NEW BOOK!
Rockets and People: The Moon Race, Volume IV
SP-2011-4110

NEW MONOGRAPH!
Fairing Well: From Shoebox to Bat Truck and Beyond, Aerodynamic Truck Research at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center.
Monograph in Aerospace History, No. 46

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NEW TECHNICAL DIAGRAMS!
We are pleased to announce the addition of:
Space Shuttle Drawings and Technical Diagrams
to our Technical Drawings and Diagrams page.

Joint Symposium video stream available!
The NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum's Division of Space History held a joint symposium, "1961/1981: Key Moments in Human Spaceflight," at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on 26-27 April 2011. This symposium reflects on 50 years of human spaceflight using these two key dates in time as an entrée for broader investigation and insight. Click here for information on agenda, presenter bios, and abstracts.
The video stream of the conference is available at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/14289321

Several titles are now available in a reprint edition from Dover Publications. The latest is: The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project by Edward Clinton Ezell and Linda Neuman Ezell. NASA SP-4209, 1978.

Previously available titles include: Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by David W. Compton. NASA SP-4214, 1989; Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science by Homer E. Newell. NASA SP-4211, 1980; Vanguard: A History by Constance McLaughlin Green and Milton Lomask. NASA SP-4202, 1970, rep. ed. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971; Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft by Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, and Loyd S. Swenson, Jr. NASA SP-4205, 1979; Lunar Impact: A History of Project Ranger by R. Cargill Hall. NASA SP-4210, 1977; On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet, 1958-1978 by Edward Clinton Ezell and Linda Neuman Ezell. NASA SP-4212, 1984; and Apollo Expeditions to the Moon. NASA SP-350, 1975.

E-BOOKS!
Our newest e-Book is Rockets and People: Volume 3: Hot Days of the Cold War (SP-2009-4110) by Boris Chertok.
Seven e-Books were previously available: Rockets and People: Volume 4: The Moon Race (SP-2011-4110) by Boris Chertok; When Biospheres Collide: A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs (SP-2011-4234); Cosmos & Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context (SP-4802), edited by Steven J. Dick and Mark L. Lupisella; Psychology of Space Exploration (SP-2011-4411); NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings. NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives (NASA SP-2010-4704) by Steven J. Dick, ed.; X-15 Research Results With a Selected Bibliography (NASA SP-60, 1965); and Unmanned Space Project Management: Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter (NASA SP-4901, 1972) by Erasmus H. Kloman. The last two books, though not in the NASA History Series, have been graciously reformatted and made available by Nathaniel Hoffelder.

These books have been converted as mobi, prc, pdf, and epub files for download and use on digital reading devices such as the KindleT, SONY® Reader and others.

A link has been added at the bottom of the NASA HQ Historical Reference Collection main page that takes researchers to a new page containing Speeches of Key Officials. There are over 400 PDFs of speeches given by Sam Phillips, Homer Newell, George Mueller, Wernher von Braun, Rex Geveden, and others. These speeches are full text searchable.

We are pleased to announce the premiere of the NASA History Division Twitter page. Get short, timely messages from the NASA History Division. Twitter is a rich source of instantly updated information. It's easy to stay updated on an incredibly wide variety of topics. Join today and follow @NASAhistory.

A Tunnel Through Time: The History of NASA’s Altitude Wind Tunnel (SP-2010-4609). This DVD documentary complements Robert Arrighi’s book-length Revolutionary Atmosphere: The Story of the Altitude Wind Tunnel and Space Power Chambers (NASA SP-2010-4319) and his award-winning interactive CD-ROM history of the Altitude Wind Tunnel (NASA SP-2008-4608).

Altitude Wind Tunnel at NASA Glenn Research Center (SP-2008-4608). Bob Arrighi at NASA Glenn has put together a wealth of documents, still and moving images, and other information about this historic wind tunnel. Members of the public may request a copy by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the NASA History Division, Room CO72, NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington, DC 20546.

Rockets and People: The Moon Race (Volume IV) (NASA SP-2011-4110) by Boris Chertok.
In this last volume of his four-volume set of memoirs, the famous Russian spacecraft designer Boris Chertok, who worked under the legendary Sergey Korolev, continues his fascinating narrative on the history of the Soviet space program, this time covering 1968 to 1974, the peak years of the Soviet human lunar program.
+Contact the National Technical Information Service. http://www.ntis.gov, 888-584-8332 or customerservice@ntis.gov). The accession number is PB2012104120 and the NTIS price for this volume is $25.
+Contact the Government Printing Office (http://bookstore.gpo.gov/advsearch.jsp, 866-512-1800 or ContactCenter@gpo.gov). The stock number is 033-000-01352-3 and the GPO price for this volume is $79.
+Contact the NASA Information Center, Code CMI-1, NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW, Room 1H23, Washington, DC 20546-0001, (202) 358-0000.
+Other commercial vendors such as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble are also expected to sell this book.

