NASA Documents Online

The following is a list of NASA publications that have been put online in either full-text or hypertext format; also included in this list are some frequently requested non-NASA documents. This page will be updated as often as possible and we welcome your comments. If there is a NASA document you are looking for and cannot locate it here, try searching the NASA Aeronautics and Space Database, its public version the NASA Technical Report Server, our library catalog NASA GALAXIE, and the Johnson Space Center Document Index System, or NASA Headquarters employees can request a search.


Contents
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  • Achieving Aeronautics Leadership: Aeronautics Strategic Enterprise Plan 1995-2000, April 1995.
  • Advanced Life Support Project Plan, Crew and Thermal Systems Division, JSC, February 2002 (MS Word doc.)
  • Advanced Life Support Program Requirements Definition and Design Considerations, Crew and Thermal Systems Division, January 1998 (MS Word doc.)
  • Advanced Life Support Research and Technology Development Metric, January 2002
  • Advanced Life Support Systems Modeling and Analysis Project Baseline Values and Assumptions Document, May 8, 2002
  • Advanced Life Support Systems Integration, Modeling and Analysis Reference Missions Document, November 5, 2001
  • Adventures in Research: A History of AMES Research Center, 1940-1965. (NASA SP-4302) By Edwin P. Hartman, 1970.
  • Aeronautics and Space Report of the President:
    • Fiscal Year 2004 Activities
    • Fiscal Year 2003 Activities
    • Fiscal Year 2002 Activities
    • Fiscal Year 2001 Activities [pdf version]
    • Fiscal Year 2000 Activities
    • Fiscal Year 1999 Activities
    • Fiscal Year 1998 Activities
    • Fiscal Year 1997 Activities
    • Fiscal Year 1996 Activities
  • Aeronautics and Space-Related Presidential Directives (historical collection - no longer updated)
  • Aerospace Safety and Advisory Panel (ASAP) Quarterly Reports 2004 - 2005
  • Aerospace Safety and Advisory Panel (ASAP) Annual Reports 1971 - 2002
  • Aerospace Technology Enterprise Annual Progress Report 2002 [pdf]
  • Aerospace Technology Enterprise Annual Progress Report 2001 [pdf]
  • Aerospace Technology Enterprise Annual Progress Report 2000
  • Aerospace Technology Enterprise Annual Progress Report 1999
  • Airborne Trailblazers: Two Decades With NASA Langley's Flying Laboratory, NASA SP-4216
  • "Aldridge Report" Also known as, A Journey to Inspire, Innovate and Discover: report of the President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy. June 2004.
  • Alternative Lunar Mission Strategies, Drake, Bret, Conference Paper AIAA-90-3846
  • America at the Threshold, America's Space Exploration Initiative, Stafford Report, 1991.
  • Analysis of Potential Alternatives to Reduce NASA's Cost of Human Access to Space, the Hawthorne Report, November 1998
  • Analysis of Synthesis Group Architectures: Summary & Recommendations, Exploration Programs Office, Johnson Space Center, May 29, 1992
  • Analysis of the Synthesis Groups Mars Exploration Architecture, Kaplan, David I., NASA Report LMEPO Document XE-91-001, (1991)
  • Annual Performance Report to the White House Initiative Office on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
    • December 2000
    • July 1998
  • Annual Performance Report to the White House Initiative Office on HBCU
    • FY 2000, February 2001
    • FY 1999, February 2000
    • FY 1998
    • FY 1997, April 1998
  • An Annotated Bibliography of the Apollo Program
  • Annotated Bibliography of SEL Literature
  • Apollo 13 Review Board (Cortright Commission), June 1970.
  • Apollo 15 Flight Journal, David Woods and Frank O'Brien
  • Apollo 16 Flight Journal, David Woods and Tim Brandt
  • Apollo Applications Program Directives
  • Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis
  • Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference, NASA SP-2000-4029, by Richard W. Orloff.
  • Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, NASA SP-350
  • Apollo Lunar Surface Journal
  • Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit, NASA SP-362
  • Apollo Press Kits, 7-17
  • Apollo Program Directives
  • Apollo Program Summary Report (Document # JSC-09423, April 1975)
  • Apollo Spacecraft Chronology, volumes I-IV; NASA SP-4009
  • Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Directives
  • Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Documents
  • "Architectural Design for a Mars Communications & Navigation Orbital Infrastructure," R. J. Cesarone, R. C. Hastrup, D. J. Bell, D. T. Lyons and K. G. Nelson, paper presented at the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Girwood, Alaska, August 16-19, 1999, (MS Word Doc.)
  • ARIANE 5 - Flight 501 Failure -Report by the Inquiry Board, includes a set of presentation slides as an appendix, January 2, 2002.
  • Assessment of the SFOC/USA Risk Management Process for Determining Proposed Staff Reductions (January 1998)
  • Astrobiology Roadmap, final version, September 2003.
    • Draft of 2002 revision, May 24, 2002.
  • Astrobiology Workshop Final Report, NASA Ames Research Center, December 1996.
  • Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science (ARES) Bi-Annual Report, 2002-2003
  • Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science (ARES) Annual Report, 2001
  • Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science (ARES) Brochure, JSC
  • Astronaut Fact Book, January 2005.
  • Atlas of Mercury (SP-423, 1978) by Merton E. Davies, Stephen E. Dwornik, et. al.

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  • Basics of Space Flight Learners' Workbook
  • Before This Decade is Out: Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program, (SP-4223, 1999) edited by Glen E. Swanson
  • Beyond Einstein: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, SEU (Structure & Evolution of the Universe) 2003 Roadmap
  • Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science, NASA SP-4211
  • Beyond the Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communication, (NASA SP-4217, 1997) edited by Andrew J. Butrica.
  • Bioastronautics Roadmap: A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Space Exploration, Feb. 2005. NASA-SP-2004-6113
  • Biomedical Results of Apollo, NASA-SP-368
  • Biomedical Results of Skylab, 1975
  • Budgetary Analysis of NASA's New Vision for Space Exploration, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Sept. 2004
  • But What Will It Cost? The History of NASA Cost Estimating

