Space Flight & Exploration

Corliss, William R. The Viking Mission to Mars. Foreword by Edgar M. Cortright. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1974. vii, 77 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. NASA SP-334. 'The possibility of Martian-life--extinct, extant, or future--is the target of the Viking program that is described in detail in this publication. The two Viking spacecraft, to be launched in 1975, will be Orbiter-Lander combinations.' - Page 3. Good soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps. #27416. $20
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Cote, Charles, Ralph Taylor, and Eugene Gilbert, editors. Nimbus 6 Random Access Measurement System Applications Experiments. Foreword by Charles E. Cote and John Masterson. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch, 1982. Small 4to (medium-large book). vi, 99 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. NASA SP-457. The Nimbus 6 RAMS program performed atmospheric and oceanographic research with a meteorological satellite. Good pictorial soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps; label on upper front cover, all corners tape reinforced. #27407. $175
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DeVincenzi, Donald L., and John R. Bagby, editors. Orbiting Quarantine Facility: The Antaeus Report. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch, 1981. Small 4to (medium-large book). xii, 134 pages. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. Figures. Folding figures. NASA SP-454. Good pictorial soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps; corners reinforced with tape. #27431. $150
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Goddard Space Flight Center. Ariel I: The First International Satellite. Foreword by Robert C. Baumann. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, 1963. Small 4to (medium-large book). viii, 76 pages. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. Frontispiece photograph. NASA SP-43. Good pictorial soft cover. Former library copy with stamp on half-title page, barcode inside rear cover. #27401. $25
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Goddard Space Flight Center. Ariel I: The First International Satellite: Experimental Results. Foreword by Harrie Massey. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, 1966. Small 4to (medium-large book). viii, 158 pages. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. Frontispiece photograph. NASA SP-119. Good pictorial soft cover. Former library copy with stamp on half-title page, barcode inside rear cover. #27402. $75
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Goddard Space Flight Center. Observations from the Nimbus I Meteorological Satellite. Six Paper Presented by Goddard Space Flight Center Personnel at the Western Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Seattle, Washington, December 29, 1964. Foreword by W. Nordberg. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1965. Small 4to (medium-large book). v, 90 pages. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. NASA SP-89. Good soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps. #27430. $100
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Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. The Observatory Generation of Satellites: Session II of a Special Astronautics Symposium held at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, December 27, 1962, during the 129th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, 1963. Small 4to (medium-large book). v, 62 pages. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Illustrations. NASA SP-30. Good pictorial soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps. #27422. $40
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Goddard Space Flight Center. Orbiting Solar Observatory Satellite, OSO I: The Project Summary. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1965. Small 4to (medium-large book). vi, 306 pages. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Figures. NASA SP-57. Good pictorial soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps. #27424. $27.50
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Jane's Spaceflight Directory. Jane's Spaceflight Directory, 1988-89. Edited by Reginald Turnill. Surrey, U.K.: Jane's Information Group, 1988. 4th edition. 4to (large book). 643 pages. Index. Photographs. Illustrations. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0710608608. #22214. $55
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Ranger VIII: Photographs of the Moon. Part I: Camera 'A' Series. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1964. Folio (very large book). ix, 17 pages. 199 photographic plates. Photographs. NASA SP-61. Prepared under contract for NASA. Very good softcover. Front cover has been soiled, edges slightly worn. #22215. $45
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Lent, Constantin Paul. Rocket Research: History and Handbook. First Issue, July 11, 1944. New York: Pen-Ink Publishing Company, 1944. [2], 102, [5] pages. Index. Photographs. Illustrations. Fair hardcover. Paper-covered boards, backstrip slightly chipped and loose in places. Internally good. #24212. $70
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Office of Space Science and Applications. The Pioneer Mission to Jupiter. Foreword by John E. Naugle. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1971. 46 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. NASA SP-268. Good pictorial soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps. #27412. $12.50
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Division. Scientific Findings from Explorer VI. Preface by Homer E. Newell. Foreword by John E. Naugle. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1965. Small 4to (medium-large book). ix, 381 pages. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. NASA SP-54. Good soft cover. Former library copy with stamp inside front cover and on rear flyleaf. #27400. $75
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Atmospheric Lidar Working Group. Shuttle Atmospheric Lidar Research Program: Final Report of the Atmospheric Lidar Working Group. Preface by Edward V. Browell. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch, 1979. Small 4to (medium-large book). v, 220 pages. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. NASA SP-433. Good pictorial soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps, corners reinforced with tape; pages 155-58 torn because of manufacturing error. #27423. $45
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office. Viking 1 Early Results. Foreword by James C. Fletcher. Preface by John E. Naugle. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1976. Small 4to (medium-large book). vii, 67 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. NASA SP-408. Good pictorial soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps. #27429. $11.50
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Neugebauer, M., D. K. Yeomans, J. C. Brandt, and R. W. Hobbs, editors. Space Missions to Comets. Washington: NASA Scientific and Technical Branch, 1979. Small 4to (medium-large book). v, 226 pages. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Illustrations. NASA Conference Publication, 2089. A conference sponsored by NASA Office of Space Science and held at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, October 1977. Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine call number, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges, stamp inside front cover, on title page and verso; barcode label and stamp on rear flyleaf, stamp inside rear cover. #26906. $25
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Newkirk, Roland W., Ivan D. Ertel, with Courtney G. Brooks. Skylab: A Chronology. Foreword by Charles Conrad, Jr. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1977. Small 4to (medium-large book). xvii, 458 pages. Index. Photographs. Illustrations. NASA SP-4011. NASA History Series. Good softcover. Former library copy, spine and part of covers sunned, covers slightly worn and creased, stamps on title page, on rear flyleaf and on top edge. #27292. $55
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Saunders, Joseph F., editor. The Experiments of Biosatellite II. Foreword by Orr E. Reynolds. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1971. Small 4to (medium-large book). vi, 352 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. NASA SP-204. 'The Biosatellite Program was the first serious attempt in the United States to design a spaceflight system tailored to the needs of biologic experimentation.' - Foreword. Good pictorial soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps. #27421. $35
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Stillwell, Wendell H. X-15 Research Results, with a Selected Bibliography. Foreword by Paul F. Bikle. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1965. iv, 128 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. NASA SP-60. 'the X-15 is the first airplane to push from supersonic speeds to hypersonic speeds, where the river of airflow heats leading edges to 1300 degrees F.' - Page 4. Good pictorial soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps. #27415. $90
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