Historical geography books

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Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology: 2009

Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology: 2009

Author: Marieke Lewis ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493700165
Format: Paperback
$44.85

This report is a chronological compilation of narrative summaries of news reports and government documents highlighting...  Read More >>

Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology: 2008

Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology: 2008

Author: Marieke Lewis ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493700127
Format: Paperback
$43.53

This report is a chronological compilation of narrative summaries of news reports and government documents highlighting...  Read More >>

American X-Vehicles: An Inventory - X-1 to X-50: Centennial of Flight Edition

American X-Vehicles: An Inventory - X-1 to X-50: Centennial...

Author: Dennis R Jenkins ,  Tony Landis
ISBN: 9781493699971
Format: Paperback
$42.21

For a while, it seemed the series of experimental aircraft sponsored by the U. S. government had run its course....  Read More >>

Remembering the Space Age: Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Conference

Remembering the Space Age: Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary...

Author: PH D Steven J Dick ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493692484
Format: Paperback
$71.25

There is no doubt that the last 50 years have witnessed numerous accomplishments in what has often been termed the...  Read More >>

Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics

Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics

Author: T a Heppenheimer ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493692569
Format: Paperback
$68.61

Hypersonics is the study of flight at speeds where aerodynamic heating dominates the physics of the problem. Typically...  Read More >>

The Icelandic discoverers of America

The Icelandic discoverers of America

Author: Marie A Brown
ISBN: 9785518646230
Format: Paperback
$131.87

The Icelandic discoverers of America; or, honour to whom honour is due. This book, The Icelandic discoverers of...  Read More >>

Remembering the Giants: Apollo Rocket Propulsion Development

Remembering the Giants: Apollo Rocket Propulsion Development...

Author: Steven C Fisher ,  Shamim A Rahman
ISBN: 9781493656462
Format: Paperback
$58.05

On April 25, 2006, NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center hosted a series of lectures on Apollo Propulsion development....  Read More >>

Concept to Reality: Contributions of the NASA Langley Research Center to U.S. Civil Aircraft of the 1990s

Concept to Reality: Contributions of the NASA Langley...

Author: Joseph R Chambers ,  National Aeronautics an Admininstration
ISBN: 9781493656783
Format: Paperback
$73.89

The Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory was established in 1917 as the Nation's first civil aeronautics research...  Read More >>

Hypersonics Before the Shuttle: A Concise History of the X-15 Research Airplane

Hypersonics Before the Shuttle: A Concise History of...

Author: Dennis R Jenkins ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493647323
Format: Paperback
$31.65

It is a beginning. Over forty-five years have elapsed since the X-15 was conceived; 40 since it first flew. And...  Read More >>

Ikhana: Unmanned Aircraft System Western States Fire Missions

Ikhana: Unmanned Aircraft System Western States Fire...

Author: Peter W Merlin ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493656738
Format: Paperback
$43.53

In 2006, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., obtained a civil version of the General Atomics MQ-9...  Read More >>

Nottingham (South) 1880: Nottinghamshire Sheet 42.06a

Nottingham (South) 1880: Nottinghamshire Sheet 42.06a...

Author: Barrie Trinder
ISBN: 9781847847300
Format: Sheet map
$8.41

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Managing the Moon Program: Lessons Learned From Project Apollo

Managing the Moon Program: Lessons Learned From Project...

Author: National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493657117
Format: Paperback
$42.21

There have been many detailed historical studies of the process of deciding on and executing the Apollo lunar landing...  Read More >>

Together in Orbit: The Origins of International Participation in the Space Station

Together in Orbit: The Origins of International Participation...

Author: John M Logsdon ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493656998
Format: Paperback
$47.49

On January 25, 1984, in his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, President Ronald Reagan...  Read More >>

Low-Cost Innovation in Spaceflight: The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker Mission

Low-Cost Innovation in Spaceflight: The Near Earth Asteroid...

Author: Howard E McCurdy ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493656530
Format: Paperback
$38.25

On a spring day in 1996, at their research center in the Maryland countryside, representatives from the Johns Hopkins...  Read More >>

Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective

Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research...

Author: Douglas A Vakoch ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493657247
Format: Paperback
$42.21

As we stand poised on the verge of a new era of spaceflight, we must rethink every element, including the human...  Read More >>

Enchanted Rendezvous: John C. Houbolt and the Genesis of the Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous Concept

Enchanted Rendezvous: John C. Houbolt and the Genesis...

Author: James R Hansen ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493657070
Format: Paperback
$42.21

One of the most critical technical decisions made during the conduct of Project Apollo was the method of flying...  Read More >>

Partners in Freedom: Contributions of the Langley Research Center to U.S. Military Aircraft of the 1990's

Partners in Freedom: Contributions of the Langley Research...

Author: Joseph R Chambers ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493656899
Format: Paperback
$73.89

For over 80 years, Langley Research Center has exemplified the cutting edge of world class aeronautics research...  Read More >>

Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950 - 2000

Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950...

Author: David S F Portree ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493656615
Format: Paperback
$44.85

""The story of the dreams and the unbuilt spaceships for flights to Mars should be recorded so that in the future...  Read More >>

Thirty years of Army life on the border

Thirty years of Army life on the border

Author: Randolph Barnes Marcy
ISBN: 9785518644892
Format: Paperback
$131.87

Comprising Descriptions Of The Indian Nomads Of The Plains; Explorations Of New Territory; A Trip Across The Rocky...  Read More >>

Elusive State of Jefferson: A Journey Through The 51St State

Elusive State of Jefferson: A Journey Through The 51St...

Author: Peter Laufer
ISBN: 9780762788361
Format: Paperback
$29.95

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A Spacefaring People: Perspectives on Early Spaceflight

A Spacefaring People: Perspectives on Early Spaceflight...

Author: Professor of History Alex Roland (Duke University Professor at Duke University Professor at Duke University Duke University) ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493647095
Format: Paperback
$31.65

The essays on the early years of spaceflight that follow were originally presented at a conference on the history...  Read More >>

William H. Pickering: America's Deep Space Pioneer

William H. Pickering: America's Deep Space Pioneer

Author: Douglas J Mudgway ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493648221
Format: Paperback
$42.21

Corrected version of NASA SP-2007-4113 --T.p. verso  Read More >>

The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft: From Concept to Flight

The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft:...

Author: Martin D Maisel ,  Demo J Guilianetti
ISBN: 9781493648689
Format: Paperback
$50.13

This monograph is a testament to the efforts of many people overcoming multiple technical challenges encountered...  Read More >>

Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis

Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis

Author: Roger D Launius (National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution) ,  National Aeronautics and Administration
ISBN: 9781493646562
Format: Paperback
$38.25

The program to land an American on the Moon and return safely to Earth in the 1960s has been called by some observers...  Read More >>

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