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  • Cassini Mission Environmental Impact Statement, June 1995.
  • Cassini (CAS) Mission to Saturn Mission Status Reports
  • Catalog of Apollo Experiment Operations, Thomas A. Sullivan, NASA RP-1317, August 18, 1993
  • Celebrating a Century of Flight (NASA SP-2002-09-511-HQ) - It is an excellent introduction to aerospace history since the Wright brothers' historic flight in December 1903.
  • Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft, NASA SP-4205
  • Chief Information Officer Functional Leadership Plan, May 8, 2000
  • Chronology of KSC and KSC related events, Kennedy Space Center, 1976-2000
  • Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), Final Report, August 2003 (Vol.1) & Supplemental Material, October 2003 (Vol. 2-6).
  • "Commerce and the International Space Station", results of an independent study required under the Commercial Space Act of '98, commissioned by NASA and performed by KPMG, LLC, November, 1999.
    • KPMG Report: NASA Administrator transmittal letter to Congress -PDF, HTML.
  • Commercial Development Plan for the International Space Station, Final Draft. November 16, 1998.
  • "Commercial Market Outreach Plan for the International Space Station," market outreach plan to promote private sector interest and participation in microgravity research, particularly research on the ISS, commissioned by NASA and performed by Equals Three Communications and Booz Allen Hamilton, February 2002.
  • Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Space Flight Demonstrations. Solicitation No. JSC-COTS-1.
  • Commercial Space Act of 1998, TXT, PDF.
  • Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 (PL 108-492), TXT & PDF
  • Commercial Space Launch Policy, NSPD-2, September 5, 1990 (historical document)
  • Commercial Space Transportation Forecasts:
    • 2005
    • 2004
    • 2003
    • 2002
    • 2001
    • 2000
  • Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry
    • Final Report, November 18, 2002 (also called the Walker Report)
    • Interim Report #3, June 26, 2002.
    • Interim Report #2, March 20, 2002
  • Communicating NASA's Knowledge: A Report of the Communicate Knowledge Process Team
  • Computer Technology (CT) project at JPL annual reports FY 1994 - FY 2003 & the Final Report, 2004-2005.
  • Computers in Spaceflight: The NASA Experience. NASA-CR-182505
  • Computers Take Flight: A History of NASA's Pioneering Digital Fly-By-Wire Project
  • A Conceptual Model for Determining the Highest Potential Payoff Areas for NASA Aeronautics Investments, A White Paper by Herman A. Rediess
  • Contingency Analysis of Space Exploration Human Support Systems, Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company, Paul D. Campbell, January 1992, LESC-29773 - Produced for the Human and Habitation Systems Team at the NASA Johnson Space Center.
  • "Continuous Risk Management at NASA," Applied Software Measurement/Software Management, California - Feb 1999
  • Cost and Schedule Estimation Study Report, SEL-93-002, November 1993
  • Cost and Validation Task Force assessment, Chabrow report, May 1998
    • NASA response, June 1998
  • Cost Estimating Guidelines
  • Crew Habitable Element Space Radiation Shielding for Exploration Missions, Campbell, Paul D., LESC-30455, (1992)

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  • Debris Assessment Report for the IMAGE Mission, November 1997, Word 6.0, RTF format - Prepared by the Southwest Research Institute.
  • Deep Space 1 Mission Summary
  • Deep Space Chronicle: a Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes, 1958-2000, Monograph in Aerospace History #24, by Asif A. Siddiqi
  • Delay-Tolerant Networking : An Approach to Interplanetary Internet. IEEE Communications Magazine. (June 2003). - Full-text is available through the Delay Tolerant Networking Group webpage.
  • Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTN), a tutorial. version 1.1, created 3/5/03.
  • Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (PUBLIC LAW 106-74 - October 20, 1999): Excerpt of Act: Title IV-General Provisions Sec. 434. Space Station Commercial Development Demonstration Program
    • MS Word Version
    • PDF Version
  • Destination Moon: A History of the Lunar Orbiter Program, NASA TM-3487
  • "Developing a Successful Metrics Program," International Conference on Software Engineering (IASTED), San Francisco, CA - November 1997
  • “Developing the Space Shuttle” from Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume IV: Accessing Space, by Ray A. Williamson
  • Development Process for Generic Reusable Systems
  • Draft Test Protocol for Detecting Possible Biohazards in Martian Samples Returned to Earth, CP-2002-211842, October 2002.
  • DSN 810-5 DSN/Flight Project Interface Design Handbook (Rev.E) JPL D-19379, revised January 15, 2001.

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  • Early Lunar Resource Utilization: A Key to Human Exploration, Joosten, B. Kent, and Lisa A. Guerra, Conference Paper AIAA Paper 93-4784, (1993)
  • Earth and Space Sciences Project Annual Reports. FY 1994 - FY 2003 & the final report, 2004-2005 - Called the Computer Technologies (CT) project from Oct. 2001 - 2005.
  • Earth and Space Sciences Project, NASA HPCC, Science Team I Final Report (historical document)
  • Earth Science Directorate Strategic Action Plan, April 1999 (historical document)
  • Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) Applications Strategy 2002-2012. (historical document)
  • Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) Strategy, 2003. NP 2003-10-318-HQ.
  • Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) Technology Strategy, 2004. (historical document)
  • Earth Science Strategic Enterprise Plan, 1998-2002 (temporarily unavailable)
  • Economic Development of the International Space Station
  • Education and Training Performance Report, FY 1998
  • Education and Training Performance Report, FY 1997
  • Education Enterprise Strategy, 2003 (2.65 MB)
  • Education programs for Tribal Colleges and Universities FY 1999 Annual Performance Report & FY 2001-2003 Performance Plan
  • Electronic Systems Branch Design Handbook Items: Lessons Learned
  • Enabling Lunar Exploration through Early Resource Utilization, Joosten, B. Kent, and Lisa A. Guerra, Paper presented at Space '94 Conference, (1994)
  • Enchanted Rendezvous: John C. Houbolt and the Genesis of the Lunar-Orbit Rendevous Concept
  • Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory,1917-1958. (NASA SP-4305, 1987) by James R. Hansen
  • Engines and Innovation: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology, SP-4306, 1991.
  • new itemEnhancing the NASA Employee Performance Communication System / [NASA Office of Human Capital Management]. NP-2004-06-373-HQ. 2004.
  • "Enhancing Mission Success--A Framework for the Future," A Report by the NASA Chief Engineer and the NASA Integrated Action Team, December 21, 2000.
  • Environmental Management Division Mission, Vision, Goals and Top 10 Priorities
  • Environmental Management Reference Manual
  • EOS Aura Brochure
  • EOS Data Products Handbook Volume 1, 1997
  • EOS Data Products Handbook Volume 2, 2000
  • EOS Project Calibration Plan, March 18, 1997
  • EOS Reference Handbook, 1999
  • EOS Science Plan (1999)
  • EOS Terra Brochures
  • EOSDIS Remote Sensing Brochure
  • ESDIS (Earth Science Data and Information System) Project Acronyms List, February 2000
  • Establishment of Presidential Review and Decision Series/NSTC, NSTC-1
  • Evolution of the Solar System, NASA SP-345, 1976 by Hannes Alfven and Gustaf Arrhenius.
  • Evolving the Reuse Process (SEW21)
  • An Exobiological Strategy for Mars Exploration
  • Exploration of the Solar System Roadmap, Science and Mission Strategy, December 1999
  • Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS). Final Report, NASA-TM-2005-214062. (November 2005).
  • Exploring Space with a Camera (SP-168, 1968) by Edgar M. Cortright
  • Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project - Final Report, NASA/SP-1999-534

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  • Far Travelers: The Exploring Machines (NASA SP-480, 1985) by Oran W. Nicks
  • Final Joint U.S./Russia report of the ISS Phase I: Shuttle-Mir program
  • Final Report on the Discovery Management Workshop, San Juan Capistrano Research Institute, April 13-15, 1993
  • Final Report of the Task Group on Science Data Management to the Office of Space Science, October 23, 1996 (unavailable)
  • First Among Equals: The Selection of NASA Space Science Experiments, NASA SP-4215
  • The First Century of Flight: NACA/NASA Contributions to Aeronautics
  • First Lunar Outpost Surface Habitation Phase Crew Time Analysis, Campbell, Paul D., LESC-30401, (1992)
  • 40th Anniversary of the Mercury Seven
  • Flight Research at Ames, 1940-1997 (NASA SP-3300, 1998) by Paul F. Borchers, James A. Franklin, and Jay W. Fletcher
  • From Engineering Science to Big Science: the NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners (SP-4219, 1998) edited by Pamela E. Mack
  • Fundamental Physics in Space Roadmap
  • The Future Management and Use of the U.S. Space Launch Bases and Ranges

