Key Apollo Source Documents page links to 11 .pdf files
Enchanted Rendezvous:
John C. Houbolt and the Genesis of the Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Concept,
Monograph 4 (1995), is a 78-page, 1.84 MB .pdf file.
Project Apollo: The Tough Decisions,
Monograph 37, SP-4537 (2005),
is a 174-page, 2 MB .pdf file.
JSC Apollo Program Summary Report, JSC-09423 (1975),
page linking to 10 .pdf sections of the full report, 4-6 MB each
An Annotated Bibliography of the Apollo Program Monograph 2 (1994)
MSFC-MAN-507, Saturn V Flight Manual, SA-507
CSM 104, Command and Service Module Systems Handbook
Apollo Operations Handbook, Block II: Spacecraft
LMA790-3-LM, Apollo Operations Handbook, Lunar Module:
Subsystems Data - Operational Procedures
Apollo 8 Flight Plan: Sections 1 and 2 - sections 3 through 5
Apollo 9 Flight Plan
Apollo 11 Flight Plan
Apollo 12 Flight Plan
Apollo 15 Flight Plan
Apollo 16 Flight Plan
Apollo 17 Flight Plan
Apollo 8 Technical Crew Debriefing: Volume 1 - Volume 2
Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing: Volume 1 - Volume 2
Apollo 15 Technical Crew Debriefing
Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing
LMA790-1, Lunar Excursion Module Familiarization Manual
LMA790-2, Lunar Module LM-10 Through LM-14
Vehicle Familiarization Manual
Skylab Books
Skylab: A Chronology SP-4011 (1977)
Skylab: Our First Space Station SP-400 (1977)
Skylab: A Guidebook EP-107
Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab SP-4208 (1978)
Skylab: Classroom in Space SP-401 (1977)
Skylab's Astronomy and Space Sciences SP-404 (1979)
A New Sun: The Solar Results from Skylab SP-402 (1979)
MSFC-MAN-206, Skylab Saturn IB Flight Manual.
CSM 116-119, Skylab Command Service Module Systems Handbook
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Books
The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project SP-4209 (1978)
Space Shuttle Books
Shuttle Crew Operations Manual full 1,176 page manual
Shuttle Operational Data Book page links to 54 .pdf files
of engineering drawings detailing the Shuttle Orbiter structure.
Shuttle Payload Bay User's Guide is a 3.5MB, 255-page .pdf.
Space Shuttle Avionics System SP-504 (1989)
Space Shuttle News Reference Manual
Upgrading the Space Shuttle is the full text of a 1999 report
from the National Research Council Committee on Space Shuttle Upgrades.
Toward a History of the Space Shuttle: An Annotated Bibliography is a very complete list of categorized and annotated Space Shuttle history text references. Many books and periodicals are listed, there are no web links.
The Space Shuttle Decision:
NASA's Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle SP-4221 (1999)
Space Shuttle SP-407 (1976)
The Space Shuttle At Work SP-432 (1979)
STS-51L Challenger Rogers Commission Report (1986)
Personal Observations on the Reliability of the Shuttle is the full text of Richard Feynman's addendum to the Challenger Commission report on the catastrophic loss of a Shuttle and seven lives on January 28, 1986.
Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report
International Space Station Books (ISS Books)
Together in Orbit:
The Origins of International Participation in the Space Station,
Monograph 11, is a 56-page .pdf file.
ISS Phase I: Shuttle-Mir Program Joint Report, SP-6108 (1999),
is a 324-page, 4.64 MB .pdf file.
EVA: Extra-Vehicular Activity
Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology v1, 1965-1997 is a 156-page, 3.42 MB .pdf file.
Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology v2, 1997-2011 is a 174-page .pdf file.
