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reetings from the Gulf Coast ofTexas!
Although we were in thecross-hairs of Hurricane Ike, JohnsonSpace Center avoided seriousdamage when the storm track shifteda few miles east, thus reducing themagnitude of the storm surge (i.e.,water pushed forward by the storm).
Since I figure many of you mighthave an interest in the post-stormstatus of local items of historicalinterest, I can tell you that the arti-facts in rocket park near the mainentrance to JSC (including theMercury-Redstone and Little Joe IIvehicles and the Saturn V building)suffered only minimal damage, andthat although Mission Control Center(MCC) sustained serious roofdamage, the historic MCC was unaf-fected. In the overall scheme ofthings, this was relatively minorcompared with what might’ve been.
Also, a slightly belated happybirthday to NASA! The localanniversary celebration had beenplanned for a location on Galveston
Island but was postponed followingHurricane Ike.
Nonetheless, JSC leadershiprecently made the decision to main-tain anniversary plans in Galvestonas a show of support for theGalveston community that is justbeginning to recover.
And finally, I would like to inviteyou to attend the next meeting of theAAS History Committee, which willbegin at 1:30 p.m. PST on Wednesday,Nov. 19, 2008, at the Pasadena (Calif.)Hilton in conjunction with the AASNational Conference.
See you in Pasadena!
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By Michael L. Ciancone, Chair, AAS History Committee
Ike spares JSC, rocket park
Read about Joni Wilson, who has served as a copy editor for SpaceTimes and the ABC-CLIO/American Astronautical Society space historyencyclopedia project, Space Exploration and Humanity. 9
INSIDEOCTOBER 2008 | ISSUE 6
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists? — Kelvin Throop III
www.quotationspage.com
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WEB SITECOMBINES NASA IMAGEDATABASESä Twenty-one major NASAimagery collections are mergedinto a single, searchable onlineresource / 2
Also:
ä News briefs / 5
ä Space calendar / 7
ä Space History Series / 11
ä Space history crossword / 15
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lookingback: 50 years ago | 14
Newsletter of the AAS History Committee | www.astronautical.org | Editor: Tim Chamberlin ([email protected])
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Web site combines NASA image collections ASA and Internet Archive,a nonprofit digital librarybased in San Francisco,
made available online the mostcomprehensive compilation ofNASA’s collection of photographs,historic film and video.
Twenty-one major NASAimagery collections have beencombined into a single, searchableonline resource. To view this Website, go to: www.nasaimages.org
The Web site launch is the firststep in a five-year partnership thatwill add millions of images and thou-sands of hours of video and audiocontent, with enhanced search andviewing capabilities, and new userfeatures on a continuing basis. Overtime, integration of the site withwww.nasa.gov will become more seam-less and comprehensive.
“This partnership with InternetArchive enables NASA to provide theAmerican public with access to itsvast collection of imagery from onesearchable source, unlocking a newtreasure trove of discoveries forstudents, historians, enthusiasts andresearchers,” said NASA DeputyAdministrator Shana Dale. “This newresource also will enable the agencyto digitize and preserve historicalcontent now not available on theInternet for future generations.”
NASA selected Internet Archiveto manage the NASA Images Website under a non-exclusive Space Actagreement, signed in July 2007.
The five-year project is at no costto the taxpayer and the images arefree to the public.
“We are excited to mark this first
step in a long-term collaboration tocreate a rich and growing publicresource," said Brewster Kahle,founder of Internet Archive.
The content of the Web sitecovers all the diverse activities ofAmerica's space program, including
imagery from the Apollo moonmissions, Hubble Space Telescopeviews of the universe and experimen-tal aircraft past and present.
Keyword searching is availablewith easy-to-use resources for teach-ers and students.
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A fish-eye view of the Gemini 10 astronauts entering the spacecraft prior to liftoff inJuly 1966. The view is taken from overhead and covers the entire White Room atopthe launch pad.
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am pleased to report that the Emme Award Panelhas selected Michael J. Neufeld as the recipient ofthe 2007 Emme Award for Astronautical Literature
for Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War(Knopf).