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  • "General Public Space Travel and Tourism" Study, Volume 1, NASA-STA Cooperative
  • "General Public Space Travel and Tourism" Study, Volume 2, NASA-STA Cooperative
  • Goddard Space Flight Center Economic Impact FY 1998
  • Goddard Full Cost Management Plan, Program Analysis Office, Code 153, October 1997
  • Guidance for the Preparation and Submission of Unsolicited Proposals, 1996 Edition (Revised November 10, 1997)
  • Guide to Magellan Image Interpretation (JPL-93-24) by John Ford, Jeffrey Plaut, et al.
  • Guidebook For Proposers Responding To A NASA Research Announcement (NRA), 2001edition.

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  • The High Speed Frontier: Case Histories of Four NACA Programs, 1920-1950, NASA SP-445
  • Hispanic Initiative Plan, FY 2002-2005, November 2001.
  • A Historic Meeting at the White House on Human Spaceflight involving President Kennedy and NASA Administrator James Webb on November 20, 1962. Includes the full conversation in streaming audio format, the written transcript, and other supporting materials.
  • History of Research in Space Biology and Biodynamics at the Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, 1946-1958.
  • A History of Suction Type Laminar-Flow Control with Emphasis on Flight Research
  • History of T & T Data Comments on the Tourism and Travel Report and Projections, Deliverable NASA Aeronautics Study Task #222
  • History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft: From Concept to Flight. (NASA SP-2000-4517) By Martin Maisel, Demo J. Giulanetti, and Daniel C. Dugan., 2000.
  • How to Access Information on NASA's Education Program, Materials, and Services, EP-2000-09-345-HQ
  • HST and Beyond. Exploration and the Search for Origins: A Vision for Ultraviolet - Optical - Infrared Space Astronomy
  • Hugh L. Dryden's Career in Aviation and Space
  • Human Exploration of Mars: The Reference Mission of the NASA Mars Exploration Study Team. Stephen J. Hoffman and David L. Kaplan, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas July 1997.
  • Human Exploration of Mars: The Reference Mission of the NASA Mars Exploration Study Team, Addendum. Stephen J. Hoffman and David L. Kaplan, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 1998.
  • The Human Factor: Biomedicine in the Manned Space Program to 1980 (NASA SP-4213, 1985) by John A. Pitts
  • Human Space Flight: A Record of Achievement, 1961-1998
  • Human Space Flight Requirements for Crew and Space Flight Participants; Proposed Rule. 14 CFR 401, 415, et al. Dec. 29, 2005.
  • Humans To Mars: 50 Years of Mission Planning, 1950-2000. (NASA SP-2001-4521) By David S. F. Portree. 2001.
  • Huygens Communications Link Enquiry Board Report, 20th December 2000
    • Annex Huygens Mission and Project Overview, December 2000
  • "Hybrid Re-engineering," Software Technology Conference, Utah - April 1997
  • "Hybrid Re-engineering," Third IEEE International Symposium on Requirements Engineering, January 1997

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  • IMAGE, MIDEX Mission Project Data Management Plan, Draft, March 25, 1997 - Version 3.7 - 1
  • Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) Level 1 Requirements Definition, February 18, 1997, RTF format
  • Impact of Ada and Object-Oriented, Design in the Flight Dynamics, Division at NASA/GSFC, SEL-95-001, March 1995
  • Implementation of the NASA Agency Wide Application of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report by the OneNasa Team, NP 2004-05-357-HQ, March 30, 2004.
  • Implementing the Office of Space Science Education/Public Outreach Strategy
  • The Improvement Cycle: Analyzing Our Experience (SEW21)
  • Improving Cost Efficiency in Large Programs
  • Improving the Software Testing Process in the SEL
  • Information Technology Implementation Plan, FY 2001-FY 2005, March 15, 2000 (unavailable)
  • Information Technology Program Strategic Goal Contribution, Contract NASW – 4967, Aeronautics Studies Task Order 213
  • Integrated Financial Management Program (IFMP), Key Documents
  • Integration of Plant Growth into a Mars Habitat, Campbell, Paul D., and Nathan Moore
  • "Intellectual Property and the Economic Development of the International Space Station," Marguerite B. Broadwell, ISS Commercial Development Manager, NASA Headquarters.
  • Intellectual Property and the International Space Station: Creation, Use, Transfer, Ownership and Protection. September 1999.
  • Intelligent Systems Program Objectives, part of NASA's CICT program.
  • Internal Atmospheric Pressure and Composition for Planet Surface Habitats and Extravehicular Mobility Units, Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company, Paul D. Campbell, March 1991, LESC-29278
  • Internal Study: Potential Pathfinder Areas for Commercial Development of the International Space Station, also available as a pdf file.
  • An International Lunar Farside Observatory and Science Station, Mendell, Wendell, From the 1991 International Space University (ISU) Design Project
  • International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Science Initiative ISTP Project Newsletter
  • International Space Station Bilateral Agreements
    • NASA-Canadian Space Agency Agreement (January 1998)
    • NASA-European Space Agency Agreement (January 1998)
    • NASA-Russian Space Agency Agreement (January 1998)
    • NASA-Government of Japan Agreement (August 1998)
  • International Space Station Commercial Development Documents
  • International Space Station Multilateral Intergovernmental Agreement -- United States, Canada, European Space Agency, Japan, Russia (January 1998)
  • International Space Station Payload Operations Concepts and Architecture Assessment Study, Final Report
  • International Space Station Phase 1 (Shuttle/Mir) Program Report
  • International Space Station: Price Structure and Schedule for U.S. Resources and Accommodations
  • International Space Station Science & Technology Research Directions (Jan. 1, 2000)
  • International Space Station Science & Technology Research Directions (July 9, 1999)
  • International Space Station User's Guide, Release 2.0, January, 2000
  • Introduction to NASA's Integrated Space Transportation Plan and Space Launch Initiative, May 17, 2001
  • Introduction to the Aerodynamics of Flight, NASA SP-367
  • Isolation: NASA Experiments in Closed-Environment Living

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  • Johnson Space Center Annual Reports 1997 - 2001
  • JSC-1 A New Lunar Soil Simulant, McKay, David S, James L. Carter, Walter Boles, Carlton C. Allen, and Judith H. Allton, Proceedings of Space 94 (Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space IV; American Society of Civil Engineers), (1994)

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  • Kennedy Space Center Research & Technology 1993 - 2002 Annual Reports
  • "Kraft Report", Report of the Space Shuttle Management Independence Review Team, February 1995.

