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Power to Explore: A History of the Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960-1990This scholarly study of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center places the institution in social, political, scientific and technological context. It traces the evolution of Marshall, located in Huntsville, Alabama, from its origins as an Army missile development organization to its status in 1990 as one of the most diversified of NASA's field Center. Chapters discuss military rocketry programs in Germany and the United States, Apollo-Saturn, Skylab, Space shuttle, Spacelab, the Space Station, and various scientific and technical projects including the Hubble Space Telescope. It sheds light not only on the history of space technology, science and exploration, but also on the Cold War, federal politics and complex organizations.
Document ID
20000031366
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Book
Authors
Dunar, Andrew J.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Waring, Stephen P.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1999
Publication Information
ISBN: 0-16-058992-4
Subject Category
General
Report/Patent Number
NASA/SP-1999-4313
LC-90-043539
NAS 1.21:4313
Report Number: NASA/SP-1999-4313
Report Number: LC-90-043539
ISBN: 0-16-058992-4
Report Number: NAS 1.21:4313
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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