I would also like to identify and acknowledge theother finalists for the 2007 award:
n D’Antonio, Michael. A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey:1957 — The Space Race Begins (Simon & Schuster)
n French, Francis and Colin Burgess. Into That SilentSea: Trailblazers of the Space era, 1961-1965 and In theShadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey toTranquility, 1965-1969. (The first two volumes in a seriesby University of Nebraska Press)
n Hunley, J.D. The Development of PropulsionTechnology for U.S. Space-Launch Vehicles, 1926-1991(Texas A&M University Press)
n Johnson-Freese, Joan. Space As a Strategic Asset(Columbia University Press)
n Lipartito, Kenneth and Orville R. Butler. A Historyof the Kennedy Space Center (University Press of Florida)
Michael Neufeldnamed ’07 recipient
I1983 Global Talk,
by Joseph N. Pelton1984 2010: Space Odyssey Two,
by Arthur C. Clarke1985 Beachheads in Space,
by Jerry Grey1986 Pioneering the Space
Frontier. Report of theNational Commission onSpace
1987 Before Lift Off, by Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.
1988 No Award Given1989 Journey Into Space: The First
30 Years of SpaceExploration, by Bruce C. Murray
1990 The Home Planet, by Kevin W. Kelley
1991 Exploring the Sun: Solar ScienceSince Galileo, by Karl Hufbauer
1992 Blueprint for Space: FromScience Fiction to ScienceFact, by Frederick I. Ordwayand Randy Liebermann
1993 The Sputnik Challenge:Eisenhower’s Response tothe Soviet Satellite, by Robert A. Divine
1994 International Cooperation inSpace: The Example of theEuropean Space Agency,by Roger M. Bonnet and Vittorio Manno
1995 Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley ResearchCenter from Sputnik toApollo, by James R. Hansen
1996 Blind Watchers of the Sky –The People and Ideas thatShaped Our View of theUniverse, by Rocky Kolb
1997 Space and the AmericanImagination, by Howard E.McCurdy
1998 This New Ocean – The Storyof the First Space Age, byWilliam E. Burrows
1999 America’s Space Sentinels:DSP Satellites and NationalSecurity, by Jeffrey T. Richelson
2000 Challenge to Apollo – TheSoviet Union and the SpaceRace 1945 - 1974, by Asif A.Siddiqi
2001 Moon Lander – How WeDeveloped the Apollo LunarModule, by Thomas J. Kelly
2002 The Secret of Apollo:Systems Management inAmerican and EuropeanSpace Programs, by StephenB. Johnson
2003 Leaving Earth: SpaceStations, Rival Superpowers,and the Quest forInterplanetary Travel, byRobert Zimmerman
2004 Right Stuff, Wrong Sex:America’s First Women inSpace Program, by MargaretWeitekamp
2005 First Man — The Life of NeilA. Armstrong, by James R.Hansen
2006 Into the Black — JPL and theAmerican Space Program, byPeter J. Westwick
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“Von Braun: Dreamer ofSpace, Engineer of War”By Michael J. Neufeld
Hardcover: 608 pagesPublisher: Knopf ISBN: 978-0307262929
PREVIOUS WINNERS
Nominations sought for 2008 Emme Award
As we complete the 2007 award process, we arealready beginning the 2008 selection process. I invitereaders to bring to our attention eligible titles publishedin 2008.
We assemble this list to ensure that we have acomprehensive idea of the titles published each year,especially those with small print-runs or that arepublished by small or specialized presses.
I also invite your nominations for this prestigiousaward. Please send nominations to: [email protected]. Please be sure to identifythe title, author, and include publisher contact informa-tion, if known, such as mailing address or Web site URL.
By Michael Ciancone
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Biography offers rich portrait of Van Allen
“James Van Allen: The First Eight Billion Miles.” By Abigail Foerstner
Hardcover: 396 pagesPublisher: University of Iowa Press ISBN: 0877459991
Review by Matt Bille
The seven years of work Abigail Foerstner put intothe first full biography of Dr. James A. Van Allen werewell spent. Every page of this engrossing account brimswith detail.
There is a tendency to assume Van Allen's majorproductive period came and went in the 1950s. AsFoerstner shows, this is far from true. Her subject is aman who was bursting with ideas, activity, and accom-plishments throughout his life, from his work on the prox-imity fuse to his dogged defense of robotic space sciencemissions in the shrinking NASA budget of the 1970s. VanAllen excelled at everything from teaching to navigatingbureaucracies to designing and helping craft his owninstruments. Foerstner fleshes out Van Allen's personalstory by providing reader-friendly explanations of hisdiscoveries from the Earth's atmosphere to the edge ofthe solar system. As she puts it, he “helped define a newgeography of space.”
