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Illustrated Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Profusely Illustrated with Black and White Photographs, Charts and Diagrams (illustrator). First Edition. A bright, clean, lightly worn example.

Pin. Zustand: Good. Presumed one of multiple originals. Pin is approximately 2.25 inches in diameter. There is some soiling on the front and back. This design is largely the same as that of the crew patch for STS-33, designed by the five crewmembers. It features a stylized falcon soaring into space to represent America's commitment to manned space flight. The crewmembers feel the falcon symbolizes courage, intelligence, tenacity, and love of flight. The orbit around Earth represents the falcon's lofty domain; the bird, with its keen vision and natural curiosity, is depicted looking forward beyond that domain to challenge the edge of the universe. The bold red feathers of the wings drawn from the American flag overlaying the random field of stars illustrate the determination to expand the boundaries of knowledge by American presence in space. The single gold star on a field of blue honors the memory of the late Rear Admiral S. David Griggs, originally assigned to this crew. STS-33 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Discovery deployed a payload for the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It was the 32nd shuttle mission overall, the ninth flight of Discovery, the fifth shuttle mission in support of the DoD and the last Shuttle launch of the 1980s. Due to the nature of the mission, specific details remain classified. The mission was officially designated STS-33R as the original STS-33 designator belonged to the ill-fated Challenger STS-51-L, the 25th Space Shuttle mission. Frederick Drew Gregory (born January 7, 1941) is a former United States Air Force pilot, military engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA Deputy Administrator. He was a veteran of three Shuttle missions he has logged about 456 hours in space. He served as pilot on STS-51B (April 29 to May 6, 1985), and was the spacecraft commander on STS-33 (November 22-27, 1989), and STS-44 (November 24 to December 1, 1991). John Elmer Blaha (born August 26, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas) is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir. He served as pilot on STS-33 and STS-29, was spacecraft Commander on STS-58 and STS-43, served on Mir 22 as Board Engineer 2, and was a Mission Specialist on STS-79 and STS-81. Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr., M.D. (August 15, 1947 - April 5, 1991), (Capt, USN), was an American chemist, physician, professional soccer player, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33. Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. In 1996 he became only the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights, and he is the most formally educated astronaut with seven academic degrees. Musgrave is the only astronaut to fly aboard all five Space Shuttles. Musgrave served as a CAPCOM for the second and third Skylab missions, STS-31, STS-35, STS-36, STS-38 and STS-41. He was a Mission Specialist on STS-6 (1983), STS-51-F/Spacelab-2 (1985), STS-33 (1989), STS-44 (1991), and STS-80 (1996); and the Payload Commander on STS-61 (1993). Kathryn Ryan Cordell Thornton (born August 17, 1952) is an American scientist and a former NASA astronaut with over 975 hours in space, including 21 hours of extravehicular activity. She was the associate dean for graduate programs at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. Thornton was inducted in the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2010. Thornton flew on STS-33 in 1989, STS-49 in 1992, STS-61 in 1993, and STS-73 in 1995. Stanley David Griggs (September 7, 1939 - June 17, 1989) was a United States Navy officer and a NASA astronaut. He is credited with conducting the first unscheduled extravehicular activity of the space program during Space Shuttle mission STS-51-D. Griggs was killed when the vintage World War II-era training aircraft he was piloting - a North American AT-6D (registration N3931S - crashed near Earle, Arkansas. He was a mission specialist on flight STS-51-D, which flew April 12-19, 1985. Griggs was in flight crew training as pilot for STS-33 when he died in a plane crash.

