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Doc#
Title
Cost
SP-533 Passage to the Ringed World Free
SP-564 Leadership in Space Free
SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, vol. 4 $28.00
SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, vol. 5 Free
SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, vol. 6 Free
SP-2009-4012 NASA Historical Data Book, vol. 7 Free
SP-4021 Astronautics and Aeronautics 1976 $10.50
SP-4022 Astronautics and Aeronautics 1977 $10.50
SP-4023 Astronautics and Aeronautics 1978 $11.50
SP-4024 Astronautics and Aeronautics 1979-1984 $11.50
SP-2000-4029 Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference Free
SP-4103 Model Research: the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1915-1958 Free
SP-4106 Aiming at Targets: The Autobiography of Robert C. Seamans $25.00
SP-4107 Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of US Human Spaceflight Symposium Free
SP-2005-4110 Rockets and People, vol. 1 Free
SP-2006-4110 Rockets and People, vol. 2 Free
SP-2009-4110 Rockets and People, vol. 3 Free
SP-2011-4110 Rockets and People, vol. 4 Free
SP-2005-4111 Shared Voyage: Learning and Unlearning from Remarkable Projects Free
SP-2005-4112 Realizing the Dream of Flight: Biographical Essays in Honor of the Centennial of Flight, 1903-2003 Free
SP-2008-4113 William H. Pickering: America's Deep Space Pioneer Free
SP-2012-4114 NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA's Senior Leadership $24 (hard)
$18 (soft)
SP-4201 This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury Free
SP-4203 On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini Free
SP-4208 Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab Free
SP-4214 Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions Free
SP-4217 Beyond the Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communications Free
SP-4218 To See the Unseen: A History of Planetary Radar Astronomy Free
SP-4219 From Engineering Science to Big Science: the NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners Free
SP-4220 Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story Free
SP-4221 The Space Shuttle Decision: NASA's Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle Free
SP-4222 Toward Mach 2: The Douglas D-558 Program Free
SP-4223 "Before This Decade is Out...": Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program Free
SP-2000-4224 Computers Take Flight: A History of NASA's Pioneering Digital Fly-By-Wire Project Free
SP-2002-4226 We Freeze to Please: A History of NASA's Icing Research Tunnel and the Quest for Safety Free
SP-2001-4227 Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network Free
SP-2007-4231 Mission to Jupiter: A History of the Galileo Project Free
SP-2007-4232 Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics Free
SP-2007-4233 "Read You Loud and Clear!": The Story of NASA's Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Free
SP-2011-4234

When Biospheres Collide: A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs

$30 (hard)
Free (soft)

SP-4304

 Searching the Horizon: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940-1976 Free
SP-4306 Engines and Innovation: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology $16.00
SP-4311 Wallops Station and the Creation of an American Space Program $8.50
SP-4312 Dreams, Hopes, Realities: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: The First Forty Years $33.00
SP-2000-4314 Atmosphere of Freedom: Sixty Years at the NASA Ames Research Center $39.00
SP-2006-4317 Science in Flux: NASA's Nuclear Program at Plum Brook Station Free
SP-2010-4319 Revolutionary Atmosphere: The Story of the Altitude Wind Tunnel and the Space Power Chambers $25.00
SP-4407 Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the US Civil Space Program, vol. 1: Organizing for Exploration Free
SP-4407 Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the US Civil Space Program, vol. 2: External Relationships $40.00
SP-4407 Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the US Civil Space Program, vol. 3: Using Space $40.00
SP-4407 Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the US Civil Space Program, vol. 4: Accessing Space Free
SP-4407 Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the US Civil Space Program, vol. 5: Exploring the Cosmos $40.00
SP-4407 Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the US Civil Space Program, vol. 6: Space and Earth Science Free
SP-4407 Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the US Civil Space Program, vol. 7: Projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Free
SP-2000-4408 Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974 Free
SP-2003-4409 The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, vol. 1: The Ascent of the Airplane Free
SP-2007-4409 The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, vol. 2: Reinventing the Airplane Free
SP-2007-4410 Mars Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Space Exploration Initiative Free
SP-2011-4411 Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective

$27 (hard)
$21 (soft)
SP-2005-4701 Risk and Exploration: Earth, Sea, and the Stars Free
SP-2006-4702 Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight $25.00
SP-2008-4703 Remembering the Space Age: Proceedings of the Fiftieth Anniversary Conference Free
SP-2007-4801 Societal Impact of Spaceflight Free
The following items are available for free.
   
The following items are available for free.
   
     
 
Aeronautical Publications Available for Purchase at the Information Center
 
SP-2007-562 X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight $45.00
SP-2010-570 NASA's Contributions to Aeronautics (2 vol. set) $50.00
SP-2009-574 The Apollo of Aeronautics: NASAs Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program, 1973-1987 $24.00
SP-2009-575 Modeling Flight: The Role of Dynamically Scaled Free-Flight Models in Support of NASA's Aerospace Programs $35.00
SP-593 Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space $24.00
SP-2011-594 Breaking the Mishap Chain $24 (hard)
$15 (soft)
SP-2011-595 Dressing For Altitude: US Aviation Pressure Suits-Wiley Post to Space Shuttle $75.00
SP-2013-600 Crash Course: Lessons Learned from Accidents Involving Remotely Piloted and Autonomous Aircraft $24 (hard)
$15 (soft)
     
 
Earth Science Publications Available for Purchase at the Information Center
  
NP-2012-07-889-HQ Earth as Art $22.00

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