History of Astronautics,
Rocketry, and Space
Recommended books, monographs, textbooks, college textbooks, tutorials
Recommended important ("classic" and high-quality) publications on history of astronautics, rocketry, missiles,
space systems, and space exploration.
An additional section lists recommended important ("classic" and high-quality)
publications (including memoirs) on history of atomic/nuclear programs.
Israel history library
Books on History of Astronautics, Rocketry, and Space
Corporate and Organizational Histories
Astronautics and Space (general)
Rockets, Missiles, and Rocket Propulsion
Spacecraft and Space Systems
Missile Defense
People and Memoirs
V-2 (A-4) Missile and Peenemunde
Corona and Hexagon Space Reconnaissance Systems
Aerial Reconnaissance and U-2
Space and Rockets in Foreign Countries
Atomic/Nuclear Programs – History and Memoirs
Space in Art and Literature ("classics")
Space Movies ("classic")
Space Models
Recommended science and engineering books on rocketry and space technology
Corporate and Organizational Histories
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Aerojet: The Creative Company, Aerojet History Group, 1995
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D. Baucom, Origins of SDI, 1944-1983, 1992
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T.D. Crouch, Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers: A History of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA, 2006
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A.J. Dunar and S. Waring, Power to Explore. A History of Marshall Space Flight Center 1960-1990, NASA, 1999
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D. Dyer, TRW: Pioneering Technology and Innovation Since 1900, Harvard, 1998
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M. Gruntman, Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, AIAA, 2004
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M. Gruntman, Intercept 1961, The Birth of Soviet Missile Defense, AIAA, 2015
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R.S. Kraemer and V. Wheelock, Rocketdyne: Powering Humans into Space, AIAA, 2006
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R.D. Launius, NASA: A History of The U.S. Civil Space Program, Krieger, 1994
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J.E. Lewis, Spy Capitalism: Itek and the CIA, Yale Univ. Press, 2002
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R.A. McDonald (ed.), Beyond Expectations – Building an American National Reconnaissance Capability: Recollections of the Pioneers and Founders of National Reconnaissance, ASPRS, 2002
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T. Neff, From Jars to the Stars. How Ball Came to Build a Comet-Hunting Machine, 2010
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O.J. Scott, Creative Ordeal: The Story of Raytheon, 1974
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B.L.R. Smith, The RAND Corporation, Harvard Univ. Press, 1966
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L.P. Temple, Shades of Gray, National Security and the Evolution of Space Reconnaissance, AIAA, 2005
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F.H. Winter, Prelude to Space Age: the Rocket Societies, 1924-1940, Smithsonian, 1983
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Sputnik
Explorer
Vanguard
Astronautics
Missile defense
Baikonur Tyuratam
Rocket equation
Astronautics and Space (general)
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D. Baucom, Origins of SDI, 1944-1983, 1992
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W.E. Burrows, This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age,1998
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A. R. Curtis, ed., Space Almanac, Gulf Publishing, 1992
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D.H. DeVorkin, Science with a Vengeance, Springer, 1992
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C.S. Gillmor and J.R. Spreiter, eds., Discovery of the Magnetosphere, AGU, 1997
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M. Gruntman, Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, AIAA, 2004
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M. Gruntman, From Astronautics to Cosmonautics, BookSurge, 2007
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M. Gruntman, From Astronautics to Cosmonautics, BookSurge, 2007 Kindle
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M. Gruntman, History of Spaceflight (in New SMAD), 2011 (pdf)
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M. Gruntman, Intercept 1961, The Birth of Soviet Missile Defense, AIAA, 2015
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A.G. Haley, Rocketry and Space Exploration, Van Nostrand 1958
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T.A. Heppenheimer, Countdown, A History of Space Flight, Wiley, 1997
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L.M. Krauss, The Physics of Star Trek, Harper Collins, 1995
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C.G. Lasby, Project Paperclip, Atheneum, 1971
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D. Lasser, The Conquest of Space, Apogee Books, 2002 (reprint 1931).
