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Catalog Last Updated: 07/24/10 36 items.

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Aldrin, Buzz, & John Barnes.   ENCOUNTER WITH TIBER (SIGNED)  
New York: Warner Books, 1996. Reprint. 560 pages. Hardcover. 0446518549 0-446-51854-9. Apollo 11 astronaut Aldrin signed in Sharpie on the dustjacket.
Fine/Near Fine. # B2410. $44.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Baumann, Mary, & Hopkins; Nolletti.   WHAT'S OUT THERE?: IMAGES FROM HERE TO THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE  
London: Duncan Baird Publishers, 2005. 184 pages. Hardcover. 1844831906 1-84483-190-6. Foreword by Stephen Hawking. More than 180 photos.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B2489. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Boeing Aerospace Staff, .   FUTURE SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS STUDY FINAL BRIEFINGFuture Space Tr CONTRACT NAS9-14323  
Seattle: Boeing Aerospace, 1976. 367 pages. Spiral Bound. Executive summary describes the objectives, schedule, and structure of the study and summarizes principal findings. Analysis of four scenarios for space program evolution beyond the 1973 shuttle traffic model. Drawings or charts on about half of pages. Study done by Boeing Aerospace under contract to NASA. December 1976. Landscape format 8.5 X 11.
VG/Wraps. Comb binding perfect. PON. All pages intact, clean. # B0646. $45.00     Inquire Now  
Borman, Frank.   COUNTDOWN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY (SIGNED) WITH ROBERT J. SERLING  
New York: Morrow, 1988. 1st ed. 448 pages. Hardcover. 0688079296 0-688-07929-6.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, signed 'Frank Borman' on the half-title. # B0658. $300.00     Inquire Now  
Brown, Kenneth, & Lawrence D. Ely (Eds.).   SPACE LOGISTICS ENGINEERING  
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1962. 623 pages. Hardcover. Early space science text, formerly corporate library use. B/w photos, illustrations and diagrams. Indexed.
X-Lib Good/No Jacket. # B3094. $7.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Cernan, Eugene.   LAST MAN ON THE MOON: ASTRONAUT EUGENE CERNAN AND AMERICA'S RACE IN SPACE (SIGNED)  
New York: St. Martin's, 1999. 1st ed. 356 pages. Hardcover. 0312199066 0-312-19906-6. With Don Davis.
Fine/Fine. As new first edition signed on half-title page 'Gene Cernan'. # B0655. $225.00     Inquire Now  
Columbia Accident Board, & NASA.   COLUMBIA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD: REPORT VOLUME 1 AUG. 2003  
Washington, DC: NASA / USGPO, 2003. 248 pages. Paperback. 0160679044 0-16-067904-4. Investigation results of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia. B/w photos, documents, charts etc.
As New/Wraps. # B2637. $28.00     Inquire Now  
Curtis, Anthony R.   SPACE ALMANAC SECOND EDITION  
Houston: Gulf Publishing, 1992. 2nd ed. 746 pages. Paperback. 0884150305 0-88415-030-5. Thousands of facts, figures, names, dates, and places that cover space from earth to the edge of the universe.
As New/No Jacket. A new book from our old stock. # 04689. $12.00     Inquire Now  
Curtis, Anthony R.   SPACE ALMANAC SECOND EDITION  
Houston: Gulf Publishing, 1992. 2nd ed. 746 pages. Hardcover. 0884150399 0-88415-039-9. Thousands of facts, figures, names, dates, and places that cover space from earth to the edge of the universe.
As New/No Jacket. A new book from our old stock. # 04688. $20.00     Inquire Now  
Dalton, Maynard.   EVALUATION OF SKYLAB IVA ARCHITECTURE SKYLAB EXPERIENCE BULLETIN NO. 18 JSC-09552  
Houston: NASA/JSC, 1975. 1st ed. 478 pages. Paperback. Mostly crew commentary as they used Skylab. Some b/w drawings and photos. There is no stiff cover as the text-block is hole-punched for a ring binder. It is stapled. Dated December 1975.
VG/Wraps. One small scribble on front, o/w clean. # B0643. $40.00     Inquire Now  
Dossey, John R., & Guillermo Trotti.   INVESTIGATION OF THE NEEDS & DESIGN OF ORBITING SPACE STATION WITH GROWTH CAPABILITIES  
Houston: Rice University, 1977. 1st ed. 44 pages. Spiral Bound. Final report to NASA for contract no. NASW 2776 on the title subject by the principal investigators and designers in the Rice University Space Station Study. This is RUSSSTUDY Report 5. There are 56 additional pages of drawings which are not numbered in the 44 pages of text. Dated January 1977.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. White covers darkening. Comb binder perfect. # B0642. $40.00     Inquire Now  
Ford Aerospace, .   STS-1: A NEW ERA IN SPACE (SHUTTLE)  
Houston: Ford Aerospace, 1981. 1st ed. 22 pages. Paperback. Ford Aerospace's information packet for the first Shuttle flight of Columbia. Mission info, objectives, timeline, overview of Shuttle program. 22 page stapled report laid into printer folder. Scarce.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Light browning to folder edge, else nice. # A8698. $29.00     Inquire Now  
Haggerty, James J., (NASA).   NASA SPINOFF 1982  
Washington, DC: NASA, 1991. 1st ed. 144 pages. Paperback. 0160358213 0-16-035821-3. Scientific & technological developments and their uses in aerospace, government, private business and related fields. Profusely illustrated in color.
