NASA's Massive Free E-Book Collection

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E-BOOKS AVAILABLE NOW!

The newest of a series of NASA History Division e-Books is available:

[URL="http://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/nasa_at_50_detail.html"]NASA at 50:
Interviews with NASA's Senior Leadership [/URL]
SP20124114, ed. by Steven J. Dick, et.al.

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ORDERING INFORMATION

• Titles published in the NASA History Series (SP-4000 series) can be viewed/downloaded free at the links below. Printed copies of many titles are available for sale from the NASA Information Center, NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW, Suite 1N24, Washington, DC 20546-0001. Phone: 202-358-0000. A complete list of publications available through the NASA Information Center can be found at this link:
  http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/ic/ic2.htm#pubs
  NASA History Monographs (the SP-4500 series) are available at no cost with a self-addressed, stamped envelope through the NASA Information Center.
  Some of the NASA History SP Series titles, along with other NASA publications shown on this page, are available through the Government Printing Office (GPO) and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).
  
• GPO bookstore, 1-866-512-1800, ContactCenter@gpo.gov,
  http://bookstore.gpo.gov/index.jsp
  
• NTIS 888-584-8332, customerservice@ntis.gov,
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FLAGSHIP PUBLICATIONS

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Documentary Histories --
"Exploring The Unknown":

• This is a projected eight volume series of selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program
  
• Logsdon, John M., ed., with Linda J. Lear, Jannelle Warren Findley, Ray A. Williamson, and Dwayne A. Day. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume I, Organizing for Exploration. NASA SP-4407, 1995.
  
• Logsdon, John M., ed, with Dwayne A. Day, and Roger D. Launius. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume II, External Relationships. NASA SP-4407, 1996.
  
• Logsdon, John M., ed., with Roger D. Launius, David H. Onkst, and Stephen J. Garber. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume III, Using Space. NASA SP-4407,1998.
  
• Logsdon, John M., ed., with Ray A. Williamson, Roger D. Launius, Russell J. Acker, Stephen J. Garber, and Jonathan L. Friedman. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume IV, Accessing Space. NASA SP-4407, 1999.
  
• Logsdon, John M., ed., with Amy Paige Snyder, Roger D. Launius, Stephen J. Garber, and Regan Anne Newport. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume V, Exploring the Cosmos. NASA SP-4407, 2001.
  
• Logsdon, John M., ed., with Stephen J. Garber, Roger D. Launius, and Ray A. Williamson. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume VI: Space and Earth Science. NASA SP-2004-4407, 2004.
  
• Logsdon, John M., ed., with Roger D. Launius. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume VII: Human Spaceflight: Project Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. NASA SP-2008-4407, 2008.
  Click below to view this book in a five part PDF:
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Documentary Histories --
"The Wind and Beyond":

• How ideas about aerodynamics first developed and how the science and technology evolved to forge the airplane into the revolutionary machine that it became is the epic story told in this projected six-volume series.
  
• Hansen, James R., ed. The Wind and Beyond: Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, Volume 1, The Ascent of the Airplane. NASA SP-2003-4409, 2003.
  Click below to view this book in a four part PDF:
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• Hansen, James R., ed. The Wind and Beyond: Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, Volume 2, Reinventing the Airplane. NASA SP-2007-4409, 2007.
  Click below to view this book in a three part PDF:
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Brief Histories of NASA:

• Overviews of NACA and NASA accomplishments in aeronautics and space.
  
• Anderson, Frank W., Jr. Orders of Magnitude: A History of NACA and NASA, 1915-1980. NASA SP-4403, 1981. Out of print.
  
• Bilstein, Roger E. Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990. NASA SP-4406, 1989. Out of print.
  
• Bilstein, Roger E. Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space: An Illustrated History of NACA and NASA. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. This book is an update of: Orders of Magnitude: A History of NACA and NASA, 1915-1990.
  

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50th Anniversary Publications:

• Dick, Steven J., ed. Remembering the Space Age. (NASA SP-2008-4703).
  Click below to view this book in a three part PDF:
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• Dick, Steven J., ed. NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings. NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives. (NASA SP-2010-4704).
  E-Book available: click here
  
• Dick, Steven J.; Wright, Rebecca; and Johnson, Sandra; editors. NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA's Senior Leadership. (NASA SP-2012-4114).
  E-Book available: click here
  

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Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight:

• This is a volume consisting of scholarship on the current state of the discipline of space history presented in a joint NASA and NASM conference in 2005. The essays presented in the book explore such issues as the motivations for spaceflight, and relative merits of human and robotic space exploration.
  