When the book veers from Van Allen's story, itincludes some errors, such as saying that Sputnik couldbe seen with the naked eye (only the spent booster wasvisible) and that Skylab reentered the atmosphere inFebruary 1974 (it was July 1979). While chapter notes areplentiful, there is none for the startling misstatement(p.198) that the Soviet Union allowed Sergei Korolev toannounce the Sputnik launch in public.
Despite these glitches, Foerstner has succeeded ingiving us a thorough portrait of a man who was much
more than the discoverer of the Van Allen belts. This is a“must read” for space historians and will no doubt be aprimary reference on the life and work of Van Allen forfuture generations.
Matt Bille co-authored “The First Space Race:Launching the World's First Satellites” published by TexasA&M University Press in 2004. He is a member of the AASHistory Committee.
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Dr James A. Van Allen reacts during a press conference at AmesResearch Center in Calif. in 1974 for the Pioneer 11 mission toJupiter.
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‘Mythbusters’ debunk Moon-landing hoax
The Discovery Channel's popularseries "Mythbusters" recently airedits program addressing the decades-old claim by skeptics that NASAfaked the Apollo moon landings.
The "Mythbusters" cast, a teamof five experts whose backgroundsinclude model building, electronicsand special effects, use a host oftools, including a vacuum chamber,large-scale mock-ups of spacecraftand other high-tech gadgetry toexplain how the lunar missions tookplace.
The 60-minute episode answers along list of questions, includinginquiries about the movement of theAmerican flag placed on the Moondespite the vacuum-environment ofthe lunar surface, the irregular shad-ows cast by the sun on Moon rocks,and the footprint left in the lunarregolith by astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
The show, which aired in lateAugust, has yet to be slated for rerunon the Discovery Channel, but shortsegments from the episode are avail-able on YouTube.www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUeS59u9xkQ
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Impact of Space Age on management sought
A special publication is in theworks to investigate the impact of theSpace Age on the management andorganizational history of companies.
The publication’s editors, MartinParker of the University of Leicester
and David Bell of the University ofLeeds, call attention to books, filmsand products associated with spacetravel that have contributed to popu-lar culture. They seek to determinethe impact the Space Age has had ondiscussions concerning managementand the organizational history ofcompanies.
In a call for papers, they believethe publication is timely given thatprivate sector companies such asVirgin Galactic view space as a newbusiness frontier and that Russia haseffectively commercialized its spaceprogram.
Topics to be covered include:n The economics of space traveln Marketing space productsn NASA, bureaucracy and the privatesectorn Technoscience and the militaryindustrial complexn Space science fact and fiction n Space Age project managementn Histories of the Space Age
n The archaeology and consumptionof the Space Agen The colonization of space
Contact Parker at:[email protected]; and Bell at:[email protected].
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Historical reference collectionjust a mouse click away
The NASA History Office hasmade available online four seriesfrom its historical reference collec-tion.
This new release includes:n Press kits from each of the humanspaceflight programsn Press releases from NASA head-quarters and centers, including anindex from 1960 to 1995n Mission transcripts from each ofthe human spaceflight programsthrough STS-5. n Administrators’ speeches
For more, go to:https://mira.hq.nasa.gov/history
Portal offers access to morethan 550,000 documents
A portal to abstracts of more than550,000 historical U.S. Air Forcedocuments, including those involvingspaceflight, is now online.
The documents are part of theU.S. Air Force Historical ResearchAgency’s overall collection of unithistories, special studies, personalpapers, end-of-tour reports, oralhistories and interview transcripts.
For more, go to:www.airforcehistoryindex.org
The lunar regolith and the footprint lefton the Moon by Apollo 11 astronaut BuzzAldrin are discussed during a recentepisode of “Mythbusters” on theDiscovery Channel.