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  • Landsat 7 Brochure
  • Landsat Remote Sensing Strategy, NSPD-5, Feb. 13, 1992
  • Landsat Remote Sensing Strategy, NSTC-3, May 5, 1994
  • Langley Research Center Economic Impact FY 1995
  • Langley Research Center Economic Impact FY 1996 - 2002
  • Launch Operations Directives
  • Legal Aspects of Space Station Utilization, Paper presented by Edward A. Frankle, Esq, General Counsel, NASA, Washington, D.C., to the 50th International Astronautical Congress, International Institute of Space Law, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 5, 1999. AIAA Paper: IISL-99-IISL.1.03.
  • Legislative Activities Report - Office of Legislative Affairs, last updated Dec. 2001
  • The Legislative Origins of NASA: Proceedings of an Oral History Workshop
  • Life in the Universe: Proceedings of a conference held at NASA Ames Research Center Moffet Field, California, June 19-20, 1979 (NASA CP-2156, 1981), edited by John Billingham
  • Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, 1945-1959, NASA SP-4404
  • (LISA) Laser Interferometer Space Antenna System and Technology Study Report, July 2000
  • Living Aloft: Human Requirements for Extended Spaceflight, NASA SP-483
  • Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab (NASA SP-4208,1983)
  • Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF): Mission 1 Experiments (SP-473, 1984), ed. by Lenwood G. Clark, William H. Kinar, et. Al
  • Long Range Plan of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, December 1959
  • Low Frequency Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing of the IMAGE Satellite using the Radio Plasma Imager (RPI) 3-Axis Receivers, Document Number: TR.9000001-02, Word 6.0, RTF format
  • Long-Term R&D Project Selection, Nicholas S. Vonortas, Henry R. Hertzfeld, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University, November 17, 1995
  • Lunar Base as a Precursor to Mars Exploration and Settlement, Mendell, Wendell
  • Lunar Base - Why ask, "Why?"? Mendell, Wendell, AIAA Conference Paper, (1993)
  • Lunar Impact: A History of Project Ranger, Washington, D.C.: NASA SP-4210, 1977, by R. Cargill Hall
  • Lunar Oxygen Production - A Maturing Technology, Allen, Carlton C., Gary G. Bond, and David S. McKay, Proceedings of Space 94 (Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space IV; American Society of Civil Engineers), (1994)

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  • Magellan Mission Status Reports
  • Magellan: The Unveiling of Venus (JPL-400-345, March 1989)
  • Management and Reporting Guidelines for NASA University Research Centers at Minority Institutions, November 1996
  • Manager's Handbook for Software Development, SEL-84-101, Revision 1, November 1990
  • Managing NASA in the Apollo Era (NASA SP-4102, 1982) by Arnold S. Levine
  • Mars Climate Orbiter Mishap Investigation Board Phase I Report, November 10, 1999
  • "Mars Comm/Nav MicroSat Network," R. C. Hastrup, R. J. Cesarone, J. M. Srinivasan and D. D. Morabito, paper presented at the 13th AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, Utah, August 23-26, 1999, (7.6 mb Microsoft Word Document)
  • Mars Exploration Program Public Engagement Plan
  • Mars Exploration Program Scientific Goals, Objectives, Investigations and Priorities edited by R. Greeley, 2 March 2001
  • Mars Exploration Strategies: A Reference Design Mission, Weaver, David B., Michael B. Duke, and Barney B. Roberts, Conference Paper IAF 93-Q.1.383, (1993)
  • Mars Exploration Strategies: A Reference Program and Comparison of Alternative Architectures, Weaver, David B., and Michael B. Duke, Conference Paper AIAA 93-4212, (1993)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Block Dictionary (336 Pages - 6,008 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Detailed Mission Requirements (31 Pages - 355 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Investigation Description and Science Requirements Document (236 Pages - 1,670 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Operations Specification Vol. 1 (97 Pages - 4,639 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Operations Specification Vol. 2 (254 Pages - 2,010 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Operations Specification Vol. 3 (112 Pages - 4,813 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Operations Specification Vol. 4 (913 Pages - 4,178 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Operations Specification Vol. 5 Part 1 (51 Pages - 727 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Operations Specification Vol. 5 Part 2 (89 Pages - 2,164 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Operations Specification Vol. 6 Part 1 (136 Pages - 626 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Operations Specification Vol. 6 Part 2 (13 Pages - 257 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Operations Specification Vol. 6 Part 3 (31 Pages - 830 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Operations Specification Vol. 7 (203 Pages - 4,680 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Operations Specification Vol. 8 (12 Pages - 2,322 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Plan (99 Pages - 1,681 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Requirements Document (82 Pages - 3,407 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Sequence Plan (61 Pages - 702 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Mission Status Reports
  • Mars Global Surveyor Nagivation Plan (212 Pages - 5,422 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Project Plan (34 Pages - 195 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Spacecraft Requirements (45 Pages - 237 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Telemetry Calibration Handbook (363 Pages - 2,437 KB)
  • Mars Global Surveyor Telemetry Dictionary (1,263 Pages - 2,877 KB)
  • "Mars Network Constellation Design Drivers and Strategies," T. A. Ely, R. Anderson, Y. E. Bar-Sever, D. Bell, J. Guinn, M. Jah, P. Kallemeyn, E. Levene, L. Romans and S. Wu, paper presented at the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Girwood, Alaska, August 16-19, 1999, (2.6 mb pdf file)
  • "Mars Network: First Stop On The Interplanetary Internet", C. Edwards, TMOD Lecture Series presentation, Oct. 5, 1999, (8.6 mb Powerpoint file)
  • Mars Program Independent Assessment Team (Young Report)
    • Summary
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
  • Marshall Space Flight Center FY 2001 Annual Report
  • The Martian Landscape, NASA SP-425
  • "Measuring Requirements Testing," International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '97), Boston, MA - May 1997
  • Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) Brochure
  • A Meeting with the Universe: Science Discoveries from the Space Program, NASA EP-177
  • Microgravity Research Program Annual Reports, 1995-2000.
  • Mir hardware heritage, Portree, David S. F,. NASA-RP-1357
  • A Mission Design for International Manned Mars Mission, Mendell, Wendell, From the 1991 International Space University (ISU) Design Project
  • Model Research (SP-4103, 1985) by Alex Roland.
  • MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Brochure
  • Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations, NASA SP-4204
  • MTPE: A Program to Understand Global Environmental Change
  • Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Brochure