• Dick, Steven J. and Launius, Roger D., ed. Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight. (NASA SP-2006-4702). Click below to view this book as PDFs of individual chapters:
  Introduction
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Chapter 13
  Chapter 14
  Chapter 15
  Chapter 16
  Chapter 17
  End matter
  
  

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Societal Impact of Spaceflight:

• The purpose of this volume is to examine the effects of spaceflight on society through scholarly research, making use especially of the tools of the historian and the broader social sciences and humanities. Has the Space Age indeed had a significant effect on society? If so, what are those influences? What do we mean by an "impact" on society? And what parts of society? Conversely, has society had any effect on spaceflight? What would be different had there been no Space Age?
  
• Dick, Steven J. and Launius, Roger D., ed. Societal Impact of Spaceflight. (NASA SP-2007-4801).
  Click below to view this book in a two part PDF: [URL="http://history.nasa.gov/sp4801-part1.pdf"]
  Part 1.[/URL]
  Part 2. Click below to view this book as PDFs of individual chapters:
  Introduction
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Chapter 13
  Chapter 14
  Chapter 15
  Chapter 16
  Chapter 17
  Chapter 18
  Chapter 19
  Chapter 20
  Chapter 21
  Chapter 22
  Chapter 23
  Chapter 24
  Chapter 25
  Chapter 26
  Chapter 27
  Chapter 28
  Chapter 29
  Chapter 30
  Chapter 31
  Chapter 32
  Chapter 33
  End matter
  Integrating concepts from philosophical, anthropological, and astrobiological disciplines, Cosmos and Culture begins to explore the interdisciplinary questions of cosmic evolution.
  
• Dick, Steven J. and Lupisella, Mark L., ed. Cosmos & Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context. (NASA SP-2009-4802).
  E-Book available: click here
  

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Memoirs:

• This autobiography by Boris Chertok, a towering figure in Soviet/Russian space history, was originally published in Russian and has now been specially translated and edited for publication in the NASA History Series. It is now complete in these four volumes that compile Chertok's insightful reminiscences on his 60-year career in aviation and space.
  
• Chertok, Boris. Rockets and People, Volume 1. (NASA SP-2005-4110).
  Click here to view this book in a three part PDF:
  Part 1.
  Part 2.
  Part 3.
  
• Chertok, Boris. Rockets and People: Creating a Rocket Industry, Volume II. (NASA SP-2006-4110).
  
• Chertok, Boris. Rockets and People: Hot Days of the Cold War, Volume III. (NASA SP-2009-4110).
  E-Book available: click here
  
• Chertok, Boris. Rockets and People: The Moon Race, Volume IV. (NASA SP-2011-4110).
  E-Book available: click here This thoroughly researched, insightful biography by a fellow New Zealander who came to the U.S. and worked with William Pickering, who became Director of JPL, is a timely addition to the literature and an engaging portrait of one of the pioneers of early U.S. robotic spaceflight.
  
• Mudgway, Douglas J. William H. Pickering: America's Deep Space Pioneer. (NASA SP-2008-4113).
  Click below to view this book in a three part PDF:
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Aeronautics and Space Report of the President:

• The annual "President's Report" is a summary of the Government's aerospace activities each year. Mandated by law, it contains information on aerospace activities conducted by 14 Federal departments and agencies. It also contains an executive summary organized by agency, narrative sections organized by subject, as well as extensive appendices containing useful historical data on spacecraft launches, budget figures, key policy documents from the fiscal year, and a glossary.
  
• Click here to view a pdf version of the fiscal year 2008 edition.
  
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• Click here to view a pdf version of the fiscal year 1989-90 edition.
  
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NASA Historical Data Books:

• The NASA Historical Data Book Series provides a statistical summary of the first 40 years of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA finances, personnel, and installations are covered along with the agency's major programs and projects. Volume VIII for 1989-1998 will be published soon .
  
• Van Nimmen, Jane, and Leonard C. Bruno, with Robert L. Rosholt. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. I: NASA Resources, 1958-1968. NASA SP-4012, 1976, rep. ed. 1988. Out of print.
  
