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Reinventing NASA: Human Spaceflight, Bureaucracy, and Politics

Book by Roger Handberg; Praeger, 2003

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Astronautics--Political Aspects--United States, United States--National Aeronautics And Space Administration

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...Eisenhower used that authority to move crewed spaceflight completely under NASAs purview. This...although the door to military crewed spaceflight was never nailed completely shut. That...NASA centers, including the Johnson Spaceflight Center and the Goddard Spaceflight Center...
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Reaching for the High Frontier: The American Pro-Space Movement, 1972-84

Book by Michael A. G. Michaud; Praeger Publishers, 1986

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Astronautics And State--United States--History, Astronautics--United States--History

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...1984, p. 99. 94. Bainbridge, Spaceflight Revolution , p. 235. 95. Interview...wrote, "is itself an anomic goal." Spaceflight Revolution , p. 193. APPENDIX B 1...recounted by William S. Bainbridge in The Spaceflight Revolution New York: John Wiley Sons...
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Spacefaring: The Human Dimension

Book by Albert A. Harrison; University of California Press, 2001

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Astronautics--Human Factors, Interstellar Travel, Manned Space Flight, Space Colonies

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...expand our knowledge is by simulating spaceflight conditions, but simulations can be...need to keep in mind, however, that spaceflight-analogous environments are but rough approximations of spaceflight environments. There may be points...
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In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969

Book by Francis French, Colin Burgess; University of Nebraska Press, 2007

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Astronautics--United States--History--20th Century, Project Apollo (U.S.), Space Flight To The Moon, Space Race--History

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...Armstrong and a Century of Adventure. Spaceflight 46, no. 2 (February 2004...Achievements of the Sixties. Spaceflight 44, no. i (2002): 26-30...r7-The End of the Beginning. Spaceflight 45, no. 9 (September 2003...
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Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon

Book by Colin Burgess, Kate Doolan, Bert Vis; University of Nebraska Press, 2003

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Astronauts--Death, Astronauts--Soviet Union--Biography, Astronauts--United States--Biography, Space Flight To The Moon--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Interview with Scott Grissom. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly 5, no. 2 summer 1996 . Borman, Frank...Burgess, Colin. Altered Courses: Tragedy and Spaceflight History. Spaceflight , July 1997. . Fallen Astronaut: The Life and...

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Into the Unknown Together: The DOD, NASA, and Early Spaceflight

Journal article by Rick W. Sturdevant; Air Power History, Vol. 53, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, Into the Unknown Together: The DOD, NASA, and Early Spaceflight (Book)--Book reviews

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...Together: The DOD, NASA, and Early Spaceflight. by Rick W. Sturdevant Into the Unknown Together: The DOD, NASA, and Early Spaceflight. By Mark Erickson Maxwell AFB, Ala...and Johnson--and across five human spaceflight programs--NASAs Mercury, Gemini...
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Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of U.S. Human Spaceflight Symposium

Journal article by Jim Schier; Air Power History, Vol. 54, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of U.S. Human Spaceflight Symposium (Book)--Book reviews

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...Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of U.S. Human Spaceflight Symposium. by Jim Schier Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of U.S. Human Spaceflight Symposium. Edited by Stephen J. Garber. Washington, D.C...
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X-15B: Pursuit of Early Orbital Human Spaceflight

Journal article by L. Parker Temple Iii; Air Power History, Vol. 55, 2008

Subjects:

Aircraft industry--Contracts, Aircraft industry--Services, Bell Aircraft Corp.--Contracts, Bell Aircraft Corp.--Services, Experimental aircraft--Design and construction, Experimental aircraft--History, Experimental aircraft--Usage, Research aircraft--Design and construction, Research aircraft--History, Research aircraft--Usage, Space programs--Equipment and supplies, United States. Armed Forces--History, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Equipment and supplies, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Space policy

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...15B: Pursuit of Early Orbital Human Spaceflight. by L. Parker Temple III ILLUSTRATION...operational space vehicles and human spaceflight. An orbital version, variously called...basis for judgment without actual human spaceflight experience, accepted these claims...
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Flying in the Face of Uncertainty: Human Risk in Space Activities

Journal article by Molly K. Macauley; Chicago Journal of International Law, Vol. 6, 2005

Subjects:

Accidents, Public policy, Risk factors, Risk management, Space exploration

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...of these accidents illustrates that spaceflight remains risky even after exhaustive...of the Space Shuttle, and all human spaceflight, is a developmental activity with high...level of risk that characterizes manned spaceflight, then policymakers have at least one...
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Space Wei Qi: the Launch of Shenzhou V

Journal article by Joan Johnson-Freese; Naval War College Review, Vol. 57, 2004

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China, Cooperation, International relations-US, Multinational space ventures, Space exploration, Spacecraft

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...proud." 4 Beijings interest in manned spaceflight for reasons of domestic pride and international...certainly validated Beijings manned spaceflight approach for maximum prestige value...while people like the idea of manned spaceflight, they do not highly prioritize it compared...

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A Sustainable Rationale for Human Spaceflight: An Appeal to National Pride Could Provide the Basis for a New Program of Solar System Exploration

Magazine article by John M. Logsdon; Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 20, Winter 2004

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Space flight--Government finance, Space flight--Research

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A Sustainable Rationale for Human Spaceflight: An Appeal to National Pride Could...with the CAIBs endorsement of human spaceflight and with the soul searching that has...opportunity to set the U.S. human spaceflight program on a productive long-term...
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Is Human Spaceflight Obsolete? Risk Is High, Cost Is Enormous, Science Is Insignificant. Does Anyone Have a Good Rationale for Sending Humans into Space?

