Updated: May 2012

This bibliography covers chronologies and schedules for past, ongoing, and future NASA missions. For more in-depth resources, please visit the NASA History Program Office or the National Air and Space Museum.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: Call x0168 or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public: Contact your local library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

Books

Baker, David. Spaceflight and Rocketry: A Chronology. New York: Facts on File, 1996. ISBN: 0816018537

TL788.5 .B25 1996 READY REFERENCE

 

Cassutt, Michael. Who's who in Space. New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1999. ISBN: 0028649656

TL788.5 .C37 1999 READY REFERENCE

 

Green, Barbara E. United States Space Program Firsts: Robotic and Human Mission Firsts. Kennedy Space Center, FL: Kennedy Space Center Library Archives, 2002.

TL789.8 .U5 U58 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

Harvey, Brian. Space Exploration 2007. New York; Berlin: Springer, 2006. ISBN: 0387333304

TL793 .H37 2006 BOOKSTACKS

 

Lewis, Marieke, Ryan Swanson, and Alice R. Buchalter. Astronautics and Aeronautics: A Chronology, 1996-2000. Washington, D.C.: NASA History Division, Office of External Relations, NASA Headquarters, 2009.

TL521.312 .A887 L495 2009 BOOKSTACKS

Note: This title is available online at the website of the NASA HQ History Office.

 

NASA. America's Workhorse in Space: The First 100 Missions of the Space Shuttle, 1981-2000. Washington, D.C.: NASA, 2000.

TL795.5 .A44 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Neal, Valerie, Cathleen S. Lewis, and Frank H. Winter. Spaceflight: A Smithsonian Guide. New York, NY: Macmillan USA, 1995. ISBN: 002860007X

TL795 .N43 1995 BOOKSTACKS

 

Portree, David S. F., and Robert C. Trevino. Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, NASA History Office, 1997.

TL797.P67 W3 1997 BOOKSTACKS

Note: This title is available online at the website of the NASA HQ History Office.

 

Renstrom, Arthur George. Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Reissue of a Chronology Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Orville Wright, August 19, 1871. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, NASA History Office, 2003.

TL540 .W7 R46 2003 BOOKSTACKS

Note: This title is available online at the website of the NASA HQ History Office.

 

Rumerman, Judy A. US Human Spaceflight: A Record of Achievement, 1961-2006. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, NASA History Office, 2007

TL789.8 .U5 H86 2007BOOKSTACKS

Note: This title is available online at the website of the NASA HQ History Office.

 

Rumerman, Judy A., and Stephen J. Garber. Chronology of Space Shuttle Flights 1981-2000. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, NASA History Office, 2000

TL795.5 .C47 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Shayler, David, and Ian A Moule. Women in Space: Following Valentina. Chichester, UK: Praxis Pub. 2005. ISBN: 1852337443

TL789.85 .W66 S53 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

Siddiqi, Asif A. Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes, 1958-2000. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, NASA History Office, 2002.

TL790 .S53 2002 BOOKSTACKS

Note: This title is available online at the website of the NASA HQ History Office.

 

Zimmerman, Robert. The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space. Phoeniz, AZ: Oryx Press, 2000. ISBN: 1573561967

QB500.262 .Z56 2000 READY REFERENCE

Periodicals

"Monthly Launch Report", Space News

A table of either predicted date or actual date of launch, launch site, vehicle and provider, payload and owner, and outcome or purpose of launches on a monthly basis.

 

"Satellite Digest", Spaceflight

Includes a table of spacecraft, with international designation, date, launch site, vehicle, approximate mass, and orbital details, updates to previous launches, ISS activity, and orbital decays.

Internet Resources

NASA Websites

 

Bell, Edwin. Spacewarn Bulletin. July 2011 [May 7, 2012]

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spacewarn.html

Spacewarn was a monthly bulletin of recent launches by all of the spacefaring powers and links to news about satellites whose orbits are decaying. Publication ceased in 2011, but the bulletins are still available.

 

Garber, Steve. History Timelines. March 8, 2011 [May 7, 2012]

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html

 

Kauderer, Amiko. Consolidated Launch Manifest. May 4, 2012 [May 7, 2012]

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html

Note: This website only covers flights to the International Space Station.

 

__________. Space Shuttle Mission Archives. Aug. 29, 2011 [May 7, 2012]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/list_main.html

 

Koehler, Keith. Wallops Launch Events. April 3, 2008 [May 7, 2012]

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/events/index.html

 

Ryba, Jeanne. NASA Missions Event Archive. Sept. 21, 2011 [May 7, 2012]

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/timeline/anniversary_dates/index.html

This website lets you check on a calendar date to see what happened on that day at NASA.

 

Smith, Yvette. Current Missions. March 29, 2012 [May 7, 2012]

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/current/index.html

 

__________. Future Missions. Feb. 8, 2012 [May 7, 2012]

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/future/index.html

 

__________. Missions Highlights. May 1, 2012 [May 7, 2012]

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/index.html

This website lists all NASA missions and allows you to search for specific missions.

 

__________. Past Missions. April 21, 2011 [May 7, 2012]

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/past/index.html

Note: This website covers both manned and unmanned missions. Because the Voyager probes are still conducting observations, they are listed as current.

 

Williams, David R. Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Exploration. Jan. 17, 2012 [May 7, 2012]

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chrono.html

 

Other Websites

 

McDowell, Jonathan. Jonathan's Space Report. May 7, 2012 [May 7, 2012]

http://www.planet4589.org/

Jonathan's Space Report is a biweekly newsletter of space news and launches.

 

UN Office of Outer Space Affairs. Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space. May 7, 2012 [May 7, 2012]

http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/oosa/en/SORegister/index.html

 

__________. Space Activities of Member States and International Organizations. May 7, 2012 [May 7, 2012]

http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/oosa/en/natact/index.html