• Ezell, Linda Neuman. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol II: Programs and Projects, 1958-1968. NASA SP-4012, 1988. Out of print.
  
• Ezell, Linda Neuman. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. III: Programs and Projects, 1969-1978. NASA SP-4012, 1988. Out of print.
  
• Gawdiak, Ihor, with Helen Fedor. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. IV: NASA Resources, 1969-1978. NASA SP-4012, 1994.
  
• Rumerman, Judy A. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. V: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1979-1988. NASA SP-4012, 1999.
  
• Rumerman, Judy A. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VI: NASA Space Applications, Aeronautics and Space Research and Technology, Tracking and Data Acquisition/Support Operations, Commercial Programs, and Resources, 1979-1988. NASA SP-4012,1999 Out of print.
  
• Rumerman, Judy A. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998. NASA SP-4012, 2009.
  Click below to view this book in a six part PDF:
  Part 1.
  Part 2.
  Part 3.
  Part 4.
  Part 5.
  Part 6.
  
• Rumerman, Judy A. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VIII: NASA Earth Science and Space Applications, Aeronautics, Technology, and Exploration, Tracking and Data Acquisition/Space Operations, Facilities and Resources 19891998. NASA SP-2012-4012, 2012.
  Available online only. Click below to view this book in a two part PDF:
  Part 1.
  Part 2-Tables.
  When downloading the above two PDFS for Data Book Vol. 8 please place in a folder named "databooksvol8" for the Table links in Part 1 to work.
  

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Astronautics and Aeronautics Chronology:

• A Chronology of events in aeronautics, aviation, space science, and space exploration.
  
• Eugene M. Emme, comp. Aeronautics and Astronautics Chronology, 1915-1960. Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space, 1915-1960 (Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961). Out of print. Click here to view an HTML version of this chronology.
  
• Eugene M. Emme, comp. Aeronautical and Astronautical Events of 1961. Report of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, 87th Cong., 2d. Sess. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962). Out of print. Click here to view an HTML version of this chronology. Click here to view a PDF of this HTML version.
  
• Astronautical and Aeronautical Events of 1962. Report to the Committee on Science and Astronautics, Report to the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, first session (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963). Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1963: Chronology of Science, Technology,and Policy. NASA SP-4004, 1964. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1964: Chronology of Science, Technology,and Policy. NASA SP-4005, 1965. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1965: Chronology of Science, Technology,and Policy. NASA SP-4006, 1966. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1966: Chronology of Science, Technology,and Policy. NASA SP-4007, 1967. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1967: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4008, 1968. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1968: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4010, 1969. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1969: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4014, 1970. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1970: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4015, 1972. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1971: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4016, 1972. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1972: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4017, 1974. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1973: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4018, 1975.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1974: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4019, 1977. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1975: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4020, 1979. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1976: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4021, 1984.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1977: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4022, 1986.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1978: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4023, 1986.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1979-1984: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4024, 1988.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1985: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4025, 1990.
  
• Gawdiak, Ihor Y., Ramon J. Miro, and Sam Stueland, comps. Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1986-1990: A Chronology. NASA SP-4027, 1997.
  
• Gawdiak, Ihor Y. and Shetland, Charles. Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1991-1995: A Chronology. NASA SP-2000-4028, 2000.
  
• Lewis, Marieke and Ryan Swanson, comps. Astronautics and Aeronautics: A Chronology, 1996-2000. NASA SP-2009-4030, 2009. Available online only.
  
• Ivey, William Noel and Marieke Lewis, comps. Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology, 2001-2005. NASA SP-2010-4031, 2010. Available online only.
  
• Buchalter, Alice R. and William Noel Ivey, comps. Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology, 2006. NASA SP-2011-4032, 2010. Available online only.
  
• Lewis, Marieke, comp. Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology, 2007.NASA SP-2011-4033, 2011. Available online only.
  
• Lewis, Marieke, comp. Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology, 2008. NASA SP-2012-4034, 2012. Available online only.
  
• Lewis, Marieke, comp. Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology, 2009. NASA SP-2012-4035, 2012. Available online only.
  