Fairing Well: From Shoebox to Bat Truck and Beyond, Aerodynamic Truck Research at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. Monograph in Aerospace History, No. 46, 2011. (NASA SP-2011-4546) by Christian Gelzer.

When Biospheres Collide: A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs (NASA SP-2011-4234) by Michael Meltzer.
This book presents the history of planetary protection by tracing the responses to the above concerns on NASA’s missions to the Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and many smaller bodies of our solar system. The book relates the extensive efforts put forth by NASA to plan operations and prepare space vehicles that return exemplary science without contaminating the biospheres of other worlds or our own. To protect irreplaceable environments, NASA has committed to conducting space exploration in a manner that is protective of the bodies visited, as well as of our own planet.
GPO price hardcover $57.00, GPO price paperback $49.00. NTIS price hardcover $45.00, NTIS price paperback $40.00. Other commercial vendors such as Amazon.com are also expected to sell this book.

Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective (NASA SP-2011-4411) Edited by Douglas Vakoch.
This new book from the NASA History Series takes a new perspective on the human dimension of spaceflight. Through essays on topics including survival in extreme environments and the multicultural dimensions of exploration, readers will gain an understanding of the psychological challenges that have faced the space program since its earliest days. An engaging read for those interested in space, history, and psychology alike, This book is a highly relevant work as we stand poised on the edge of a new era of human spaceflight.
GPO price hardcover $27.00, GPO price paperback $23.00. NTIS price hardcover $25.00, NTIS price paperback $20.00.Other commercial vendors such as Amazon.com are also expected to sell this book.

The Spoken Word II: Recollections of Dryden History, Beyond the Sky. Monograph in Aerospace History, No. 42, 2011. (NASA SP-2011-4542) by Curtis Peebles.

Revolutionary Atmosphere: The Story of the Altitude Wind Tunnel and the Space Power Chambers (NASA SP-2010-4319) by Robert S. Arrighi. This book tells the story of a massive but little-known facility in Cleveland, Ohio that played a vital role in the U.S. development of jets, in the training of NASA's first astronauts, and in NASA's first missions beyond Earth's orbit.
GPO Price: $44.00. Other commercial vendors such as Amazon.com are also expected to sell this book.

NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives (NASA SP-2010-4704) edited by Steven J. Dick. In this volume, a wide array of scholars examines NASA's first 50 years, probing an institution widely seen as the premier agency for exploration in the world, carrying on a long tradition of exploration by the United States and the human species in general. Fifty years after its founding, NASA finds itself at a crossroads that historical perspectives can only help to illuminate.
GPO Price: $79.00. Other commercial vendors such as Amazon.com are also expected to sell this book.

Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology, 2001-2005. (NASA SP-2010-4031) compiled by Noel Ivey and Marieke Lewis. This publication is only available online.

Remembering the Giants: Apollo Rocket Propulsion Development. Monograph in Aerospace History, No. 45, 2009. (NASA SP-2009-4545) by Steven C. Fisher and Shamim A. Rahman, editors.

APOLLO PROGRAM SUMMARY REPORT:
Now available with the photos in grayscale. Click here Thanks to Haverford College Library, PA.

Astronautics and Aeronautics Chronology: A Chronology of events in aeronautics, aviation, space science, and space exploration. Volumes covering the period 2006, NASA SP-2011-4032, 2010, and 2007, NASA SP-2011-4033, 2011 are now available in an online edition only.

THE REVIEW OF THE U.S. HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT PLANS COMMITTEE, headed by Norman Augustine
September 2009 Summary Report and October 2009 Full Report

APOLLO 10 FLIGHT JOURNAL
In time for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 10 mission, the NASA History Division is pleased to announce a major new Web resource: The Apollo 10 Flight Journal. David Woods, with the assistance of Ian Roberts and Robin Wheeler, has developed this new Web site that richly documents the journey literally from the Earth to the Moon and back for this mission. It contains an extensively annotated mission transcript, supporting technical documents, photos, and more. It is a companion to the Flight Journals for the Apollo 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, and 16 missions and to Eric Jones' Apollo Lunar Surface Journal.

DECADAL PLANNING TEAM
We now have available online a significant collection of primary source documents from NASA's Decadal Planning Team (DPT). The DPT began in 1999 as an effort to chart a new direction for NASA, prior to the announcement of the Vision for Space Exploration in January 2004. People interested in NASA long-range planning and policy may find this set of materials particularly interesting and timely. Thanks to DPT participant Harley Thronson for providing these documents and a background essay.

Steve Garber, NASA History Web Curator
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