Magazine article by James A. Van Allen; Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 20, Summer 2004

Subjects:

Space flight--Analysis, Space flight--Risk factors

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Is Human Spaceflight Obsolete? Risk Is High, Cost Is...fundamental questions. Does human spaceflight continue to serve a compelling cultural...national interest? Or does human spaceflight simply have a life of its own, without...
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Nasa's Fixer-upper Flies Again Two Years after Columbia, NASA Is Counting on a Refurbished Space Shuttle to Revive Its Floundering Human-spaceflight Program. "or Bust" Is Not an Option

Magazine article by Preston Lerner; Popular Science, Vol. 266, May 2005

Subjects:

Design, NASA, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Repair & maintenance, Space exploration, Space shuttle

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...Shuttle to Revive Its Floundering Human-spaceflight Program. "or Bust" Is Not an Option...into the cornerstone of the human-spaceflight program? The shuttles critics--and...and, perhaps, the entire manned-spaceflight program. You might say that NASA is...
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U.S. Commitment to Human Spaceflight beyond Earth Orbit Still in Doubt

Magazine article by John M. Logsdon; Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 21, Fall 2004

Subjects:

Astronautics and state--Analysis, Manned space flight--Forecasts and trends, Manned space flight--Government finance, Manned space flight--Research, Space exploration--Forecasts and trends, Space exploration--Government finance, Space policy--Analysis

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U.S. Commitment to Human Spaceflight beyond Earth Orbit Still in Doubt...Sustainable Rationale for Human Spaceflight" (Issues, Winter 2004), I...guiding mandate for future human spaceflight." The president on January 14...
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Human Spaceflight

Magazine article by Edward Tenner, Alex Roland; Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 20, Spring 2004

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Astronautics and state--Evaluation, Space policy--Evaluation, United States--Space policy

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Human Spaceflight. by EDWARD TENNER , ALEX ROLAND John M. Logsdons "A Sustainable Rationale for Human Spaceflight" (Issues, Winter 2004) is an invitation to begin public discussions that can lead to a more successful space program that will...

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NASA Eyes Resuming Spaceflight; Agency Ties It to Internal Review of Columbia's Problems

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 15, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

NASA eyes resuming spaceflight; Agency ties it to internal review...TIMES NASA officials hope to resume spaceflight as early as the fall and have ordered...Administration associate administrator for spaceflight, released a document yesterday...
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Star among the Stars? Singer Hopes Spaceflight Will Inspire Future Astronauts

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 30, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Star among the stars? Singer hopes spaceflight will inspire future astronauts Byline: Philip Chien, SPECIAL...time in training than anybody who has ever prepared for a spaceflight - even less than the monkeys who flew before the early astronauts...
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OUT OF THIS WORLD; Celebrating 50 Years of Human Spaceflight

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 15, 2011

Subjects:

Outer space--Discovery and exploration, Outer space--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Space exploration--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

OUT OF THIS WORLD; Celebrating 50 Years of Human Spaceflight. THE 12th annual World Space Week celebrated the achievements...exploration with this years theme being 50 Years Of Human Spaceflight. Backed by the United Nations, more than 55 star...
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Spaceflight Pays Dividends: NASA Helps Industry Apply Technology on Earth

Newspaper article by Catherine Young; The Washington Times, May 11, 1997

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Spaceflight pays dividends: NASA helps industry apply technology on Earth by Catherine Young Spacecraft and satellite launches get the media...
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Ticket to Ride; Adventurer Books a Seat on a Soyuz Mission to Space

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 25, 2007

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Space stations

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Administration, completing two spaceflights in his career. Now, decades...commercial value of private spaceflight, he plans to conduct several...train alongside its orbital spaceflight candidate, who next month...credited toward a future spaceflight. In addition, companies...

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Space Science

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...final and most complex category is human spaceflight, of which the Apollo moon landings...and life-support systems for human spaceflight. Trajectories and Orbits The key contribution...studying the sun. Life Support for Human Spaceflight Long-range life support must be provided...
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Astronaut

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...crew member on a U.S. manned spaceflight mission; the Soviet term is cosmonaut. Candidates for manned spaceflight are carefully screened to meet the...excellent physical condition. Manned spaceflight began on Apr. 8, 1961, when the...
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Space Exploration

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...2005. Human Space Exploration Human spaceflight has progressed from the simple to the...out the first internationally crewed spaceflight, when an Apollo and a Soyuz spacecraft...the first successful nongovernmental spaceflight. The Chinese Space Program China launched...
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Baikonur Cosmodrome

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...less than two months later Sputnik I, the worlds first artificial satellite, was launched from Baikonur. In 1961 human spaceflight began there when the Vostok piloted by Yuri Gagarin was launched and orbited the earth, and all subsequent Soviet missions...
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Schirra, Wally

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...WALLY. (Walter Marty Schirra, Jr.), 1923 2007, the only American astronaut to fly in all of NASAs first three manned spaceflight programs, b. Hackensack, N.J., grad. U.S. Naval Academy (1945). His father was a World War I ace, his mother...

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