NASA
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Web sites focus on major milestones in spaceflight
A handful of Web sites look backon five decades of spaceflight:
n Sputnik: George Mason Universitystudent Jennifer Levasseur providesdocuments, sound files, images andvideo about the first satellitelaunched in space.www.benandjenniferlevasseur.com/Sputnik50thHome.html
n NASA: The agency celebrates its50th anniversary through photoalbums, video and other multimediapresentations. www.nasa.gov/50th/home/index.html
n The Aerospace IndustriesAssociation: The AIA offers a time-line featuring 50 milestones in U.S.space history, including accomplish-ments of NASA, the DefenseDepartment, commercial venturesand treaties.
www.aia-aerospace.org/space50/index.cfm
n The Smithsonian National Airand Space Museum: NASM alsooffers a timeline describing thecollections inside the museumcommemorating the 50th anniversarylaunch of Sputnik and the beginningof the Space Age.www.nasm.si.edu/events/spaceage
n Space.com: In recognition of thethe 50th anniversary launch ofSputnik, Space.com presents a seriesof stories, multimedia and video thatlook back on five decades of humanspaceflight. www.space.com/missionlaunches/50th-spaceflight-hub-2007.html
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AAS History Series editorpraised for years of service
Don Elder is stepping down aseditor of the AmericanAstronautical Society’s HistorySeries, which records the proceed-ings of the History Symposium ofthe International Academy ofAstronautics (IAA).
Elder served as editor for morethan 15 years and helped produce 12books resulting from the IAA HistorySymposium.
The books covered all aspects ofspace history, focusing on the devel-opment of rocketry and astronautics.(See page 12 for a complete list of theseries published by Univelt, Inc.)
In a letter to colleagues, A.Ingemar Skoog, IAA History StudyGroup Co-chair, praised Elder’s serv-ice: “Your work has been all volunteerand the persons, who have workedwith you as volume editors have alsobeen doing this on a volunteer basis,which in many instances did not makeyour work easier. But you haveperformed your task very professional-ly and with lots of patience.”
“We are proud of having had theprivilege of your help as Series Editorfor so many years. And being avolunteer also means that privatetime is invested, which is only possi-ble with a supporting family. ...we inthe IAA history community do havegreat respect for your decision, andwe wish you and your family all thebest for the future.”
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Quest: The History ofSpaceflight Quarterly
David Arnold, editor ofQuest: The History ofSpaceflight Quarterly, is seek-ing articles for publication.
The journal is publishedquarterly and is dedicated tothe history of spaceflight.Stories cover the people, proj-ects and programs thatcomprise the civil, military andcommercial space programs ofthe world.
Articles submitted byamateur and professional histo-rians are welcome.
For more about the journal,see www.spacebusiness.com/quest,or contact Arnold at: [email protected].
Editor’s note:: To have requests for papers added to the AAS history committee’s newsletter, send announcements [email protected]. (Attn: Tim Chamberlin, Explorer editor)
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October 22 - December 18
Ask an Expert Lecture SeriesSmithsonian National Air and Space Museum,
Washington, D.C.8
www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/askanexpert.cfm
At the National Mall BuildingOct. 22“Collecting Comet Dust: The Stardust Spacecraft”
Lecturer: Roger Launius
Oct. 29“SpaceShipOne — Skirting the Edge of Space andthen Hanging from our Ceiling”
Presenter: Samantha Snell
At the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy CenterNov. 27“Destroying Enemy Missiles Without Using AWarhead: The SM-3, LEAP, and EKV”
Lecturer: James David
Dec. 18“The TDRS Satellites, or, How do the Shuttle andother spacecraft “talk” to each other?”
Lecturer: Martin Collins
October 21-22
Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium
Building on the Past to Power the Future Huntsville, Alabama
Von Braun Center8
www.astronautical.org/vonbraun
October 28-29
NASA’s First 50 Years
A Historical Perspective Washington, D.C.
