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Download full textBilstein, Roger E. – 1989
This is a history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its successor agency the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Main chapters included are: (1) "NACA Origins (1915-1930)"; (2) "New Facilities, New Designs (1930-1945)"; (3) "Going Supersonic (1945-1958)"; (4) "On the…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Satellites (Aerospace), Science and Society, Science History
Thorne, Muriel M., Ed. – 1983
This book is designed to serve as a reference base from which teachers can develop classroom concepts and activities related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The book consists of a prologue, ten chapters, an epilogue, and two appendices. The prologue contains a brief survey of the National Advisory Committee for…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Aerospace Technology, Energy, Federal Programs
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL. – 1988
Doing science in the Shuttle and Spacelab is a different experience than having an instrument on a satellite; science becomes more "personal." Interaction between scientists on the ground and the onboard crew in conducting experiments adds a new dimension to a science mission. It transforms the mission from a focus on machines,…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Astronomy, College Science, Earth Science
Babcock, William A.; Ostman, Ronald E. – 1980
Debates and policies in the late 1950s and early 1960s regarding the United States-Soviet space race are described in this paper, and an analysis is presented of press coverage of President John F. Kennedy's public statements regarding space technology and exploration. The first sections of the paper present a selected space chronology from 1957…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Competition, Content Analysis, Cooperation
