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Power to explore : a history of Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960-1990 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dunar, Andrew J.
Other Authors: Waring, Stephen P.
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office, Office of Policy and Plans : 1999.
Series:NASA historical series.
Subjects:
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Origins of Marshall Space Flight Center
  • Center in the Saturn years : culture, choice, and change
  • Crafting rockets and rovers : Apollo engineering achievements
  • Marshall reconstruction
  • Between a rocket and a hard place : transformation in a time of austerity
  • Skylab : competition and cooperation in human systems
  • Beyond "the gate of heaven" : Marshall diversifies
  • Space shuttle : development of a new transportation system
  • Challenger accident
  • Recovery : investigation and return to flight
  • Spacelab : international cooperation in orbit
  • Hubble Space Telescope
  • Space station : a visionary program in a pragmatic era
  • Conclusion 1960-1990.