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J.M. Logsdon (ed.), Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program: Vol. 1: Organizing for Exploration, 1996
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J.M. Logsdon (ed.), Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program: Vol. 2, 1996
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J.M. Logsdon (ed.), Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program: Vol. 3, Using Space, 1996
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J.M. Logsdon (ed.), Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the United States Civil Space Program, V. 4: Accessing Space, 1996
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M. Okuda, D. Okuda, and D. Mirek, The Star Trek Encyclopedia. A Reference Guide to the Future, 1994
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G.K. O'Neill, The High Frontier, Bantam, 1978
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M. Rycroft, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Space, Cambridge, 1990
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L.P. Temple, Shades of Gray, National Security and the Evolution of Space Reconnaissance, AIAA, 2005
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W. Von Braun, F. I. Ordway III, D. Dooling, Space Travel. A History, Harper and Row, 1995
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F.H. Winter and F.R. van der Linden, 100 Years of Flight, A Chronicle of Aerospace History, 1903-2003, AIAA, 2003
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other rocket science stuff
Rockets, Missiles, and Rocket Propulsion
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Aerojet: The Creative Company, Aerojet History Group, 1995
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J. Baar and W. Howard, Polaris! The Concept and Creation of a New and Mighty Weapon, Harcourt, 1960
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R.E. Bilstein, Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles, 2003
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R. Bilstein, Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles, Univ Press Fla., 2003
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J.L. Chapman, Atlas: The Story of a Missile, Harper and Brothers, 1960
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J.N. Gibson, Navaho Missile Project: The Story of the "Know-How" Missile of American Rocketry, Schiffer, 1996
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V.P. Glushko, Development of Rocketry and Space Technology in the USSR (in English), Novosti Press, 1973
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D. Graham, High Frontier. A Strategy for National Survival, 1983
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D. E. Graves, Sir William Congreve and the Rocket Red Glare, Museum Restoration Service, 1989
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C.M. Green and M. Lomask, Vanguard: A History, Smithsonian, 1971
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M. Gruntman, Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, AIAA, 2004
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M. Gruntman, Intercept 1961, The Birth of Soviet Missile Defense, AIAA, 2015
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J. Hartt, The Mighty Thor: Missile in Readiness, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1961
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T.A. Heppenheimer, The Space Shuttle Decision, 1965-1972. History of the Space Shuttle, Vol.1, Smithsonian, 2002
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T.A. Heppenheimer, Development of the Space Shuttle, 1972-1981. History of the Space Shuttle, Vol.2, Smithsonian, 2002
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R.S. Kraemer and V. Wheelock, Rocketdyne: Powering Humans into Space, AIAA, 2006
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History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense: Volume I 1945-1955, 2015
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History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense: Volume II 1956-1972, 2015
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M. Johnson, N. Stevens, A. Shliadinsky, I. Bezyaev, V. Antipov, J. Hagerty, N-1: For the Moon and Mars A Guide to the Soviet Superbooster, ARA, 2014
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R.D. Launius and D.R. Jenkins (eds.), To Reach the High Frontier. A History of the U.S. Launch Vehicles, U Kentucky, 2002
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R.D. Launius, J. Krige, J. I, Craig, Space Shuttle Legacy. How we did it and what we learned, AIAA 2013
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A. Lawrie, Saturn, Collector's Guide Publishing, 2005
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D. Millard, The Black Arrow Project: A History of a Satellite Launch Vehicle and Its Engines, Science Museum London, 2001
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P. Morton, Fire Across the Desert, Australian Government, C1989, 1997
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J. Neufeld, The Development of Ballistic Missiles in the United States Air Force, 1945-1960, U.S. Air Force, 1990
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H. Noordung, The Problems of Space Travel. The Rocket Motor, NASA SP-4026, 1995
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F.I. Ordway III and R.C. Wakeford, International Missile and Spacecraft Guide, McGraw-Hill, 1960
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M.W. Rosen, The Viking Rocket Story, Harper, 1955
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G.P. Sutton, History of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines, AIAA, 2005
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P.J. Turchi, editor, Propulsion Techniques: Action and Reaction, AIAA, 1998
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C. Walker with J. Powell, Atlas: The Ultimate Weapon. By Those Who Built It, Apogee, 2005
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K.P. Werrell, The Evolution of the Cruise Missile, Air Univ, 1985