Near Fine/Wraps. # A5252. $6.00     Inquire Now  
Haggerty, James J., (NASA).   NASA SPINOFF 1983  
Washington, DC: NASA, 1991. 1st ed. 144 pages. Paperback. 0160358213 0-16-035821-3. Scientific & technological developments and their uses in aerospace, government, private business and related fields. Profusely illustrated in color.
Near Fine/Wraps. # A5253. $6.00     Inquire Now  
Haggerty, James J., (NASA).   NASA SPINOFF 1991  
Washington, DC: NASA, 1991. 1st ed. 144 pages. Paperback. 0160358213 0-16-035821-3. Scientific & technological developments of the year 1991 and their used in aerospace and related fields. Profusely illustrated in color.
Near Fine/Wraps. # A5249. $6.00     Inquire Now  
Harrigan, Stephen.   CHALLENGER PARK (SIGNED)  
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. 1st ed. 397 pages. Hardcover. 0375412050 0-375-41205-0. Novel about astronauts and the space program.
Fine/Fine. SIGNED by Harrigan on the half title page. # B0312. $36.00     Inquire Now  
Imagine Entertainment, .   FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (SIX VIDEOS IN SLIPCASE)  
HBO Home Video, 1998. . 0783113544 0-7831-1354-4. Six videos still factory sealed in fine slipcase. More than ten hours run-time. Originally an HBO mini-series.
As New. # B2493. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Jastrow, Robert.   RED GIANTS AND WHITE DWARFS: THE EVOLUTION OF STARS, PLANETS, AND LIFE  
New York: Harper & Row, 19671. 1st ed. 176 pages. Hardcover.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, no name or marks. Black Dj has no visible wear. # B3065. $7.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Johnson, Ann, and Lawrence Dunn.   ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS DICTIONARY JSC-11764  
Houston: NASA/USGPO, 1980. 1st ed. 173 pages. Paperback. Prepared by McDonnell Douglas for Flight Operations Directorate, Crew Training and Procedures Division. Published April 15, 1980.
VG/Wraps. PON on front o/w clean, tight stapled binding. Blue card covers. # B1333. $16.75     Inquire Now  
Kenyon, Dolores.   FROM ARROWS TO ASTRONAUTS A SHORT HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING CLEAR CREEK  
League City, TX: By the author, 1976. 1st ed. 79 pages. Paperback. Photographic history of the communities along the Galveston - Harris County line including Friendswood, Webster, League City, Kemah and Seabrook. Begins at the time of Karankawa Indians and pirates to the arrival of early settlers and farmers, the railroads and Interurban lines, to the beginnings of NASA headquarters. Lots of b/w photos.
Fine/Wraps. # 08718. $7.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Kranz, Gene.   FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION MISSION CONTROL FROM MERCURY TO APOLLO 13 AND BEYOND  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Reprint. 415 pages. Hardcover. 0743200799 0-7432-0079-9.
Fine/Fine. Clean, straight. tight, no name or other marks. No wear book or Dj.o # B2794. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Lardas, Mark.   SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH SYSTEM 1972-2004 (SIGNED) OSPREY NEW VANGUARD 99  
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2004. 48 pages. Paperback. 1841766917 )1-84176-691-. Illustrated with color photos
As New/Wraps. New book, signed by the author. # 27609. $15.95     Inquire Now  
Lewellen, John.   THE EARTH SATELLITE: MAN'S FIRST TRUE SPACE ADVENTURE  
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. 1st ed. 59 pages. Boards. Children's book giving info on how satellites would one day be put into space and what they will do. B/w illustrations.
VG/No Jacket. Sticker remnants on end paper, else Near Fine. # A6574. $10.75     Inquire Now  
Markey, Winston, & John Havorka.   THE MECHANICS OF INERTIAL POSITION AND HEADING INDICATION  
London: Methuen & Co., 1961. 1st ed. 94 pages. Hardcover. Text on inertial navigation using physical pendulums and gyrocompass for terrestrial or your next interplanetary jaunt. B/w photos, diagrams and equations.
Near Fine/VG. Nice tight copy. # B3103. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McDonnell Douglas, .   SPACE STATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS STUDY PART 3: DOCUMENTATION THREE VOLUMES CONTRACT NO. NAS9-14958  
Huntington Beach: McDonnell Douglas, 1977. 1st ed. Spiral Bound. Volume 1: Executive Summary, Volume 2: Technical Report, Volume 3: Appendixes Book 2 - Supporting Data. Missing Vol 3 Book 1 and Volume 4: Supporting Research and Technology Report. Contain many drawings and multi-fold drawings. Prepared for NASA - Johnson Space Center.
