Space Forum / Space History / June 2004

Hey all.

For one reason and another I was collaring a list of NASA publications
online - I can never seem to find the index page when I want it, and
even then the contents seem to be scattered hither and thither. So,
here's a list as they currently stand.

I think I have everything with an SP- or EP- number, and a couple of
others, but there's a good few more needing put in (the un-numbered
reports, the Monographs on Aerospace History, the various JPL &c
publications...)

[This is being posted as much so's a copys dumped in a searchable record
as anything, since NASA have been known to redesign sites at short
notice...)

Results of the Second Manned Suborbital Space Flight, July 21, 1961
(NASA, 1961)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/MR-4/cover.htm

Results of the Second U.S. Manned Orbital Space Flight
(NASA SP-6, 1962)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-6/cover.htm

Results of the Third U.S. Manned Orbital Space Flight
(NASA SP-12, 1962)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sp-12/cover.htm

NASA Office of Defense Affairs: The First Five Years
(HHR-32, 1970)
http://history.nasa.gov/HHR-32/HHR-32.htm

Mercury Project Summary including Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital
Flight
(NASA SP-45, 1963)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-45/cover.htm

X-15 Research Results With a Selected Bibliography
(NASA SP-60, 1965)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-60/cover.html

Apollo 13 "Houston, we've got a problem."
(NASA EP-76, 1970)
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/apollo13.pdf

On the Moon with Apollo 16: A Guidebook to the Descartes Region
(NASA EP-95, 1972)
http://history.nasa.gov/EP-95/ep95.htm

Skylab: A Guidebook
(NASA EP-107, 1973)
http://history.nasa.gov/EP-107/ep107.htm

Science in Orbit: The Shuttle & Spacelab Experience: 1981-1986
(NASA NP-119, 1988)
http://history.nasa.gov/NP-119/NP-119.htm

Why Man Explores
(NASA EP-125, 1976)
http://history.nasa.gov/EP-125/ep125.htm

Spacelab: An International Short-Stay Orbiting Laboratory
(NASA EP-165)
http://history.nasa.gov/EP-165/ep165.htm

Exploring Space with a Camera
(NASA SP-168, 1968)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-168/sp168.htm

A Meeting with the Universe: Science Discoveries from the Space Program
(NASA EP-177, 1981)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/EP-177/cover.html

Aerospace Food Technology
(NASA SP-202, 1969)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-202/sp202.htm

Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
(NASA SP-206, 1971)
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/

What Made Apollo a Success?
(NASA SP-287, 1971)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-287/sp287.htm

Evolution of the Solar System
(NASA SP-345, 1976)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-345/sp345.htm

Pioneer Odyssey
(NASA SP-349/396, revised edition, 1977)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-349/sp349.htm

Apollo Expeditions to the Moon
(NASA SP-350, 1975)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-350/cover.html

Apollo Over the Moon: A View From Orbit
(NASA SP-362, 1978)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/cover.htm

Introduction to the Aerodynamics of Flight
(NASA SP-367, 1975)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-367/cover367.htm

Biomedical Results of Apollo
(NASA SP-368, 1975)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-368/sp368.htm

Skylab: Our First Space Station
(NASA SP-400, 1977)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-400/sp400.htm

Skylab, Classroom in Space
(NASA SP-401, 1977)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-401/sp401.htm

A New Sun: Solar Results from Skylab
(NASA SP-402, 1979)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-402/sp402.htm

Skylab's Astronomy and Space Sciences
(NASA SP-404, 1979)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-404/sp404.htm

The Space Shuttle
(NASA SP-407, 1976)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-407/sp407.htm

The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
(NASA SP-419, 1977)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-419/sp419.htm

Atlas of Mercury
(NASA SP-423, 1978)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-423/sp423.htm

The Voyage of Mariner 10: Mission to Venus and Mercury
(NASA SP-424, 1978)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-424/sp424.htm

The Martian Landscape
(NASA SP-425, 1978)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-425/cover.htm

The Space Shuttle at Work
(NASA SP-432/EP-156 1979)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-432/sp432.htm

Project Orion: A Design Study of a System for Detecting Extrasolar
Planets
(NASA SP-436, 1980)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-436/sp436.htm

Wind Tunnels of NASA
(NASA SP-440, 1981)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-440/cover.htm

Viking Orbiter Views of Mars
(NASA SP-441, 1980)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-441/cover.htm

The High Speed Frontier: Case Histories of Four NACA Programs, 1920-1950
(NASA SP-445, 1980)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-445/cover.htm

The Star Splitters: The High Energy Astronomy Observatories
(NASA SP-466, 1984)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-466/sp466.htm

Planetary Geology in the 1980's
(NASA SP-467, 1985)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-467/sp467.htm

Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft
(NASA SP-468,1985)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-468/cover.htm

The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF): Mission 1 Experiments
(SP-473, 1984)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-473/sp473.htm

Voyager 1 and 2 Atlas of Six Saturnian Satellites
(NASA SP-474, 1984)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-474/sp474.htm

Far Travellers - The Exploring Machines
(NASA SP-480, 1985)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-480/sp480.htm

The Impact of Science on Society
(NASA SP-482, 9185)
http://history.nasa.gov/sp482.pdf

Space Shuttle Avionics System
(NASA SP-504, 1989)
http://www.klabs.org/DEI/Processor/shuttle/sp-504/sp-504.htm

Life Into Space: Space Life Sciences Research, Volumes I and II,
1965-1998
(NASA SP-534, 1995, 2000)
http://lifesci.arc.nasa.gov/lis_home/

Flight Research at Ames, 1940-1997
(NASA SP-3300, 1998)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-3300/sp3300.htm