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F.H. Winter, The First Golden Age of Rocketry, Smithsonian, 1995
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A. Young, The Saturn V F-1 Engine: Powering Apollo into History, Springer, 2008
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Videos on satellite orbits –
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Mike's books
Mike's short courses on space systems
North Korea ballistic missile development
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Satellite launch in 2012 (18 min video)
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Spacecraft and Space Systems
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W.R. Corliss, Scientific Satellites, NASA SP-133, 1967
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W.R. Corliss, Spacecraft Tracking, NASA EP-55, 1969
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C.S. Draper, W. Wrigley, and J. Hovorka, Inertial Guidance, Pergamon, 1960
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M. Gruntman, Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, AIAA, 2004
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M. Gruntman, Intercept 1961, The Birth of Soviet Missile Defense, AIAA, 2015
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E.G. Hall, Journey to the Moon. The History of the Apollo Guidance Computer, AIAA, 1996
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R. Hall and D.J. Shayler, The Rocket Men: Vostok and Voskhod. The first Soviet Manned Spaceflights, Springer, 2001
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R. Hall and D.J. Shayler, Soyuz: A Universal Spacecraft, Springer, 2003
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T.J. Kelly, Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module, 2001
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J.E. Lewis, Spy Capitalism: Itek and the CIA, Yale Univ. Press, 2002
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D. H. Martin, Communication Satellites, 1958-1995, The Aerospace Corporation, 1996
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D. MacKenzie, Inventing Accuracy: an Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance, MIT Press, 1993
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J.R. Pierce, The Beginning of Satellite Communications, Heffer, 1968
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J.T. Richelson, America's Space Sentinels: DSP Satellites and National Security, Univ. Press Kansas, 1999
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J. Stoff, Building Moonships: The Grumman Lunar Module, Arcadia, 2004
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W. Von Braun, The Mars Project, 1962
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D.J. Whalen, The Origins of Satellite Communications: 1945-1965, Smithsonian, 2002
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Sputnik
Explorer
Vanguard
Astronautics
Missile defense
Baikonur Tyuratam
Rocket equation
Missile defense
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ABM Research and Development at Bell Laboratories, Whippany, NJ, 1975
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D. Baucom, Origins of SDI, 1944-1983, 1992
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W. J. Boord, J. B. Hoffman, Air and Missile Defense Systems Engineering, CRC, 2016
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U. Eilam, Eilam's Arc. How Israel Became a Military Technology Powerhouse, Sussex, 2011
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J.S. Gansler, Ballistic Missile Defense: Past and Future, 2012
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D. Graham, High Frontier. A Strategy for National Survival, 1983
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D. Graham,.Confession of a Cold Warrior, Preview Press, 1995
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M. Gruntman, Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, AIAA, 2004
(background on development of rocketry and space technology)
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M. Gruntman, Satellite Launch by North Korea (DPRK) in 2012 (video)
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M. Gruntman, Intercept 1961, The Birth of Soviet Missile Defense, AIAA, 2015
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M. Gruntman, Intercept 1961: From Air Defense SA-1 to Missile Defense System A, 2016 (pdf)
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The Man Who Shot Down a Long-Range Ballistic Missile: 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Grigorii V. Kisun'ko, 2018 (pdf)
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A History of engineering and science in the Bell System (1925 - 1975), 1978
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History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense, vol. 1, 2009
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History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense, vol. 2, 2009
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R.M. Lloyd, Physics of Direct Hit and Near Miss Warhead Technology, AIAA, 2001
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B. Naveh and A. Lorber, Theater Ballistic Missile Defense, AIAA, 2001
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R. Reagan, Address to the Nation on Defense and National Security, 23 March 1983, in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1983, Book I, pp. 437-443, 1984
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E. Teller, Better a Shield than a Sword, Perspectives on Defense and Technology, Macmillan, 1987
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J. Walker, L. Bernstein, and S. Lang, Seize the High Ground: The U.S. Army in Space and Missile Defense, 2005
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J.A. Walker, F. Martin, and S.S. Watkins, Strategic Defense: Four Decades of Progress, 1995
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other rocket science stuff
People and Memoirs
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N.R. Augustine, Augustine's Laws, AIAA, 1983