NASA Headquarters Auditorium8
history.nasa.gov/50thannnasaconf/index.html
November 17-19
AAS National Conference
Space Science and Exploration in the NextDecade Pasadena, California
Pasadena Hilton8
www.astronautical.org/conference
February 18-20
ISU 13th Annual International Symposium
Space for a Safe and Secure WorldStrasbourg, France8
www.isunet.edu
March 30 - April 2
25th National Space SymposiumColorado Springs, Colorado8
www.nationalspacesymposium.org
2008
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Nov. 17-19, 2008Venue: Pasadena Hilton168 South Los Robles Ave.Pasadena, Calif., 91101Reservations: 626-577-1000 or 1-800-HILTONS8
www.pasadena.hilton.com
Conference registration: Phone: 703-866-0020 Fax: 703-866-3526 8
www.astronautical.org
Space science and exploration in the next decade
Conference ProgramThe AAS National Conference will feature the
Carl Sagan Memorial Lecture, panels on current andrelevant topics, two special luncheon presentationsand receptions.
Monday, Nov. 17n Aerospace Leaders Networking Reception (spon-sored by Lockheed Martin)
Tuesday, Nov. 18n Keynote Address / Sagan Memorial Lecture:Lennard A. Fiskn Session 1: Space Policy – Expectations and Realityn Session 2: Space Science – the Next Decaden Session 3: Role of Education in AmericanCompetitivenessn Reception - Celebrating JPL (sponsored by BallAerospace and Technologies Corp)
Wednesday, Nov. 19n Session 4: Mars – The Best is Yet to Comen Session 5: Space Entrepreneursn Session 6: Exploration – One Year Onn Session 7: Earth Science – the Next Decaden Session 8: Report on the Hubble Servicing Mission
AAS History Committee meetingThe AAS History Committee will meet Nov. 19 from
1:30-3:30 p.m. PST during the AAS National Conference.
Agenda items include:
n Report on the History Committee newsletterExplorer, by Tim Chamberlin
n Recent and upcoming book reviews, by James Busby
n Report on the 2007 Emme Award and solicitation ofnominations for the 2008 Emme Award, by Mike Ciancone
n Status of Space Exploration and Humanity: AHistorical Encyclopedia, by Stephen Johnson
n History Committee charter update, by Stephen Doyle
n Publication of IAA History Proceedings, includingintroduction of a new Series Editor, by Robert Jacobs andRick Sturdevant
n News and reports from History Committee members
What are your specific interests inspace history?
I find the human aspects of spacehistory most interesting. It’s amazingthat so many people, historically andcurrently, from all around the globe,with such diverse backgrounds, makeup the space family. I’m intrigued withspace applications that deal withhealth, the environment and dailytechnology.
What are you currently working onrelated to space history?
I copyedit Quest: The History ofSpaceflight Quarterly journal, workingwith Scott Sacknoff.
I copyedit articles for SpaceExploration and Humanity: A HistoricalEncyclopedia, working with Stephen
Johnson.I copyedit International Astronautical
Congress papers for Univelt Inc., workingwith Don Elder on the 2000 conference,and Mike Ciancone on the 2002 confer-ence.
How did you get interested inspace history?
I was asked to do some copyeditingfor publications about space. Knowingnearly nothing about space history (asthat is not my background), it was a bitoverwhelming. Through the years, I’velearned a great deal about the people,places, and events having to do withspace, while trying to give back a consis-tent use of capitalization, commas, andspelling.
Q&A
Joni WilsonHometown:Independence,Missouri
Resides in:Branson, Missouri
Education:Bachelor ofScience in Nursing;Master of Arts inReligion; Master ofLiberal Arts
Joni Wilson has worked with the publication of education curriculum, fiction and non-fiction books, and history journal publications for more than 15 years. She previously servedas copy editor for the American Astronautical Society's publication, “Space Times.”
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Everything seemed to be mostlyideas, theories, and plans untilthe Soviet Union launchedSputnik in 1957. For me that wasthe turning point when humanswere able to “connect” withouter space.
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An update from Stephen Johnson, general editor:
Work on the two-volume ABC-CLIO/American AstronauticalSociety space history encyclopediaproject, Space Exploration andHumanity: A Historical Encyclopedia,continues slowly but inexorably.
As of August 2008, 526 of 667 ofthe articles and other deliverableshave been completed, of which twothirds have undergone final copyedits by Joni Wilson.
The final copyediting on theother third ofthese articlesmust still becompleted, andspot fact-checkson some of themare underway.
Eighty-one of the remaining articlesare in hand, while 50 articles andother information still need to bewritten. (Some of these are miscella-neous items such as lists of images,
acronyms, and the like). The vast majority of work is now
in my hands and, under worst caseassumptions, I will complete theremaining work around March 2009,at which point ABC-CLIO thenmoves into the publication process.