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  • NASA Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology, 1998 Customer Survey, Science Applications International Corporation Arlington, Virginia, September 1998, presentation
  • NASA Aeronautics Blueprint: Toward a Bold New Era in Aviation.
  • NASA and the FAA: A Technology Partnership for the New Millennium
  • NASA Biological and Physical Research Research Maximization and Prioritization (REMAP) Task Force Report Slides
  • NASA Budget FY 2004
  • NASA Budget FY 2003
  • NASA Budget FY 2002
  • NASA Budget FY 2001
  • NASA Budget FY 2000
  • NASA Budget FY 1999
  • NASA Budget FY 1998
  • NASA Budget FY 1997
  • NASA Budget FY 1996
  • NASA Budget FY 1996 briefing package
  • NASA Center Implementation Plans
    • Ames Research Center -- Moffett Field, California FY 98 (pdf)
    • Ames Research Center -- Moffett Field, California FY 99 (pdf)
    • Ames Research Center -- Moffett Field, California FY 00 (pdf)
    • Dryden Flight Research Center -- on Edwards Air Force Base FY 1999 (pdf, 708 KB)
    • Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field -- Cleveland, Ohio FY 00
    • Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland FY 99 (pdf, 381 KB)
    • Goddard Space Flight Center Performance Plan FY 99 (pdf, 610 KB)
    • Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- Pasadena, California FY 99 (pdf, 2072 KB)
    • Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- Pasadena, California FY 00 (pdf)
    • Johnson Space Center -- Houston, Texas 1997 (html) (Ad astra per aspera)
    • Kennedy Space Center -- Cape Canaveral, Florida 1998 (pdf, 2,457 KB)
    • Kennedy Space Center -- Cape Canaveral, Florida Road Map 1998
    • Kennedy Space Center -- Cape Canaveral, Florida 2000
    • Kennedy Space Center -- Cape Canaveral, Florida Road Map 2000
    • Langley Research Center -- Hampton, Virginia 2001 (not available)
    • Marshall Space Flight Center -- Huntsville, Alabama FY 99 (pdf, 715 KB)
    • Marshall Space Flight Center -- Huntsville, Alabama FY 00
    • Stennis Space Center -- Bay St. Louis, Mississippi -- plan not yet available
  • NASA Chief Financial Officer's Annual Report and Five-Year Plan for the Period 1999-2003, September, 1999
  • NASA Customer Survey Draft Report, Prepared by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Arlington, Virginia, August 1998
  • NASA Customer Survey Summary Report, Prepared by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Arlington, Virginia, August 1998
  • NASA/DoD Agreements Archive - NASA only
  • NASA Engineers and the Age of Apollo
  • NASA Environmental Compatibility Research Workshop I
  • NASA Environmental Compatibility Research Workshop II
  • NASA Environmental Compatibility Research Workshop III
  • NASA Environmental Compatibility Research Workshop IV
  • NASA Environmental Compatibility Workshops, FY98
  • NASA Faster, Better, Cheaper Task Final Report, March 2000, sometimes called the "Spear Report".
    Supporting Briefing Charts:
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Part 3
    • Part 4
    • Part 5
  • NASA Federal Laboratory Review
  • NASA Financial Management Manual
  • NASA Formal Methods, Vol. I and II Formal Methods Specification and Verification Guidebook for Software and Computer Systems, NASA-GB-002-95, NASA-GB-001-97.
  • NASA Four Year Reinvention Plan 1997-2001, Revised August 18, 2000
  • NASA Full-Cost Initiative Agencywide Implementation Guide
  • NASA Functional Leadership Plans, listed by organizational departments within NASA Headquarters.
  • NASA Accountability Reports
    • FY 1997
    • FY 1998
    • FY 1999
    • FY 2000
    • FY 2001
    • FY 2002
  • NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook, NPG 5800.1D, July 23, 1996
  • NASA Guidebook for Safety Critical Software - Analysis and Development, NASA-GB-1740.13-96
  • NASA Headquarters Office of Information Technology & Communications: IT Tactical Plan FY 1997-1998 also in pdf
  • NASA Headquarters Office of Information Technology & Communications: IT Tactical Plan FY 1996-1997
  • NASA Historical Databooks (SP-4012)
  • NASA History Series Publications list
  • NASA Implementation Plan for International Space Station Continuing Flight, October 28, 2003.
  • NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
    • Annual Report 2002
    • Annual Report 2001
    • Annual Report 2000
    • Annual Report 1999
  • NASA Integrated Information Infrastructure Program Plan, Aug. 14, 2003.
  • NASA Integrated Services Network (NISN) Document Repository
  • NASA Investigation Board Report on the Initial Flight Anomalies of Skylab 1 on May 14, 1973, July 13, 1973
  • NASA Information Resources Management (IRM) Strategic Plan, Sept. 2003
  • NASA IT Technical Standards
  • NASA Leadership and America's Future in Space, a Report to the Administrator By Dr. Sally K. Ride, August 1987
  • NASA Lewis Research Center's Annual Research and Technology (R&T) Report 1994-1999
  • The NASA National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program Strategic Plan 1996-2000
  • NASA/Navy Benchmarking Exchange (NNBE)
    • Vol. 1, Interim Report, Navy Submarine Program Safety Assurance, December 20, 2002.
    • Vol. 2, Progress Report, Naval Reactors Safety Assurance, July 15, 2003.
  • NASA News
  • NASA Office of the Chief Technologist Implementation Plan
  • NASA Office of Aeronautics & Space Transportation Technology Strategic Roadmaps
  • NASA Office of Defense Affairs: The First Five Years, HHR-32, 1970, by W. Fred Boone
  • NASA Office of Inspector General News Releases
  • NASA Office of Policy and Plans
  • NASA Performance Plans
    • 2003 NASA Performance Plan (pdf 19.9 MB)
    • 2002 NASA Performance Plan (pdf - 1.1 MB)
    • 2001 NASA Revised Performance Plan (pdf format - 444 KB)
    • 2001 NASA Performance Plan (pdf format - 444 KB)
    • 2000 NASA Performance Plan (pdf format - 7,726 KB)
    • 1999 NASA Revised Performance Plan (pdf format - 4,556 KB)
    • 1999 NASA Performance Plan
    • NASA 1999 Performance Metrics for R&D Organizations Workshop
    • NPR NASA Four Year Reinvention Plan
  • NASA Performance & Accountability Report FY 2002
  • NASA Performance Report FY 2001
  • NASA Performance Report FY 2000
  • NASA Performance Report FY 1999 (pdf - 2,953 KB)
  • NASA Pocket Statistics 1997
  • NASA Press Kits
    • 1998-present shuttle and space station missions
    • 1981-present shuttle missions at SpaceLink
    • 1981-present shuttle missions via Kennedy Space Center
  • NASA Press Releases
    • Ames Research Center
    • Dryden Flight Research Center
    • Glenn Research Center
    • Goddard Space Flight Center
    • Headquarters
    • Independent Validation & Verification Facility
    • Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    • Johnson Space Center
    • Kennedy Space Center
    • Langley Research Center
    • Marshall Space Flight Center
    • Stennis Space Center
    • Wallops Flight Facility
    • White Sands Test Facility
  • NASA Professional Development Guide, November 1998
  • NASA Program Assessment Process Study, Prepared by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Arlington, VA, October 15, 1999
  • NASA Research Park Design Guide, November 2001.
  • NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program Plan
  • NASA Software Assurance Guidebook, NASA-GB-A201
  • NASA Software Assurance Standard, NASA-STD-2201-93
  • NASA Software Configuration Management Handbook
  • NASA Software Documentation Standard, NASA-STD-2100-91
  • NASA Software Formal Inspections Guidebook
  • NASA Software Formal Inspections Standard, NASA-STD-2202-93
  • NASA Software Management Guidebook (November 1996), NASA-GB-001-96
  • NASA Software Measurement Guidebook (August 1995), NASA-GB-001-94
  • NASA Software Process Improvement Guidebook (January 1996), NASA-GB-001-95
  • NASA Software Quality Assurance Audits Handbook
  • NASA Software Safety Standard, NASA-STD-8719.13A (Replaces NSS 1740.13)
  • NASA Software Strategic Plan
  • NASA Software Working Group Charter
  • NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968: A Historical Summary (NASA SP-4401, 1971) by William R. Corliss
  • NASA Spinoff, 1996 - 2003
  • NASA Standards
    • ISO Standards Used by NASA - ASQ Library Online (NASA Only Access)
    • NASA Headquarters Code Q Requirements Page
  • NASA Stennis Space Center Education Programs Framework, June 1998.
  • NASA Stennis Space Center Education Programs Framework, June 1999.
  • NASA Strategic Enterprise Plans
    • Human Exploration and Development of Space Strategic Enterprise Plan
    • Earth Science Strategic Enterprise Plan, 1996-2002
    • Space Science Enterprise Strategic Plan 2000
    • Achieving Aeronautics Leadership: Aeronautics Strategic Enterprise Plan, 1995-2000
  • NASA Strategic Management Handbook 1996 - outdated
  • NASA Strategic Management Handbook 2000"The Red Book" NPG 1000.2 (pdf) - outdated
  • NASA Strategic Management Handbook 2005 NPD 1000.0 (pdf)
  • new itemNASA Strategic Plan 2006
  • NASA Strategic Plan 2003
  • NASA Strategic Plan 2000
  • NASA Strategic Plan 1998 with 1999 Interim Adjustments (html)
  • NASA Strategic Plan 1998
  • NASA Strategic Plan 1996
  • NASA Strategic Plan 1995
  • NASA Tech Briefs Online
  • NASA Technology Plan, 2001
  • NASA Vision 2002
  • NASA WWW Policy
  • NASA's Earth Science Enterprise Research Strategy for 2000-2010
  • NASA's Exploration Systems Architecture Study, Final Report. NASA-TM-2005-214062. November 2005.
  • NASA's Full-Cost Management
  • NASA's Implementation Plan for ISS Continuing Flight, October 28, 2003, Full Report
    • Revision 1.0, January 30, 2004, Full Report
  • NASA's Origins and the Dawn of the Space Age
  • NASA's Physical Sciences Research Program,
    • Annual report for FY 2000
    • Annual report for FY 2001 & FY 2002
    • Annual report for FY 2003
  • NASA's President's Management Agenda (PMA) progress, March 2003
  • NASA's Space Food and Nutrition
  • NASA's Space Shuttle: Operating the World’s Most Versatile Launch System (January 1996)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
  • National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, amended
  • National Directory of Space Grant Contacts, February 1999
  • National Science and Technology Council - Goals for a National Partnership (Bird Book One - 1985)
  • National Science and Technology Council - Goals for a National Partnership (Bird Book Two - 1987)
  • National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program Executive Summary, September 1998
  • National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program Strategic Plan 1996-2000
  • National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, The First Five Years 1989-1994
  • National Space Launch Strategy, NSPD-4
  • National Space Policy, NSDD-42, July 4, 1982
  • National Space Policy Directives and Executive Charter NSPD-1, November 2, 1989
  • National Space Transportation Policy, NSTC-4
  • National Space Transportation System: Overview NASA, September 1988
  • The Near-Earth Objects Survey Workgroup Report
  • The NEAR Rendezvous Burn Anomaly of December 1998 - Final Report
  • A New Sun: Solar Results from Skylab (SP-402, 1979) by John A. Eddy and edited by Rein Ise.
  • Next Generation Space Telescope: NGST: Prepared for the UVOIR Panel of the AASC, March 29, 1999
  • Non-Governmental Organization Concept Development for Management of International Space Station Utilization for Management of International Space Station Utilization, Final Report of the Internal Study Team, June 2001.
  • NSROC Performance Task Order (PTO) Process