Destination Moon: A History of the Lunar Orbiter Program
(NASA TM-3487, 1977)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/TM-3487/top.htm

Project Mercury: A Chronology
(NASA SP-4001, 1963)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4001/cover.htm

Project Gemini Technology and Operations: A Chronology
(NASA SP-4002, 1968)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4002/cover.htm

Space Medicine in Project Mercury.
(NASA SP-4003, 1965)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4003/cover.htm

The Apollo Spacecraft Chronology, Vol. I - IV
(NASA SP-4009, 1969-78)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/cover.htm

Skylab: A Chronology
(NASA SP-4011, 1977)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4011/cover.htm

NASA Historical Data Books
(NASA SP-4012)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4012/cover.html [nb - only vols 3-6 online]

The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor by Hermann Noordung, 1929
(NASA SP-4026, translation, 1995)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4026/cover.html

Apollo By The Numbers: A Statistical Reference
(NASA SP-2000-4029, 2000)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/SP-4029.htm

Managing NASA in the Apollo Era
(NASA SP-4102, 1982)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4102/sp4102.htm

Model Research: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics,
1915-1958
(NASA SP-4103, 1985)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/sp4103.htm

NASA Engineers and the Age of Apollo
(NASA SP-4104, 1992)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4104/sp4104.htm

Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of Human Spaceflight
Symposium
(NASA SP-2002-4107)
http://history.nasa.gov/sp4107.pdf

This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury
(NASA SP-4201, 1966, reprinted 1999)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4201/cover.htm

Vanguard: A History
(NASA SP-4202, 1970)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4202/cover.htm
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/TOC.html

On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini
(NASA SP-4203, 1977)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4203/cover.htm

Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations
(NASA SP-4204, 1978)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/cover.html

Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft
(NASA SP-4205, 1979)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4205/cover.html

Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch
Vehicles
(NASA SP-4206, 1996)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4206/sp4206.htm

Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab
(NASA SP-4208, 1983)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4208/sp4208.htm

The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
(NASA SP-4209, 1978)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4209/cover.htm

Lunar Impact: A History of Project Ranger
(NASA SP-4210, 1977)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4210/pages/Cover.htm

Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science
(NASA SP-4211, 1980)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4211/cover.htm

On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet 1958-1978
(NASA SP-4212, 1984)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4212/on-mars.html

The Human Factor: Biomedicine in the Manned Space Program to 1980
(NASA SP-4213, 1985)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4213/sp4213.htm

Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration
Missions
(NASA SP-4214, 1989)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4214/cover.html

First Among Equals: The Selection of NASA Space Science Experiments
(NASA SP-4215, 1991)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4215/titlepg.html

Airborne Trailblazer: Two Decades with NASA Langley's 737 Flying
Laboratory
(NASA SP-4216, 1994)
http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/trailblazer/SP-4216/toc.html

Beyond the Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communications
(NASA SP-4217, 1997)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4217/sp4217.htm

From Engineering Science to Big Science: The NACA and NASA Collier
Trophy Research Project Winners
(NASA SP-4219, 1998)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4219/Cover4219.htm

The Space Shuttle Decision: NASA's Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle
(NASA SP-4221, 1999)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4221/sp4221.htm

Toward Mach 2: The Douglas D-558 Program
(NASA SP-4222, 1999)
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/History/Publications/PDF/D-558.pdf

Computers Take Flight: A History of NASA's Pioneering Digital
Fly-By-Wire Project
(NASA SP-4224, 2000)
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/History/Publications/PDF/DFBW.pdf

Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997
(NASA SP-2001-4227)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4227/Uplink-Downlink.pdf

Adventures in Research: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940-1965
(NASA SP-4302, 1970)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4302/sp4302.htm

Searching the Horizon: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940-1976
(NASA SP-4304, 1985)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4304/sp4304.htm

Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical
Laboratory,1917-1958
(NASA SP-4305, 1987)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4305/sp4305.htm

Engines and Innovation: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion
Technology
(NASA SP-4306, 1991)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4306/sp4306.htm

"Suddenly Tomorrow Came...": A History of the Johnson Space Center,
1957-1990
(NASA SP-4307, 1993)
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/suddenly_tomorrow/suddenly.htm

Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley Research Center from Sputnik to
Apollo
(NASA SP-4308, 1995)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4308/sp4308.htm

Flights of Discovery: An Illustrated History of the Dryden Flight
Research Center
(NASA SP-4309, 1996)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4308/sp4308.htm

Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960-1990
(NASA SP-4313, 1999)
http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/book/bookcover.html

Atmosphere of Freedom: Sixty years at the NASA Ames Research Center
(NASA SP-2000-4314, 2000)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4314/sp4314.htm

NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968: A Historical Summary
(NASA SP-4401, 1971)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4401/sp4401.htm

Origins of NASA Names
(NASA SP-4402, 1976)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4402/SP-4402.htm

Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, 1945-1959
(NASA SP-4404, 1978)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4404/cover.htm

Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990
(NASA SP-4406, 1989)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4406/cover.html

Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S.
Civil Space Program,Volume IV, Accessing Space.
(NASA SP-4407, 1999)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4407/vol4/cover.pdf [nb - only one volume of
five]

Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S.
Civil Space Program,Volume V, Exploring the Cosmos
(NASA SP-4407, 1999)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4407/vol5/ExploreUnknown.pdf [nb - only one
volume of five]

Unmanned Space Project Management: Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter
(NASA SP-4901, 1972)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4901/table.htm

The Planetary Quarantine Program - Origins and Achievements, 1956-1973
(NASA SP-4902, 1974)
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4902/sp4902.htm

Spaceborne Digital Computer Systems
(NASA SP-8070, 1971)
http://klabs.org/history/history_docs/sp-8070/sp-8070.htm