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D.A. Brugioni, Eyes in the Sky: Eisenhower, the CIA and Cold War Aerial Espionage, Naval Institute Press, 2010
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J. Cornwell, Hitler's Scientists. Science, War, and the Devil's Pact, Penguin, 2003
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W. Dornberger, V-2, Viking Press, New York, 1954
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U. Eilam, Eilam's Arc. How Israel Became a Military Technology Powerhouse, Sussex, 2011
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R.H. Goddard, The Papers of Robert H. Goddard, edited by E.C. Goddard and G.E. Pendray, Vol. I: 1898-1924, McGraw-Hill, 1970
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M. Gruntman, Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, AIAA, 2004
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M. Gruntman, Socks for the First Cosmonaut of Planet Earth, 2011
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M. Gruntman, From Astronautics to Cosmonautics, BookSurge, 2007
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M. Gruntman, From Astronautics to Cosmonautics, BookSurge, 2007 Kindle
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M. Gruntman, From Tyuratam Missile Range to Baikonur Cosmodrome, Acta Astronautica, 2019 (pdf)
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M. Gruntman, Intercept 1961, The Birth of Soviet Missile Defense, AIAA, 2015
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M. Gruntman, Intercept 1961: From Air Defense SA-1 to Missile Defense System A, 2016 (pdf)
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The Man Who Shot Down a Long-Range Ballistic Missile: 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Grigorii V. Kisun'ko, 2018 (pdf)
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M. Gruntman, My Fifteen Years at IKI, the Space Research Institute: Position-Sensitive Detectors and Energetic Neutral Atoms Behind the Iron Curtain, Interstellar Trail Press, 2022
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J. Harford, Korolev, Wiley, 1997
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D.K. Huzel, Peenemünde to Canaveral, Prentice-Hall, 1962
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J.R. Killian, Jr., Sputnik, Scientists, and Eisenhower, MIT Press, 1977
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C. Kraft, Flight. My Life in Mission Control, Dutton, 2001
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G. Kranz, Failure is not an Option, Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond, Simon and Schuster, 2000
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C.L. "Kelly" Johnson with M. Smith, Kelly. More Than My Share of It All, Smithsonian, 1989
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C.G. Lasby, Project Paperclip, Atheneum, 1971
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J.B. Medaris and A. Gordon, Countdown for Decision, Putnam, 1960
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S. Ramo, The Business of Science, Hill and Wang, 1988
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B.R. Rich and L. Janos, Skunk Works. A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed, Little and Brown, 1994
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C.P. Snow, The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution, Martino, 1959, 2013
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E. Stuhlinger and F. I. Ordway III, Wernher von Braun, Crusader for Space: A Biographical Memoir, Krieger, 1994, 1996
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W. Von Braun, F. I. Ordway III, D. Dooling, Space Travel. A History, Harper and Row, 1995
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T. von Karman with L. Edson, The Wind and Beyond, Little, Brown, 1967
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Videos on satellite orbits –
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Mike's books
Mike's short courses on space systems
V-2 (A-4) Missile and Peenemunde
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D.H. DeVorkin, Science with a Vengeance, Springer, 1992
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M. Gruntman, Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, AIAA, 2004
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D.K. Huzel, Peenemünde to Canaveral, Prentice-Hall, 1962
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G.P. Kennedy, Vengeance Weapon 2, Smithsonian, 1983
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C.G. Lasby, Project Paperclip, Atheneum, 1971
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J. McGovern, Crossbow and Ovcercast, 1964
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M. Middlebrook, The Peenemünde Raid, Cassel, 1988
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M.J. Neufeld, The Rocket and the Reich. Peenemunde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era, The Free Press, 1995
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F.I. Ordway III and M.R. Sharpe, The Rocket Team, MIT Press, 1982
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E. Stuhlinger and F. I. Ordway III, Wernher von Braun, Crusader for Space: A Biographical Memoir, Krieger, 1994, 1996
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P. Wegener, The Peenemünde Wind Tunnels: A Memoir, Yale, 1996
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North Korea ballistic missile development
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Satellite launch in 2012 (18 min video)
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Corona and Hexagon Space Reconnaissance Systems
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D.A. Brugioni, Eyes in the Sky: Eisenhower, the CIA and Cold War Aerial Espionage, Naval Institute Press, 2010
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D. Day, J.M. Logsdon, and B. Latell, Eye in the Sky: The Story of the Corona Spy Satellites, Smithsonian, 1999
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M. Gruntman, Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, AIAA, 2004
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M. Gruntman, Intercept 1961, The Birth of Soviet Missile Defense, AIAA, 2015