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  • Occupational Safety and Health Program 1998 Annual Report
  • Office of Biological and Physical Research. International Space Station Research Plan Assembly Sequence Rev. F, Aug. 2000
  • Office of Space Science Discovery Program Commitment Agreement, June 1999
  • Office of Space Science Discovery Program Plan, October 1999
  • Office of Space Science Education and Public Outreach Annual Report FY2001
  • Office of Space Science Education and Public Outreach Annual Report FY2000
  • Office of Space Science Integrated Technology Strategy
  • Office of the Inspector General's Semiannual Report
  • One Hundred Rules for NASA Project Managers by Jerry Madden
  • On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet 1958-1978, NASA SP-4212
  • On the Moon with Apollo 16: A Guidebook to the Descartes Region (NASA EP-95, 1972) by Gene Simmons
  • On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini, NASA SP-4203
  • Ongoing Research - Task Books-Life and Microgravity Sciences
  • "Options for Managing Space Station Utilization," results of a trade study to identify the legal and statutory constraints on establishing various types of Non-Government Organizations, October, 1999.
  • Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990
  • An Organizational Model for an International Mars Mission, Stoffel, Wilhelm, and Wendell Mendell, From the 1991 International Space University (ISU) Design Project
  • Origins of NASA Names (NASA SP-4402, 1976) by Helen T. Wells, Susan H. Whiteley, and Carrie Karegeannes
  • Origins: Roadmap for the Office of Space Science Origins Theme, 2003
  • Origins: Roadmap for the Office of Space Science Origins Theme, 2000
  • Origins Technology Roadmap: An Input to the Origins Strategic Roadmap, version 1, 4/97
  • "An Overview of the Space Transportation System" from Chronology of Space Shuttle Flights, 1981–2000 (NASA HHR-70, October 2000), by Judy A. Rumerman with Stephen J. Garber
  • Our Changing Planet: The FY 1997 U.S. Global Change Research Program
  • Our Changing Planet: The FY 2000 U.S. Global Change Research Program
  • Outer Planets Program Description, June 1999
  • An Overview of the Software Engineering Laboratory, SEL-94-005, December 1994

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  • Packaged-Based Development Process in the FDD (SEW22)
  • Package-Based System Development
  • Parametric Cost Estimating Handbook also MSWord version
  • Partners in Education: A Strategy for Integrating Education and Public Outreach into NASA's Space Science Programs
  • The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, NASA SP-4209
  • Phase 1 Program Joint Report, George C. Nield and Pavel Mikhailovich Vorobiev, Editors, January 1999
  • The Phase 1 Program: The United States Prepares for the International Space Station
  • Pioneer Odyssey (NASA SP-349, revised edition, 1977) by Richard Fimmel, William Swindell, and Eric Burgess
  • Pioneering the Space Frontier: The Report of the National Commission on Space (COS or Paine Report), May 1986
  • Planetary Geology in the 1980s (SP-467, 1985) by Joseph Veverka
  • The Planetary Quarantine Program: Origins and Achievements, 1956-1973 (NASA SP-4902, 1974) by Charles R. Phillips
  • The Post-Apollo Space Program: Directions for the Future, September 1969
  • Post-Launch Report for Mercury-Redstone No. 3 (MR-3)
  • Precollege & Bridge Programs Performance Report, FY 1996
  • Preliminary Findings of the NASA Scenario Interviews, Prepared for the ASEB Workshop September 30 - October 3, 1996
  • Presidential Directive/NSC-37, "National Space Policy", May 11, 1978
  • Presidential Directive on National Space Policy, February 11, 1988
  • President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond (archive copy)
  • Pricing Policy, Structure and Schedule for US Resources and Accommodations on the International Space Station
  • Principal Recommendations of the Augustine Commission, December 1990
  • The Problems of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor
  • Project Gemini Technology and Operations: A Chronology, NASA SP-4002
  • Project Mercury: A Chronology, NASA SP-4001
  • Project Mercury: a Description of the Astronaut's Task in Project Mercury, Robert B. Voss
  • Project Orion: A Design Study of a System for Detecting Extrasolar Planets, NASA SP-436, 1980