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NASA HISTORY PUBLICATIONS ARRANGED BY SPECIAL PUBLICATION (SP) NUMBERS

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Reference Works, (SP-4000 Series):

• Grimwood, James M. Project Mercury: A Chronology. NASA SP-4001, 1963. Out of print.
  
• Grimwood, James M., and Barton C. Hacker, with Peter J. Vorzimmer. Project Gemini Technology and Operations: A Chronology. NASA SP-4002, 1969. Out of print.
  
• Link, Mae Mills. Space Medicine in Project Mercury. NASA SP-4003, 1965. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1963: Chronology of Science, Technology,and Policy. NASA SP-4004, 1964. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1964: Chronology of Science, Technology,and Policy. NASA SP-4005, 1965. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1965: Chronology of Science, Technology,and Policy. NASA SP-4006, 1966. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1966: Chronology of Science, Technology,and Policy. NASA SP-4007, 1967. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1967: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4008, 1968. Out of print.
  
• Ertel, Ivan D., and Mary Louise Morse. The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume I, Through November 7, 1962. NASA SP-4009, 1969. Out of print.
  
• Morse, Mary Louise, and Jean Kernahan Bays. The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume II, November 8, 1962-September 30, 1964. NASA SP-4009, 1973. Out of print.
  
• Brooks, Courtney G., and Ivan D. Ertel. The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume III, October 1, 1964-January 20, 1966. NASA SP-4009, 1973. Out of print.
  
• Ertel, Ivan D., and Roland W. Newkirk, with Courtney G. Brooks. The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume IV, January 21, 1966-July 13, 1974. NASA SP-4009, 1978. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1968: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4010, 1969. Out of print.
  
• Newkirk, Roland W., and Ivan D. Ertel, with Courtney G. Brooks.Skylab: A Chronology. NASA SP-4011, 1977.
  
• Van Nimmen, Jane, and Leonard C. Bruno, with Robert L. Rosholt. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. I: NASA Resources, 1958-1968. NASA SP-4012, 1976, rep. ed. 1988. Out of print.
  
• Ezell, Linda Neuman. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol II: Programs and Projects, 1958-1968. NASA SP-4012, 1988. Out of print.
  
• Ezell, Linda Neuman. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. III: Programs and Projects, 1969-1978. NASA SP-4012, 1988. Out of print.
  
• Gawdiak, Ihor, with Helen Fedor. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. IV: NASA Resources, 1969-1978. NASA SP-4012, 1994.
  
• Rumerman, Judy A. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. V: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1979-1988. NASA SP-4012, 1999.
  
• Rumerman, Judy A. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VI: NASA Space Applications, Aeronautics and Space Research and Technology, Tracking and Data Acquisition/Support Operations, Commercial Programs, and Resources, 1979-1988. NASA SP-4012, 1999 Out of print.
  
• Rumerman, Judy A. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998. NASA SP-4012, 2009.
  Click below to view this book in a six part PDF:
  Part 1.
  Part 2.
  Part 3.
  Part 4.
  Part 5.
  Part 6.
  
• Rumerman, Judy A. NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VIII: NASA Earth Science and Space Applications, Aeronautics, Technology, and Exploration, Tracking and Data Acquisition/Space Operations, Facilities and Resources 19891998. NASA SP-2012-4012, 2012.
  Available online only. Click below to view this book in a two part PDF:
  Part 1.
  Part 2-Tables.
  When downloading the above two PDFS for Data Book Vol. 8 please place in a folder named "databooksvol8" for the Table links in Part 1 to work.
  
• SP-4013 not published.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1969: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4014, 1970. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1970: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4015, 1972. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1971: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4016, 1972. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1972: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4017, 1974. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1973: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4018, 1975.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1974: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4019, 1977. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1975: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4020, 1979. Out of print.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1976: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4021, 1984.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1977: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4022, 1986.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1978: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4023, 1986.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1979-1984: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4024, 1988.
  
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1985: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy. NASA SP-4025, 1990.
  
• Noordung, Hermann. The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor. Edited by Ernst Stuhlinger and J.D. Hunley, with Jennifer Garland. NASA SP-4026, 1995. Out of print
  
• Gawdiak, Ihor Y., Ramon J. Miro, and Sam Stueland, comps. Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1986-1990: A Chronology. NASA SP-4027, 1997.
  