Thanks to Trevor Sorenson, RickSturdevant and Matt Bille for gener-ously offering to help as we headdown the final stretch.ä For more information about theencyclopedia, see the product factsheet at ABC-CLIO’s Web site.
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What are your favoritespace-related books, moviesand Web sites?
Books: “The Little Prince,” byAntoine de Saint Exupéry (1943);“Stranger in a Strange Land,” byRobert A. Heinlein (1961); “TheAndromeda Strain,” by MichaelCrichton (1969); “The ChicagoManual of Style, 15th Edition,”(2003).
Movies: “Close Encounters ofthe Third Kind” (1977); “E. T. TheExtra-Terrestrial” (1982); “TheLast Starfighter” (1984); “Starman”(1984); “*batteries not included”(1987); “Toy Story” (1995). BuzzLightyear is something else!“Contact” (1997); “SpaceCowboys” (2000).
Web sites: www.weather.comI love being able to click on
any city and see the weather!)
www.acronymfinder.com Space organizations love to
use acronyms for nearly every-thing. This site makes it easier todiscover what the initials mightstand for.
www.myspace.com This must be about space,
right?
www.hubblesite.org It’s amazing to see Hubble
images. They look surreal, as ifcreated by some high-techcomputer graphic program, butthey are the “real” thing.Absolutely incredible!
Besides the first pilotedlunar landing, what do youthink was the most
memorable moment inspace history and why?
Everything seemed to bemostly ideas, theories, and plansuntil the Soviet Union launchedSputnik in 1957. For me that wasthe turning point when humanswere able to “connect” with outerspace. It was all “what if” untilthat event, and then the floodgatesof limitless exploration wereopened.
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Volume 28History of Rocketryand Astronautics
Edited by Frank H. Winter,2007, 560p
Hard Cover $95 (ISBN 978-0-87703-539-8)Soft Cover $70 (ISBN 978-0-87703-540-4)
This book and others inthe AAS History Series(see next page) may bepurchased directly fromUnivelt Inc. Call 760-746-4005 or fax760-746-3139 to place anorder. Or write to: Univelt Inc.,P.O. Box 28130, San Diego,CA 92198; or [email protected]
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The latest volume in the AAS History Series includes proceedings of the 33rdHistory Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) held inAmsterdam, The Netherlands, in 1999. Papers presented in the book are listed below:
Dr. Irene Sänger-Bredt: A Life forAstronautics, by Nicolae-FlorinZaganescu, George Popa, RodicaZaganescu and Lucia Popa.
John Leland Atwood: BiographicalMemoir, by Shirley Thomas
Liquid Propellant Engines in theSoviet Union, by Christian Lardier
The True Beginnings of FrenchAstronautics, 1938-1959 (Part 1), byPhilippe Jung
Evolution of Asphalt Rocket Propellantsfrom World War II JPL/AerojetResearch to Postwar Spin-Offs by theRocket Research Institute, by GeorgeS. James, Charles J. Piper III, Frank H.Winter and John Bluth
The Shusui Japanese Rocket Fighter inWorld War II, by YasunoriMatogawa
The East Parking Lot RocketExperiments of North AmericanAviation, Inc., 1946-1949, by FrankH. Winter
History of French Sounding RocketsPart I: Véronique and Vesta—TheirDevelopment and Operation, byChristophe Rothmund, Hervé Moulin,J. J. Serra and Jean Louis Lafon
The Netherlands in Space: How it allBegan, by Henk Olthof and Jan H.De Koomen
Flight Termination of the First LargeSolid Propellant Rockets, by JuliusH. Braun
Black Prince, by Douglas MillardThe Question of the Artificial Satellite in
the Mid-1950s: French Scientists andTheir Approach, by Hervé Moulin
History of Commercial SatelliteServices Industry, by Linda
Williams, Max Engel and Hans tenCate
“RD & PE Zvezda” JSC: A History of theCreation of the Russian Spacesuits,Escape and Life Support Means forSpace Vehicle and Space StationCrews, by G. I. Severin, I. P. Abramov,M. N. Doudnik and V. I. Svertshek
The Effect of Gravity-PropelledInterplanetary Space Travel on theExploration of the Solar System:Historical Survey, 1961 to 2000, byRichard L. Dowling, William J.Kosmann, Michael A. Minovitchand Rex W. Ridenoure
The First French Experiences of SpaceBiology During Parabolic Flights, byAlexandre-Claude Timsit, GérardChatelier and Hervé Moulin
A Little-Known Project of a Super-Heavy Space Rocket, S. N.Konyukhov, by O. I. Drobakhin andV. A. Pashchenko
Scientific Experiences UsingArgentinean Sounding Rockets inAntarctica, by Miguel Sánchez-Peña