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R.A. McDonald (ed.), Beyond Expectations – Building an American National Reconnaissance Capability: Recollections of the Pioneers and Founders of National Reconnaissance, ASPRS, 2002
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F.C.E. Oder, J.C. Fitzpatrick, and P.E. Worthman, The Corona Story, National Reconnaissance Office, Washington, DC, 1987
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C. Peebles, The Corona Project. America's First Spy Satellite, Naval Institute Press, 1997
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P. Pressel, Meeting the Challenge. The Hexagon KH-9 Reconnaissance Satellite, AIAA, 2013
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K.C. Ruffner (ed.), Corona: America's First Satellite Program, Central Intelligence Agency, 1995
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Aerial Reconnaissance and U-2
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C. Babington-Smith, Air Spy: How Nazi Secrets Were Uncovered from the Air, Ballantine Books, New York, 1957
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A.J. Brookes, Photo Reconnaissance, Ian Allan Ltd, London, 1975
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D.A. Brugioni, Eyes in the Sky: Eisenhower, the CIA and Cold War Aerial Espionage, Naval Institute Press, 2010
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G.W. Goddard with D.S. Copp, Overview: A Life-Long Adventure in Aerial Photography, Doubleday, garden City, NY, 1969
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M. Gruntman, Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, AIAA, 2004
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M. Gruntman, Intercept 1961, The Birth of Soviet Missile Defense, AIAA, 2015
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M. Gruntman, From Tyuratam Missile Range to Baikonur Cosmodrome, Acta Astronautica, 2019 (pdf)
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R.C. Hall and C.D. Laurie, Early Cold War Overflights, 1950-1956, Symposium Proceedings, Volume 1: Memoirs, National Reconnaissance Office, Washington, DC, 2003
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R.C. Hall and C.D. Laurie, Early Cold War Overflights, 1950-1956, Symposium Proceedings, Volume 2: Appendixes, National Reconnaissance Office, Washington, DC, 2003
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H. Mike Hua, Lost Black Cats, Story of Two Captured Chinese U-2 Pilots, Authorhous, Bloomington, IN, 2005
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C.L. "Kelly" Johnson with M. Smith, Kelly. More Than My Share of It All, Smithsonian, 1989
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J.E. Lewis, Spy Capitalism: Itek and the CIA, Yale Univ. Press, 2002
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C. Pocock, 50 Years of the U-2: The Complete Illustrated History of the Dragon Lady, Schiffer Publishing, 2004
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F.G. Powers and C. Gentry, Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident, Potomac Books, 2004
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F.G. Powers Jr. and K. Dunnavant, Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy, Prometheus Books, Guilford, CT, 2019
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G.W. Pedlow and D.E. Welzenbach, The CIA and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, 1998
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Sputnik
Explorer
Vanguard
Astronautics
Missile defense
Baikonur Tyuratam
Rocket equation
Space and Rockets in Foreign Countries
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C. Carlier and M. Gilli, The First Thirty Years at CNES, La Documentation française/CNES, Paris, 1994, 1995
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I. Chang, Thread of the Silkworm, Basic Books, 1995
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U. Eilam, Eilam's Arc. How Israel Became a Military Technology Powerhouse, Sussex, 2011
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J. Johnson-Freese, The Chinese Space program: A Mystery within a Maze, Krieger, 1998
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V.P. Glushko, Development of Rocketry and Space Technology in the USSR (in English), Novosti Press, 1973
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M. Gruntman, Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, AIAA, 2004
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M. Gruntman, Socks for the First Cosmonaut of Planet Earth, 2011
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M. Gruntman, From Astronautics to Cosmonautics, BookSurge, 2007
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M. Gruntman, From Astronautics to Cosmonautics, BookSurge, 2007 Kindle
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M. Gruntman, Intercept 1961, The Birth of Soviet Missile Defense, AIAA, 2015
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M. Gruntman, Intercept 1961: From Air Defense SA-1 to Missile Defense System A, 2016 (pdf)
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M. Gruntman, The Man Who Shot Down a Long-Range Ballistic Missile: 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Grigorii V. Kisun'ko, 2018 (pdf)
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M. Gruntman, Satellite Launch by North Korea (DPRK) in 2012 (video)
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M. Gruntman, From Tyuratam Missile Range to Baikonur Cosmodrome, Acta Astronautica, 2019 (pdf)
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M. Gruntman, My Fifteen Years at IKI, the Space Research Institute: Position-Sensitive Detectors and Energetic Neutral Atoms Behind the Iron Curtain, Interstellar Trail Press, 2022
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R. Hall and D.J. Shayler, The Rocket Men: Vostok and Voskhod. The first Soviet Manned Spaceflights, Springer, 2001
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R. Hall and D.J. Shayler, Soyuz: A Universal Spacecraft, Springer, 2003
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J. Harford, Korolev, Wiley, 1997