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  • Quality Management System (Headquarters)
    • Manual
    • Appendix
  • Quiet Aircraft Technology Workshop

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  • Range Safety Manual for Goddard Space Flight Center/Wallops Flight Facility
  • Recommendations to NASA Regarding a National Civil Space Program, October 1958
  • Recommended Approach to Software Development, SEL-81-305, Revision 3, June 1992
  • Recommended Policy and Implementation Guidelines for the NASA Discovery Program, May 27, 1993
  • Recommended Priorities for NASA's Gamma Ray Astronomy Program 1996-2010, Report of the Gamma Ray Astronomy Program Working Group, April, 1997
  • Registration and Disposition Process for International Space Station Entrepreneurial Offers, HOWI1720-U019-Baseline.
  • Registration and Disposition Process for International Space Station Entrepreneurial Offers. Lance Bush, ISS Commercial Development Manager, NASA Headquarters, February 2000.
  • Reference Model: A Non-Government Organization (NGO) for Space Station Utilization Management Discussion
  • Renewed Commitment to Excellence: an Assessment of the NASA Wide Applicability of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report, also known as the Diaz Report, January 30, 2004.
  • Renewed Spirit of Discover: The Presidents Vision for US Space Exploration. President George W. Bush, January 2004.
  • Report by the International Space Station (ISS) Management and Cost Evaluation (IMCE) Task Force to the NASA Advisory Council, November 1, 2001
  • Report by the NASA Biological and Physical Research Research Maximization And Prioritization (REMAP) Task Force to the NASA Advisory Council, July 2002
  • Report of the Ad Hoc Panel on Man-in-Space, December 16, 1960
  • Report of the Advisory Committee On the Future of the U.S. Space Program (Augustine Commission), December 1990
  • Report of the Cost Assessment and Validation Task Force on the International Space Station, NASA Advisory Council, April 21, 1998
  • Report of the Loss of the Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space 2 Missions -- JPL Special Review Board (Casani Report)
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Part 3
    • Part 4
    • Part 5
  • "Report of the National Research Council (NRC) Task Group on Institutional Arrangements for Space Station Research," December, 1999.
  • Report of the Presidential Transition Team, NASA, December 19, 1980
  • Report of the Space Shuttle Management Independent Review Team, "Kraft Report," February 1995
  • Report on Project Management in NASA by the Mars Climate Orbiter Mishap Investigation Board, (Stephenson Report) March 2000
  • Report on the NASA Environmental Compatibility Workshops, Conducted for NASA Contract: NASW-4967
  • Report to the President-Elect of the Ad Hoc Committee on Space, Wiesner Committee, January 10, 1961
  • Report to the President, Implementation of the Recommendations of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, June 1987
  • Report of the Presidential Commission of the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
  • "Requirement Metrics for Risk Identification," Twenty-First Annual Software Engineering Workshop NASA-GSFC, MD - December, 1996
  • "Requirements, Testing & Metrics," 15th Annual Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, Utah - Oct 1998
  • Research & Development Degree Of Difficulty (R&D3), A white paper, John C. Mankins, March 10, 1998
  • Research and Technology Report 1998, Minority University Research and Education Division
  • Research and Technology Report 1997, Minority University Research and Education Division
  • Research and Technology Report 1996, Minority University Research and Education Division
  • Research and Technology Report 1995, Minority University Research and Education Division
  • Research in NASA History: A Guide to the NASA History Program, NASA HHR-64
  • Research Plan for the International Space Station
  • Research Task Books formerly Microgravity Physical Sciences Division Program Tasks and Bibliography
  • Results of the First United States Manned Space Flight, February 20, 1962
  • Results of the Second U.S. Manned Orbital Space Flight, NASA SP-6
  • Results of the Third U.S. Manned Orbital Space Flight, NASA SP-12
  • Results of the Fourth U.S. Manned Orbital Space Flight and Mercury Project Summary, NASA SP-45
  • Return to Flight Implementation Plan, September 2003, Summary (367 Kb), Full Report (15 Mb)
    • Revision 1.0, October 15, 2003, Summary (411 Kb), Full Report (19 Mb)
    • Revision 1.1, November 20, 2003, Full Report
    • Revision 1.2, January 30, 2004, Full Report
    • Revision 2.0, April 26, 2004, Full Report
  • new itemReturn to Flight Task Group, Final Report. July 2005
  • Reusable Software Management Plan
  • Review of Issues Associated with Safe Operation and Management of the Space Shuttle Program (November 1996)
  • Risk Knowledge Capture in the Riskit Method (SEW21)
  • Risk Management Plan for Project Zeus
  • Roadmap for the Exploration of Neighboring Planetary Systems (ExNPS)