Recovering Rockets from the Desert:Exercises in Retrieving Australia’sSpace Heritage from the SimpsonDesert, by Roger Henwood andKerrie Dougherty
On the Connectivity Between theFrench and HamiltonianApproaches to Celestial Mechanics,by Peter M. Bainum
Apollo 30th Anniversary: Two Views– Part 1: Was the Apollo Program a“Dead End?”, Marsha Freeman
Apollo 30th Anniversary: Two Views– Part 2: Project Apollo in AmericanMemory and Myth, Roger D. Launius
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DiscountsA 50% discount off list pricesfor all AAS History Seriesvolumes is available for indi-vidual members of the:n American AstronauticalSociety History Committeen International Academy ofAstronautics History StudyGroupn Authors for books inwhich their articles appear
A 25% discount off list pricesfor all AAS History Seriesvolumes is available for indi-vidual members of the AAS,AIAA, AAAF and:n The British InterplanetarySociety n The Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Luft und Raumfahrtn The National SpaceSocietyn The Space StudiesInstituten The U.S. Space Foundationn The Planetary Societyn Individual members of anyIAF Society may take thesame discount.
The AAS History Committee,first under the leadership ofEugene M. Emme, NASAhistorian, established the AASHistory Series of books in 1977to dedicate the continuedpursuit and broader apprecia-tion of the full history of flightin American history and itsglobal influence.
PREVIOUS VOLUMES
Vol. 1 Two Hundred Years of Flight in America: A Bicentennial Survey, 1977,326p, 1981, Hard $35; Soft $25.
Vol. 2 Twenty-Five Years of the American Astronautical Society: HistoricalReflections and Projections, 1954-1979, 1980, 248p, Hard $25; Soft $15.
Vol. 3 Between Sputnik and the Shuttle: New Perspectives on AmericanAstronautics, 1957-1980, 1981, 350p, Hard $40; Soft $30.
Vol. 4 The Endless Space Frontier: A History of the House Committee on Scienceand Astronautics, 1982, 460p, Hard $45.
Vol. 5 Science Fiction and Space Futures: Past and Present, 1982, 278p, Hard $35; Soft $25.Vol. 6 First Steps Toward Space, 1986, 318p, Hard $45; Soft $35. Vol. 7 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1986, Part I, 250p, Part II, 502p,
sold as a set, Hard $100; Soft $80. Vol. 8 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1989, 368p, Hard $50; Soft $35. Vol. 9 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1989, 330p, Hard $50; Soft $35.Vol. 10 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1990, 330p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Vol. 11 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1994, 236p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Vol. 12 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1991, 252p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Vol. 13 History of Liquid Rocket Engine Development in the United States 1955-
1980, 1992, 176p, Out of Print.Vol. 14 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1993, 222p, Hard $50; Soft $35.Vol. 15 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1993, 452p, Hard $60; Soft $40.Vol. 16 Out From Behind the Eight-Ball: A History of Project Echo, 1995, 176p,
Hard $50; Soft $30. Vol. 17 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1995, 480p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Vol. 18 Organizing for the Use of Space: Historical Perspectives on a Persistent
Issue, 1995, 234p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Vol. 19 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1997, 318p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Vol. 20 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1997, 344p, Hard $60; Soft $40.Vol. 21 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1997, 368p, Hard $60; Soft $40.Vol. 22 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1998, 418p, Hard $60; Soft $40.Vol. 23 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2001, 566p, Hard $85; Soft $60Vol. 24 The Origins And Technology Of The Advanced Extra-Vehicular Space
Suit, 2001, 558p, Hard $85; Soft $60.Vol. 25 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2003, 370p, Hard $85; Soft $60.Vol. 26 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2005, 430p, Hard $95; Soft $70.Vol. 27 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2007, 416p, Hard $95; Soft $70.