Future Manned Projects
Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century
symposium papers (1984)
Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950-2000
Space Medicine Books, Space Biology Books, & Related Subjects
Space Medicine In Project Mercury SP-4003 (1965)
Biomedical Results of Apollo SP-368 (1975)
Biomedical Results from Skylab (1975)
The Human Factor:
Biomedicine in the Manned Space Program to 1980 SP-4213 (1985)
History of Research in Space Biology and Biodynamics
at the USAF Missile Development Center,
Holloman AFB, New Mexico 1946-1958
Living Aloft: Human Requirements for Extended Spaceflight SP-483 (1985)
Aerospace Food Technology SP-202 (1969)
Books on Satellites, Lunar Probes,
Interplanetary Probes, & Related Subjects
Exploring Space With a Camera SP-168 (1968)
Vanguard: A History SP-4202 (1970)
Beyond The Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communication
SP-4217 (1997)
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Low Cost Innovation in Spaceflight:
The History of the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Mission,
Monograph 36, SP-4536 (2005), is an 86-page, 3.33 MB .pdf file.
Lunar Impact: A History of Project Ranger SP-4210 (1977)
LPI Ranger Photographs of the Moon
text & images from SP-61, SP-62, SP-63, SP-111, & SP-112, (1964-66)
two 4.6 MB .pdf files & many jpegs
LPI Lunar Map Catalog
LPI Consolidated Lunar Atlas
Destination Moon: A History of the Lunar Orbiter Program TM-3487 (1977)
LPI Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon 675 photos + annotations
The Planetary Quarantine Program SP-4902 (1974)
On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet 1958-1978 SP-4212 (1984)
The Martian Landscape SP-425 (1978)
Viking Orbiter Views of Mars SP-441 (1980)
The Voyage of Mariner 10: Mission to Venus and Mercury SP-424 (1978)
Atlas of Mercury, SP-423 (1978), from Mariner 10 images
Magellan: The Unveiling of Venus JPL 400-345 (1989)
Far Travelers: The Exploring Machines SP-480 (1985)
Pioneer Odyssey, SP-349/396 (1977), about the Pioneer 10 Jupiter flyby
Voyager 1 and 2 Atlas of Six Saturnian Satellites SP-474 (1984)
Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997
SP-4227 (2001) To read Uplink-Downlink offline, go to the SP-4227 directory
and use HTTrack to download.
Deep Space Communications and Navigation Series
page linking to 6 .pdf tech books
General Space Exploration History Articles & Documents
Exploring the Unknown:
Selected Documents in the History of the US Civil Space Program,
SP-4407, is in 6 volumes.
Volume I: Organizing for Exploration is an 821-page .pdf file.
Volume II: External Relationships is a 671-page .pdf file.
Volume III: Using Space is a 626-page, 2.81 MB .pdf file.
Volume IV: Accessing Space is a 712-page, 4.01 MB .pdf file.
Volume V: Exploring the Cosmos is an 823-page .pdf file.
Volume VI: Space and Earth Science is a 780-page, 6.19 MB .pdf file.
Space Technology History Books
The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor,
SP-4026, is a translation of a book published in German in 1929
Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, 1945-1959 SP-4404 (1978)
Computers in Spaceflight: The NASA Experience NASW-3714 (1988)
NASA's Nuclear Frontier:
The Plum Brook Reactor Facility, SP-4533 (2004), is a 6.89 MB .pdf file
The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF):
Mission 1 Experiments SP-473 (1984)
Space Science Books & Related Subjects
From Engineering Science to Big Science:
The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners
SP-4219 (1998)
Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science SP-4211 (1980)
First Among Equals:
The Selection of NASA Space Science Experiments SP-4215 (1991)
Science in Orbit:
The Shuttle & Spacelab Experience: 1981-1986 NP-119 (1988)
The Case of Ozone Depletion,
Monograph 38, SP-4538 (2005), is a 74-page, 2.15 MB .pdf file
The Impact of Science on Society
by James Burke, Jules Bergman, & Isaac Asimov, SP-482 (1985),
is a 98-page, 4.79 MB .pdf file
Astronomy Books, Planetary Geology Books, & Related Subjects
Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics Zombeck, Cambridge (1990)
The Foundations of Celestial Mechanics Collins (2004) 11 .pdf files
The Fundamentals of Stellar Astrophysics Collins (2003) 18 .pdf files
Images of the solar upper atmosphere from SUMER on SOHO
Battrick (2003) 12 .pdf files
Evolution of the Solar System SP-345 (1976)
Chondrules and their Origins papers (1983)
Origin of the Moon conference papers (1984)
Basaltic Volcanism on the Terrestrial Planets (1981)
Planetary Geology in the 1980s SP-467 (1985)
The Star Splitters: The High Energy Astronomy Observatories SP-466 (1984)
Next Generation Space Telescope (1989 STSI Workshop)
Project Orion:
A Design Study of a System for Detecting Extrasolar Planets
SP-436 (1980)
Life in the Universe CP-2156 (1981)
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence SP-419 (1977)
Fundamental Numerical Methods and Data Analysis Collins (2003) 10 .pdf files
The Virial Theorem in Stellar Astrophysics Collins (1978) 6 .pdf files
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
(in Latin) Nicolaus Copernicus (1543) 7 .pdf files
Astronomiæ Instauratæ Mechanica (in Latin) Tycho Brahe (1602) 35 .pdf files
Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College, Volume VIII
Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory
of the Smithsonian Institution Volume I
Core List of Astronomy Books Bryson (2003)
Core List of Astronomy and Physics Journals Bryson (2003)
Aviation Books & Related Subjects
Introduction to the Aerodynamics of Flight SP-367 (1975)
Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft SP-468 (1985)
Flight Research at Ames, 1940-1997 SP-3300 (1998)
Airborne Trailblazer:
Two Decades With NASA Langley's 737 Flying Laboratory SP-4216
Wind Tunnels of NASA SP-440 (1981)
Model Research: Volumes 1 & 2 SP-4103 (1985)
The High Speed Frontier:
Case Histories of Four NACA Programs, 1920-1950 SP-445 (1980)
Computers Take Flight:
A History of NASA's Pioneering Digital Fly-by-Wire Project
197-page .pdf file.
American X-Vehicles: An Inventory, X-1 to X-50,
Monograph 31, SP-4531 (2003), is a 1.09 MB, 65-page .pdf file.
The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft,
Monograph 17, is a 2.42 MB, 222-page .pdf file.
Touchdown: The Development of Propulsion Controlled Aircraft at Dryden,
Monograph 16 (1999), is a 1.28 MB, 62-page .pdf file.
NASA History Books
Research in NASA History:
A Guide to the NASA History Program 74-page, 1 MB .pdf
Orders of Magnitude
A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 SP-4406 (1989)
NASA's Origins and the Dawn of the Space Age Monograph 10 (1998)
Legislative Origins
of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
Monograph 8 (1998), 71-page .pdf file
Space Handbook: Astronautics and its Applications RAND Corporation (1959)
NASA Historical Data Books, Volumes 3-6 SP-4012 (1988)
NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968: A Historical Summary SP-4401 (1971)
Origins of NASA Names SP-4402 (1976)
Suddenly Tomorrow Came...
A History of the Johnson Space Center SP-4307 (1993), 20 .pdf files
Power to Explore:
A History of the Marshall Space Flight Center SP-4313 (1999), 27 .pdf files
NASA Engineers and the Age of Apollo SP-4104 (1992)
Engineer In Charge:
A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 SP-4305 (1987)
Spaceflight Revolution:
NASA Langley Research Center From Sputnik to Apollo SP-4308 (1995)
Adventures in Research:
A History of Ames Research Center 1940-1965 SP-4302 (1970)
Searching the Horizon:
A History of Ames Research Center 1940-1976 SP-4304 (1985)
Atmosphere of Freedom:
Sixty Years at the NASA Ames Research Center SP-4314 (2000)
Engines and Innovation:
Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology SP-4306 (1991)
The Spoken Word:
Recollections of Dryden History, The Early Years,
SP-4530 (2003), is a 142-page, 4.17 MB .pdf file
NASA Management Books
Unmanned Space Project Management: Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter SP-4901
Managing NASA in the Apollo Era SP-4102 (1982)
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