• Gawdiak, Ihor Y. and Shetland, Charles. Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1991-1995: A Chronology. NASA SP-2000-4028, 2000.
  
• Orloff, Richard W. Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference. NASA SP-2000-4029, 2000. The online version includes all the extensive text and useful tables of the hard copy edition. The author has also made a number of corrections to the data in the hard copy edition. The online version does not include the original photos.
  
• Lewis, Marieke and Ryan Swanson. Astronautics and Aeronautics: A Chronology, 1996-2000. NASA SP-2009-4030, 2009. Available online only.
  
• Ivey, William Noel and Marieke Lewis, comps. Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology, 2001-2005. NASA SP-2010-4031, 2010. Available online only.
  
• Buchalter, Alice R. and William Noel Ivey, comps. Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology, 2006. NASA SP-2011-4032, 2010. Available online only.
  
• Lewis, Marieke, comp. Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology, 2007. NASA SP-2011-4033, 2011. Available online only.
  
• Lewis, Marieke, comp. Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology, 2008. NASA SP-2012-4034, 2012. Available online only.
  
• Lewis, Marieke, comp. Aeronautics and Astronautics: A Chronology, 2009. NASA SP-2012-4035, 2012. Available online only.
  

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Management Histories, (SP-4100 Series):

• Rosholt, Robert L. An Administrative History of NASA, 1958-1963. NASA SP-4101, 1966. Out of print.
  
• Levine, Arnold S. Managing NASA in the Apollo Era. NASA SP-4102,1982. Out of print.
  
• Roland, Alex. Model Research: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics,1915-1958. NASA SP-4103, 1985.
  
• Fries, Sylvia D. NASA Engineers and the Age of Apollo. NASA SP-4104,1992. Out of print.
  
• Glennan, T. Keith. The Birth of NASA: The Diary of T. Keith Glennan. Edited by J.D. Hunley. NASA SP-4105, 1993.
  
• Seamans, Robert C. Aiming at Targets: The Autobiography of Robert C. Seamans. NASA SP-4106, 1996. Out of print.
  
• Garber, Stephen J., editor. Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of Human Spaceflight Symposium. NASA SP-2002-4107.
  
• Mallick, Donald L. with Peter W. Merlin. The Smell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot's Odyssey. NASA SP-4108. Out of print.
  
• Iliff, Kenneth W. and Curtis L. Peebles. From Runway to Orbit: Reflections of a NASA Engineer. NASA SP-2004-4109.
  
• Chertok, Boris. Rockets and People, Volume 1. (NASA SP-2005-4110).
  Click below to view this book in a three part PDF:
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• Chertok, Boris. Rockets and People: Creating a Rocket Industry, Volume II. (NASA SP-2006-4110).
  
• Chertok, Boris. Rockets and People: Hot Days of the Cold War, Volume III.(NASA SP-2009-4110).
  E-Book available: click here
  
• Chertok, Boris. Rockets and People: The Moon Race, Volume IV. (NASA SP-2011-4110).
  E-Book available: click here
  
• Laufer, Alexander, Post, Todd, and Hoffman, Edward. Shared Voyage: Learning and Unlearning from Remarkable Projects (NASA SP-2005-4111).
  
• Dawson, Virginia P. and Bowles, Mark D. Realizing the Dream of Flight: Biographical Essays in Honor of the Centennial of Flight, 1903-2003. (NASA SP-2005-4112).
  
• Mudgway, Douglas J. William H. Pickering: America's Deep Space Pioneer.(NASA SP-2008-4113).
  Click below to view this book in a three part PDF:
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• Dick, Steven J.; Wright, Rebecca; and Johnson, Sandra; editors. NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA's Senior Leadership. (NASA SP-2012-4114).
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Project Histories, (SP-4200 Series):

• Swenson, Loyd S., Jr., James M. Grimwood, and Charles C. Alexander. This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury. NASA SP-4201, 1966, reprinted 1999.
  
• Green, Constance McLaughlin, and Milton Lomask. Vanguard: A History. NASA SP-4202, 1970; rep. ed. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971. Out of print.
  This title is now available in a reprint edition from Dover Publications.
  
• Hacker, Barton C., and James M. Grimwood. On Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini. NASA SP-4203, 1977, reprinted 2002.
  