For more information about the AAS History Series, visit Univelt’s Web site.
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JAMES R. KIRKPATRICK(Ex Officio)Executive Director American Astronautical SocietySpringfield, VA [email protected]
MATTHEW BILLEBooz Allen HamiltonColorado Springs, CO719-387-2062719-648-4121 (cell)[email protected]
JAMES BUSBYDowney, [email protected]
TIMOTHY M. CHAMBERLINTalala, OK918-581-8343803-338-0514 (cell)[email protected]
DR. STEVEN J. DICKNASA History OfficeNASA HeadquartersWashington, [email protected]
STEPHEN E. DOYLEShingle Springs, [email protected]
DR. DONALD C. ELDERHistory DepartmentEastern New Mexico UniversityPortales, NM575-562-2438575-562-2601 (direct)[email protected]
JOAN JOHNSON-FREESENational Security Decision MakingDepartmentNaval War CollegeNewport, RI401 841 [email protected]
R. CARGILL HALLArlington, [email protected]
ROBERT JACOBSUnivelt IncorporatedSan Diego, CA [email protected]
DR. STEPHEN B. JOHNSONNational Institute for Science,Space, and Security CentersUniversity of Colorado at Colorado SpringsLarkspur, CO719-487-9833 (home office)719-238-8244 (cell)[email protected]
DR. De WITT DOUGLASKILGOREDepartment of EnglishIndiana UniversityBloomington, IN [email protected]
DR. ROGER D. LAUNIUSDivision of Space HistorySmithsonian InstitutionWashington, [email protected]
GIDEON MARCUSVista, CA [email protected]
DR. TREVOR C. SORENSENHawaii Space Flight LaboratoryUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, [email protected]
KATHERINE SCOTTSTURDEVANTProfessor of HistoryCommunication, Humanities, andTechnical Studies Division Rampart Range Campus of PikesPeak Community CollegeColorado Springs, CO719-502-3146 [email protected]
DR. RICK W. STURDEVANTAir Force Space CommandAFSPC/HOPeterson AFB, [email protected]
FRANK H. WINTERWashington, [email protected]
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lookingbackUnique moments in the history of rocketry and astronautics
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Steady handsThe first United States satellite to reach orbit, Explorer 1, is shown prior to launch. The satellite transmit-
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Across2 Derived from Vanguard4 NASA’s biggest building6 Propulsion project 8 Solar system trailblazer10 Group from Langley and Lewis13 Gave NASA its Redstone Arsenal14 Moon buggie17 Agency leader19 Sent data back to Earth from Moon20 Mercury engineer22 Apollo Applications Program dry workshop23 A modified Redstone missile24 Named after WWII general25 Shuttle satellite with long-term objective
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Down1 Apollo artist3 “America” pilot during Apollo5 Architect of manned spaceflight7 Pictures from space9 Satellite 1958 Alpha 11 Forms satellite network12 NASA predecessor 15 Spacecraft16 The Space Book Company18 Space science guru19 Sometimes called “gas bag”21 Not for eating, but flying23 Where astronauts phone home
Celebrating NASA’s 50th anniversary
On the horizon
Inside the classroomMany universities offer courses that focus on thehistory of spaceflight. The History Committee willpublish a list of these schools and the approachtaught in these classes.
What the History Committee has in the works forits next newsletter
Special noteThe NASA History News and Notesnewsletter is available online athttp://history.nasa.gov/nltrc.pdf
Previous editions of the NASA HistoryNews and Notes newsletter areavailable in pdf and html format athttp://history.nasa.gov/histnews.htm
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American Astronautical Society (AAS) History Committee
[November 1987]
The role of the AAS History Committee is to stimulate historical research, publica-
tion and education; collaborate with the International Academy of Astronautics’
History Committee to encourage and facilitate the publication of appropriate works
in English; encourage the preservation of historical artifacts and documentation
(including audiovisual records); advise the AAS Executive Committee on historical
matters when requested (e.g., review society reports); assist in selection of the AAS
Emme Astronautical Literature Award; and encourage interest, scholarship, and
appreciation of the history of rocketry and astronautics.
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