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B. Harvey, The Japanese and Indian Space Programmes: Two Roads Into Space, Springer-Verlag, 2000
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M. Johnson, N. Stevens, A. Shliadinsky, I. Bezyaev, V. Antipov, J. Hagerty, N-1: For the Moon and Mars A Guide to the Soviet Superbooster, ARA, 2014
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A. Kalam and A. Tiwari, Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam, Sangam, 1999
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H. Massey and M.O. Robins, History of British Space Science, Cambridge, 1986
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D. Millard, The Black Arrow Project: A History of a Satellite Launch Vehicle and Its Engines, Science Museum London, 2001
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P. Morton, Fire Across the Desert, Australian Government, C1989, 1997
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J. Villain, Baikonour: La porte des etoiles, Colin, 1994
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Recommended science and engineering books on rocketry and space technology
Atomic and Nuclear Programs – History and Memoirs
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J. Bernstein, Hitler's Uranium Club. The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall, Copernicus Books, 2001
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H.A. Bethe, The Road from Los Alamos, Simon and Schuster, 1991
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J. Cornwell, Hitler's Scientists. Science, War, and the Devil's Pact, Penguin, 2003
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L. Fermi, Atoms in the Family. My Life with Enrico Fermi, Univ of Chicago, 1961
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B. Goldschmidt, Atomic Rivals. A Candid Memoir of Rivalries Among the Allies Over the Bomb, Rutgers Univ, 1990
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S.A. Goudsmit, Alsos, AIP, 1983
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L.M. Groves, Now It Can Be Told. The Story of the Manhattan Project, Da Capo, 1983
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E.B. Held, A Spy's Guide to Santa Fe and Albuquerque, Univ. of New Mexico Press, 2011
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R.G. Hewlett and O.E. Anderson, Jr., The New World, 1939/1946, Vol.1, A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Penn State Univ, 1962
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D. Holloway, Stalin and the Bomb: the Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956, Yale, 1994
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L. Johnson and D. Schaffer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The First Fifty Years, Univ Tennessee, 1994
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W. Lanouette with B. Silard, Genius in the Shadows. A Biography of Leo Szilard, The Man Behind the Bomb, Univ Chicago, 1992
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B.T. Pash, The Alsos Mission, Ace Books, 1980
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R. Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Simon and Schuster, 1995
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R. Rhodes, Dark Sun. The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, Simon and Schuster, 1996
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A. Sakharov, Memoirs, Alfred A. Knopf, 1990
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G.T. Seaborg with B.S. Loeb, Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Test Ban, Univ California, 1981
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E. Segre, Enrico Fermi Physicist, Univ Chicago, 1970
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R. Serber, The Los Alamos Primer, Univ California, 1992
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H.D. Smyth, Atomic Energy for Military Purposes. Official Report on the Development of the Atomic Bomb Under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1940-1945, Stanford Univ, 1989
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L.L. Strauss, Men and Decisions, Doubleday, 1962
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E. Teller with J. Shoolery, Memoirs. A Twentieth-Century Journey in Science and Politics, Perseus, 2001
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S.M. Ulam, Adventures of a Mathematician, Univ California, 1991
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H.F. York, The Advisors. Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb, Stanford Univ, 1976
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D. Zimmerman, Top Secret Exchange. The Tizard Mission and the Scientific War, McGill-Queen's Univ, 1996
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Sputnik
Explorer
Vanguard
Astronautics
Missile defense
Baikonur Tyuratam
Rocket equation
Recommended science and engineering books on rocketry and space technology
Space in Art and Literature ("classics")
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M. Gruntman, Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, AIAA, 2004
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E.E. Hale, Brick Moon, 1971
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R. Miller, The Dream Machines. An Illustrated History of the Spaceship in Art, Science and Literature, Krieger, 1993
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R. Miller, F.C. Durant III, and M. Schuetz, The Art of Chesley Bonestell, 2001
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R.D. Launius and B. Ulrich, NASA and the Exploration of Space: With Works from the NASA Art Collection, 1998
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F.I. Ordway III, Visions of Spaceflight: Images from the Ordway Collection, Publishers Group West, 2001
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other rocket science stuff
Space Movies ("classic")
Recommended science and engineering books on rocketry and space technology
Make the World a Better Place
Space Models
other rocket science stuff
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