• Benson, Charles D. and William Barnaby Faherty. Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations. NASA SP-4204, 1978. The SP edition is Out of print, but the University Press of Florida has republished the book in two volumes, Gateway to the Moon and Moon Launch! .
  
• Brooks, Courtney G., James M. Grimwood, and Loyd S. Swenson, Jr. Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft. NASA SP- 4205, 1979. Out of print.
  This title is now available in a reprint edition from Dover Publications.
  
• Bilstein, Roger E. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles. NASA SP-4206, 1980 and 1996. This SP version is Out of print, but it has been reprinted by the University Press of Florida.
  
• SP-4207 not published.
  
• Compton, W. David, and Charles D. Benson. Living and Working in Space:A History of Skylab. NASA SP-4208, 1983.
  
• Ezell, Edward Clinton, and Linda Neuman Ezell. The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. NASA SP-4209, 1978. Out of print.
  This title is now available in a reprint edition from Dover Publications.
  
• Hall, R. Cargill. Lunar Impact: A History of Project Ranger. NASA SP-4210, 1977. Out of print.
  This title is now available in a reprint edition from Dover Publications.
  
• Newell, Homer E. Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science. NASA SP-4211, 1980. Out of print.
  This title is now available in a reprint edition from Dover Publications.
  
• Ezell, Edward Clinton, and Linda Neuman Ezell. On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet, 1958-1978. NASA SP-4212, 1984. Out of print.
  This title is now available in a reprint edition from Dover Publications.
  
• Pitts, John A. The Human Factor: Biomedicine in the Manned Space Program to 1980. NASA SP-4213, 1985. Out of print.
  
• Compton, W. David. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions. NASA SP-4214, 1989.
  This title is now available in a reprint edition from Dover Publications.
  
• Naugle, John E. First Among Equals: The Selection of NASA Space Science Experiments. NASA SP-4215, 1991. Out of print.
  
• Wallace, Lane E. Airborne Trailblazer: Two Decades with NASA Langley's 737 Flying Laboratory. NASA SP-4216, 1994.
  
• Butrica, Andrew J. Beyond the Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communications. NASA SP-4217, 1997.
  
• Butrica, Andrew J. To See the Unseen: A History of Planetary Radar Astronomy. NASA SP-4218, 1996.
  
• Mack, Pamela E., ed. From Engineering Science to Big Science: The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners. NASA SP-4219, 1998.
  
• Reed, R. Dale. Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story. NASA SP-4220, 1998.
  
• Heppenheimer, T. A. The Space Shuttle Decision: NASA's Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle. NASA SP-4221, 1999.
  
• Hunley, J. D., ed. Toward Mach 2: The Douglas D-558 Program. NASA SP-4222, 1999.
  
• Swanson, Glen E., ed. "Before This Decade is Out..." Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program. NASA SP-4223, 1999.
  
• Tomayko, James E. Computers Take Flight: A History of NASA's Pioneering Digital Fly-By-Wire Project. NASA SP-4224, 2000.
  
• Morgan, Clay.Shuttle-Mir: The United States and Russia Share History's Highest Stage. NASA SP-2001-4225. Click here for HTML version. Click here for PDF version.
  
• Leary, William M. We Freeze to Please: A History of NASA's Icing Research Tunnel and the Quest for Safety. NASA SP-2002-4226, 2002.
  
• Mudgway, Douglas J. Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997 . NASA SP-2001-4227.
  
• SP-4228 and SP-4229 not published.
  
• Dawson, Virginia P. and Mark D. Bowles. Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket, 1958-2002 . NASA SP-2004-4230. Out of print.
  
• Meltzer, Michael. Mission to Jupiter: A History of the Galileo Project. NASA SP-2007-4231.
  
• Heppenheimer, T.A. Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics. NASA SP-2007-4232. Click below to view this book in a three part PDF:
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• Tsiao, Sunny. "Read You Loud and Clear!" The Story of NASA's Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network. NASA SP-2007-4233. Click below to view this book in a five part PDF:
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• Meltzer, Michael. When Biospheres Collide: A History of NASA's Planetary Protection Programs. NASA SP-2011-4234.
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Center Histories, (SP-4300 Series):

• Rosenthal, Alfred. Venture into Space: Early Years of Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA SP-4301, 1985. Out of print.
  
• Hartman, Edwin, P. Adventures in Research: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940-1965. NASA SP-4302, 1970. Out of print.
  