Near Fine/Wraps. PON all volumes, o/w clean, intact, unmarked. Blue/white covers. # B0649. $55.00     Inquire Now  
NASA, .   INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CALENDAR 2009  
Washington, DC: NASA / USGPO, 2009. 26 pages. Paperback. NOISBN NOISBN. Official NASA calendar for the ISS program. No ISBN or barcode. Color photos, info on dates in NASA history.
Fine/No Jacket. # B2909. $5.00     Inquire Now  
NASA (Nasa SP-129), (Mueller & Newall).   EARTH PHOTOGRAPHS FROM GEMINI III, IV AND V  
Washington, DC: NASA, 1967. 266 pages. Hardcover. Over 200 full page color images taken from various Gemini flights showing terrain and land formations.
Fine/No Jacket. # A8136. $10.25   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Philco Ford, .   APOLLO 13: LOVELL, MATTINGLY & HAISE (PHICLO FORD INFORMATION PACKET DATED 03/31/1970)  
Houston: Philco-Ford Corporation, 1970. 1st ed. 10 pages. Paperback. Info pack for employees for the Apollo 13 flight. Mission info and timeline, what to expect (nothing about the unexpected outcome). Stapled packet laid into a printed folder. Quite scarce.
Near Fine/Wraps. # A8699. $29.75     Inquire Now  
Philco Ford, .   APOLLO 14: TARGET PERFECTION (EMPLOYEE INFO PACK) DO YOUR PART IN THE TOUGHEST PART YET (EMPLOYEE PACKET)  
Houston: Philco-Ford Corporation, 1971. 1st ed. 7 pages. Paperback. Info pack for employees for the Apollo 15 flight. Mission info and timeline, what to expect. Stapled packet dated 01/29/1971 laid into a printed folder. Quite scarce.
VG/Wraps. Owner's name on folder, else Near Fine. # A8701. $19.25     Inquire Now  
Powers, Robert M.   PLANETARY ENCOUNTERS  
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1978. ARC ed. 180 pages. Paperback. 0811712702 0-8117-1270-2. A history of space exploration in essay form, has appendices, glossary, & 10 of the 123 photos projected for the finished book. Very interesting & fun read, covers the various planetary probes. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS for this title.
VG/Wraps. # A3057. $20.00     Inquire Now  
Roberson, Floyd I., (NASA).   NASA SPINOFF 1980: AN ANNUAL REPORT  
Washington, DC: NASA, 1991. 1st ed. 144 pages. Paperback. 0160358213 0-16-035821-3. Scientific & technological developments and their uses in aerospace, government, private business and related fields. Profusely illustrated in color.
Near Fine/Wraps. # A5250. $6.00     Inquire Now  
Rummel, John A.   A SUMMARY OF LIFE SCIENCES EXPERIMENTS CARRIED ON U. S. SPACECRAFSummary of Life BIOSPEX BIOLOGICAL SPACE EXPERIMENTS JSC-13979  
Houston: NASA/Johnson Space Cent, 1978. 1st ed. 386 pages. Paperback. An intergration of scattered NASA documents to form a history of life sciences experiments carried on U.S. spacecraft dating from June 1949 to joint U.S.-USSR missions in August 1977. Contains a list of all missions w/details. Has an index covering 14 disciplines in four chapters; Human Experiments, Animal Experiments, Plant Experiments, and Microorganism Experiments. Dated June 1978
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, stapled 8.5 X 11. Blue card covers. PON o/w unmarked. # B0644. $80.00     Inquire Now  
Sagendorph, Robb.   AMERICA & HER ALMANACS  
Dublin, NH: Yankee, 1970. 1st ed. 318 pages. Hardcover. A history of a significant thread in American life & culture, in which the author has included 220 woodcuts & about 50 examples from rare early almanacs.
VG/Good+. # A3562. $3.75     Inquire Now  
Shepard, Alan, & Deke Slayton.   MOON SHOT: THE INSIDE STORY OF AMERICA'S RACE TO THE MOON SIGNED  
Atlanta, GA: Turner, 1994. Reprint. 383 pages. Hardcover. 1878685546 1-878685-54-6. Copy from a local in-person signing, NOT a bookplate.
Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by Shepard on the title page: "To Erin, A. Shepard." # A9327. $75.00     Inquire Now  
Stafford, Thomas P.   WE HAVE CAPTURE (SIGNED) TOM STAFFORD AND THE SPACE RACE  
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute, 2002. Reprint. 288 pages. Hardcover. 1588340708 1-58834-070-8.
As New/As New. As new, signed by Stafford and co-author Michael Cassutt on title page # B0654. $130.00     Inquire Now  
Titulaer, Chriet.   HUIS VAN DE TOEKOMST  
Houten: Chriet Titulaer Prod., 1989. 127 pages. Boards. 9072692039 9-0726920-3-9. Dutch language look at a variety of modern technologies.
Fine/No Jacket. # A6457. $5.00     Inquire Now  

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