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  • Safety and Mission Assurance Enterprise Agreement for the Aeronautics Enterprise
  • Safety and Mission Assurance Enterprise Agreement for the Earth Science Enterprise
  • Safety and Mission Assurance Enterprise Agreement for the Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS)
  • Safety and Mission Assurance Enterprise Agreement for the Space Science Enterprise
  • SAGE III Detailed Mission Requirements Notes, April 24,1996
  • Saturn Educator Guide
  • The Saturn Illustrated Chronology (MHR-5, Marshall Space Flight Center, fifth edition, 1971)
  • Saturn V Program Directives
  • Science and Technology Research Directions for the International Space Station , 9 July 1999
  • Science and Technology Research Directions for the International Space Station, 1 January 2000
  • Science in Orbit: The Shuttle & Spacelab Experience: 1981-1986 (NASA NP-119, Marshall Space Flight Center, 1988)
  • Science Planning for Exploring Mars, JPL Publication 01-7, July 2001. Includes Part 1: The Search for Evidence of Life on Mars, (McCleese report) Part 2: Scientific Goals, Objectives, Investigations, and Priorities, Part 3: The First Returned Martian Samples: Science Opportunities.
  • SCAN (Selected Current Aerospace Notices)
  • The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, NASA SP-419, 1977
  • An SEI Proposal: A Lunar Telescope for Education, Mendell, Wendell, (1991)
  • The SEL Adapts to Meet Changing Times (SEW22)
  • SEL COTS Study, Phase 1 - Initial Characterization Study Report, SEL-98-001, August 1998
  • SEU 2003 Roadmap (Structure & Evolution of the Universe)
  • SIM, Taking the Measure of the Universe, An Input to the UVOIR Panel of the AASC, April 1, 1999
  • Sintering Bricks on the Moon. Carlton C. Allen, John C. Graf, and David S. McKay, Proceedings of Space 94 (Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space IV; American Society of Civil Engineers), (1994)
  • Skylab: A Chronology (NASA SP-4011, 1977). Roland W. Newkirk and Ivan D. Ertel, with Courtney G. Brooks
  • Skylab: A Guidebook (NASA EP-107, 1973). Leland F. Belew and Ernst Stuhlinger
  • Skylab, Classroom in Space (NASA SP-401, 1977).
  • Skylab: Our First Space Station (NASA SP-400, 1977). edited by Leland F. Belew
  • Skylab Program Directives
  • Skylab's Astronomy and Space Sciences, NASA SP-404, 1979
  • Small Explorer WIRE Failure Investigation Report, Appendix F of the WIRE Mishap Investigation Board Report , June 8, 1999
  • Software Engineering Workshop, Twenty-First Annual
  • Software Engineering Workshop, Twenty-Second Annual
  • Software Engineering Workshop, Twenty-Third Annual
  • Software Engineering Workshop, Twenty-Fourth Annual
  • Software Measurement Guidebook, SEL-94-102, Revision 1, June 1995
  • "Software Metrics for Risk Assessment," 47th International Astronautical Congress & Exhibition, 29th Safety and Rescue Symposium Risk Management and Assessment Session, Beijing, China - October, 1996.
  • "Software Metrics and Reliability," 9th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, Germany - Nov 1998
  • "Software Process Assessment," Third International Symposium on Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems, Greenbelt, MD - November, 1994
  • Software Process Improvement Guide, SEL-95-102, Revision 1, March 1996
  • "Software Quality Metrics for OO Environments," Published in Crosstalk Jounal. April 1997
  • Software Quality Metrics for Object-Oriented System Environments, SATC-TR-95-1001, June, 1995.
  • "A Software Quality Model & Metrics for Risk Assessment," European Space Agency Software Assurance Symposium and the 8th Annual Software Technology Conference, Netherlands - March, 1996 & Utah - April, 1996
  • Software Re-engineering, SATC-TR-95-1001, October, 1996
  • Sounding Rocket Program Handbook (SRPH)
  • Space Act Agreements Manual (Dec. 1998)
  • Space-Based Global Change Observation, NSPD-7, May 28, 1992.
  • The Space Calendar
  • Space Exploration Initiative, NSPD-6, March 13, 1992.
  • Space Flight Operations Contingency Action Plan, (QE-CAP-99-01)
  • Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley Research Center From Sputnik toApollo (SP-4308, 1995) by James R. Hansen
  • Spaceguard Survey Report, 1992 (on NEOs)
  • Space Handbook: Astronautics and its Applications
  • Space Human Factors: Critical Research and Technology Definition, Life Sciences Division, Office Of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications, October 1996
  • Space Human Factors Engineering Project Implementation Plan (FY 2002-FY 2003), March 2002.
  • Space Human Factors Engineering Project Plan, JSC 29022 Rev A, November 2001.
  • The Space Interferometry Mission: Taking the Measure of the Universe, Final Report of the Space Interferometry Science Working Group, April 5, 1996
  • Space Medicine in Project Mercury , NASA SP-4003
  • Space Science Data Operations Office (SSDOO) 1999 Overview
  • Space Science Data Operations Office (SSDOO) Visiting Committee Report
  • Space Science Enterprise 2000 Strategic Plan
  • Space Science Enterprise Integrated Technology Strategy
  • The Space Shuttle (SP-407, 1976)
  • The Space Shuttle at Work (NASA SP-432/EP-156, 1979) by Howard Allaway
  • The Space Shuttle Decision: NASA's Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle (NASA SP-4221) by T.A. Heppenheimer
  • Space Shuttle Development Conference, NASA Ames Research Center, July 28-30, 1999
  • Space Shuttle Flight Data and In-Flight Anomaly List (JSC-19413) STS-1 Through STS-91, STS-94 and STS-95 (Revision V, change 4, May 16, 1999) [the Green Book] - available through CASI
  • Space Shuttle Independent Assessment Team Report to the Associate Administrator for the Office of Space Flight (McDonald Report) (March 2000)
  • Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) 0523 Test 902-772 Failure Investigation Final Report
    • Vol. 1
    • Vol. 3
    • Vol. 4
    • App. A-B
    • App. C
    • App. D
    • App. E-F
    • App. G
  • Space Shuttle Operational Data Book
  • Space Shuttle Program Annual Report, 2001
  • Space Shuttle Program Annual Report, 2000
  • Space Shuttle Program Annual Report, 1999
  • Space Shuttle Program 2020 Assessment, March 2002
  • Space Shuttle Program Changes and Accomplishments Since 1986 (January 1996)
  • Space Shuttle Reference Manual
  • “The Space Shuttle’s First Flight: STS-1” from From Engineering Science to Big Science: The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners (NASA SP-4219, 1998) by Henry C. Dethloff
  • "Space Station", NSDD 5-83, April 11, 1983
  • Space Technology and Applications International Forum Archives
  • Space Telescope Transition Plan Review Panel Report
  • Space Transportation Architecture Study Results
    • Boeing (134kb Adobe PDF file)
    • Kelly Space & Technnology
    • Kistler Aerospace
    • Lockheed Martin
    • NASA In-House Study (24mb Adobe PDF file)
    • Orbital Science (6mb Adobe PDF file)
    • Space Access (62kb Adobe PDF file)
  • Space Transportation System Public Affairs Contingency Plan (July 1988)
  • Space Launch Vehicles Broad Area Review Report, November 1999
  • Spacelab: An International Short-Stay Orbiting Laboratory (NASA EP-165) by Walter Froehlich
  • Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo-Saturn Launch Vehicles (NASA SP-4206, 1980, reprinted 1996) by Roger E. Bilstein
  • Standard Bibliography of SEL Literature
  • The Star Splitters: The High Energy Astronomy Observatories (SP-466, 1984) by Wallace H. Tucker
  • Stennis Space Center, Office of Education, 2001 Guide to Programs, Facilities, and Activities
  • Stehmer/Commercialization of the Space Station Report to Congress, May 14, 1999. Includes:
    • Transmittal Letter
    • NASA Report on Opportunities for Commercial Providers on the ISS
    • NASA Status Report on Independent Market Study concerning Commercial Interest in Use of ISS
    • NASA Report on Commercial Proposals concerning Operation, Servicing, Utilization or Augmentation of the ISS
  • Steps to Green, NASA's progress toward implementing the President's Management Agenda (PMA), March 2003
  • Strategic Considerations for Cislunar Space Infrastructure, Mendell, Wendell, and Steve Hoffman, (1991)
  • Strategic Program Plan for Space Radiation Health Research
  • Studies on Reading Techniques (SEW21)
  • Suddenly, Tomorrow Came… (NASA SP-4307), by Henry C. Dethloff
  • System Engineering the International Space Station, by L. Dale Thomas

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  • Task Force on Countermeasures, Final Report, May 1997
  • Technology Readiness Levels, a white paper, John C. Mankins, April 6, 1995
  • Terrestrial Analogs of Space Exploration Human and Habitation Systems, Lockheed Engin