• Hallion, Richard P. On the Frontier: Flight Research at Dryden, 1946-1981. NASA SP-4303, 1984. Out of print.
  
• Muenger, Elizabeth A. Searching the Horizon: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940-1976. NASA SP-4304, 1985.
  
• Hansen, James R. Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory,1917-1958. NASA SP-4305, 1987. Out of print.
  
• Dawson, Virginia P. Engines and Innovation: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology. NASA SP-4306, 1991. Out of print.
  
• Dethloff, Henry C. "Suddenly Tomorrow Came...": A History of the Johnson Space Center, 1957-1990. NASA SP-4307, 1993. Out of print.
  
• Hansen, James R. Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley Research Center from Sputnik to Apollo. NASA SP-4308, 1995. Out of print.
  
• Wallace, Lane E. Flights of Discovery: 50 Years at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. NASA SP-4309, 1996.
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• Herring, Mack R. Way Station to Space: A History of the John C. Stennis Space Center. NASA SP-4310, 1997.
  
• Wallace, Harold D., Jr. Wallops Station and the Creation of an American Space Program. NASA SP-4311, 1997.
  
• Wallace, Lane E. Dreams, Hopes, Realities. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: The First Forty Years. NASA SP-4312, 1999. Out of print.
  
• Dunar, Andrew J. and Waring, Stephen P. Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960-1990. NASA SP-4313, 1999. Out of print.
  
• Bugos, Glenn E. Atmosphere of Freedom: Sixty Years at the NASA Ames Research Center. NASA SP-2000-4314, 2000.
  
• Bugos, Glenn E. Atmosphere of Freedom: Seventy Years at the NASA Ames Research Center. NASA SP-2010-4314, 2010. This is an update of the 2000 edition.
  
• SP-4315 not published.
  
• Schultz, James. Crafting Flight: Aircraft Pioneers and the Contributions of the Men and Women of NASA Langley Research Center. NASA SP-2003-4316, 2003.
  
• Bowles, Mark D. Science in Flux: NASA's Nuclear Program at Plum Brook Station, 1955-2005. NASA SP-2006-4317.
  
• Wallace, Lane E. Flights of Discovery: 60 Years at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. NASA SP-4318, 2006. Revised version of SP-4309.
  
• Arrighi, Robert S. Revolutionary Atmosphere: The Story of the Altitude Wind Tunnel and the Space Power Chambers. NASA SP-2010-4319, 2010.
  

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General Histories, (SP-4400 Series):

• Corliss, William R. NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968: A Historical Summary. NASA SP-4401, 1971. Out of print.
  
• Wells, Helen T., Susan H. Whiteley, and Carrie Karegeannes. Origins of NASA Names. NASA SP-4402, 1976. Out of print.
  
• Anderson, Frank W., Jr. Orders of Magnitude: A History of NACA and NASA, 1915-1980. NASA SP-4403, 1981. Out of print.
  
• Sloop, John L. Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, 1945-1959. NASA SP-4404, 1978. Out of print.
  
• Roland, Alex. A Spacefaring People: Perspectives on Early Spaceflight. NASA SP-4405, 1985. Out of print.
  
• Bilstein, Roger E. Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990. NASA SP-4406, 1989. Out of print.
  
• Logsdon, John M., ed., with Linda J. Lear, Jannelle Warren Findley, Ray A. Williamson, and Dwayne A. Day. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume I, Organizing for Exploration. NASA SP-4407, 1995.
  
• Logsdon, John M., ed, with Dwayne A. Day, and Roger D. Launius. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume II, External Relationships. NASA SP-4407, 1996.
  
• Logsdon, John M., ed., with Roger D. Launius, David H. Onkst, and Stephen J. Garber. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume III, Using Space. NASA SP-4407,1998.
  
• Logsdon, John M., ed., with Ray A. Williamson, Roger D. Launius, Russell J. Acker, Stephen J. Garber, and Jonathan L. Friedman. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program,Volume IV, Accessing Space. NASA SP-4407, 1999.
  
• Logsdon, John M., ed., with Amy Paige Snyder, Roger D. Launius, Stephen J. Garber, and Regan Anne Newport. [url=http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4407/vol5/ExploreUnknown.pdf]Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume V, Exploring the ...