Pin. Zustand: Good. Diameter of the pin is approximately 2.25 inches. The pin has some wear and soiling. The background is white and around the outer border at the top is STS - 35 and at the bottom is NASA - JSC. In the center are to circles, the center one shows a Shuttle departing earth and entering a star-filled space. The out circle has the names of the crew and its main mission: Brand, Hoffman, Lounge, Parker, Gardner, Durrance, Parise, and ASTRO 1. STS-35 was the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, the 38th shuttle flight, and a mission devoted to astronomical observations with ASTRO-1, a Spacelab observatory consisting of four telescopes. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 2 December 1990. Prior to the Challenger disaster, this mission was slated to launch in March 1986 as STS-61-E. Jon A. McBride was originally assigned to command this mission, which would have been his second spaceflight. He chose to retire from NASA in May 1989 and was replaced as mission commander by Vance D. Brand. In addition, Richard N. Richards (as pilot) and David C. Leestma (as mission specialist), were replaced by Guy S. Gardner and John M. Lounge respectively. Fifty-nine year-old Brand was the oldest astronaut to fly into space until F. Story Musgrave, 61 on STS-80 in 1996, and U.S. Senator John H. Glenn Jr., 77 when he flew on STS-95 in 1998. he primary payload of mission STS-35 was ASTRO-1, the fifth flight of the Spacelab system and the second with the Igloo and two pallets train configuration. The primary objectives were round-the-clock observations of the celestial sphere in ultraviolet and X-ray spectral wavelengths with the ASTRO-1 observatory, consisting of four telescopes: Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT); Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE); Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT), mounted on the Instrument Pointing System (IPS). The Instrument Pointing System consisted of a three-axis gimbal system mounted on a gimbal support structure connected to a Spacelab pallet at one end and the aft end of the payload at the other, a payload clamping system for support of the mounted experiment during launch and landing, and a control system based on the inertial reference of a three-axis gyro package and operated by a gimbal-mounted microcomputer.[4] The Broad-Band X-Ray Telescope (BBXRT) and its Two-Axis Pointing System (TAPS) rounded out the instrument complement in the aft payload bay. The Crew: Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) is an American naval officer, aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He served as command module pilot during the first U.S.-Soviet joint spaceflight in 1975, and as commander of three Space Shuttle missions. His flight experience includes 9,669 flying hours, which includes 8,089 hours in jets, 391 hours in helicopters, 746 hours in spacecraft, and checkout in more than 30 types of military aircraft; Guy Spence Gardner (born January 6, 1948) is a United States Air Force officer and a former astronaut. He holds the rank of colonel. He flew as pilot on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-27 and STS-35; Jeffrey Alan Hoffman (born November 2, 1944) is an American former NASA astronaut and a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. Hoffman made five flights as a Space Shuttle astronaut, including the first mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993, when the orbiting telescope's flawed optical system was corrected. Over the course of his five missions (STS-51-D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61, STS-75) he logged more than 1,211 hours and 21.5 million miles in space; John Michael "Mike" Lounge (June 28, 1946 - March 1, 2011) was an American engineer, a United States Navy officer, a Vietnam War veteran, and a NASA astronaut. A veteran of three Space Shuttle flights, Lounge logged over 482 hours in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-51-I (1985) and STS-26 (1988) and was the flight engineer on STS-35 (1990); Robert Allan Ridley Parker (born December 14, 1936) is an American physicist and astronomer, former Director of the NASA Management Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a retired NASA astronaut. He was a Mission Specialist on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-9 and STS-35. He has logged over 3,500 hours flying time in jet aircraft and 463 hours in space; Samuel Thornton Durrance (Ph.D.) is an American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions (ETS-35, STS-67), as a payload specialist; and Ronald Anthony Parise (May 24, 1951 - May 9, 2008) was an Italian American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle (STS-35, STS-67) missions as a payload specialist. Presumed produced contemporaneously with the STS - 35 Space Mission.

Wraps. Zustand: very good. Quarto, 4 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the United States Apollo program, and the third to land on the Moon. It was the last of the "H missions," targeted landings with two-day stays on the Moon with two lunar EVAs, or moonwalks. Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell launched on their nine-day mission on Sunday, January 31, 1971. Shepard and Mitchell made their lunar landing on February 5 in the Fra Mauro formation - originally the target of the aborted Apollo 13 mission. 94.35 pounds of Moon rocks were collected, and several scientific experiments were performed. Shepard and Mitchell spent 33½ hours on the Moon, with almost 9½ hours of EVA. In the aftermath of Apollo 13, several modifications had been made to the Service Module electrical power system to prevent a repeat of that accident, including a redesign of the oxygen tanks and the addition of a third tank. Shepard and Mitchell named their landing site Fra Mauro Base, and this designation is recognized by the International Astronomical Union (depicted in Latin on lunar maps as Station Fra Mauro). Shepard's first words, after stepping onto the lunar surface were, "And it's been a long way, but we're here." Shepard's moonwalking suit was the first to utilize red stripes on the arms and legs and on the top of the lunar EVA sunshade "hood," so as to allow easy identification between the commander and LM pilot on the surface; on the Apollo 12 pictures, it had been almost impossible to distinguish between the two crewmen, causing a great deal of confusion. This feature was included on Jim Lovell's Apollo 13 suit; because no landing was made on that mission, Apollo 14 was the first to make use of it. This feature was used for the remaining Apollo missions, and for the EVAs of Space Shuttle flights, and it is still in use today on both the U.S. and Russian space suits on the International Space Station. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.

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Wraps. Zustand: Good. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. 21, [3] pages plus covers. Cover has some wear and soiling. This is a workshop announcement. It includes information on the Sponsors and organizers, workshop objectives, workshop information, tentative agenda--including information on individual sessions, maps, and registration form. This preliminary workshop information provides insight into the state of knowledge and the issues associated with rendezvous and proximity operations in the mid-1980s. A space rendezvous is a set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft, one of which is often a space station, arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance (e.g. within visual contact). Rendezvous requires a precise match of the orbital velocities and position vectors of the two spacecraft, allowing them to remain at a constant distance through orbital station-keeping. Rendezvous may or may not be followed by docking or berthing, procedures which bring the spacecraft into physical contact and create a link between them. The same rendezvous technique can be used for spacecraft "landing" on natural objects with a weak gravitational field, e.g. landing on one of the Martian moons would require the same matching of orbital velocities, followed by a "descent" that shares some similarities with docking. Rendezvous was first successfully accomplished by US astronaut Wally Schirra on December 15, 1965. Schirra maneuvered the Gemini 6 spacecraft within 1 foot (30 cm) of its sister craft Gemini 7. The spacecraft were not equipped to dock with each other, but maintained station-keeping for more than 20 minutes. The first docking of two spacecraft was achieved on March 16, 1966 when Gemini 8, under the command of Neil Armstrong, rendezvoused and docked with an uncrewed Agena Target Vehicle. Gemini 6 was to have been the first docking mission, but had to be canceled when that mission's Agena vehicle was destroyed during launch. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Paper wraps report. 216 pages. 8 x 10 1/2 inches. An ex-library copy with institutional stamps to front, orange marker stripes to edges, corner bumps, otherwise very good. Illustrated with graphs. Higher math oriented report.

Zustand: good. Quarto, 4, wraps, illus., maps, lower corner p. 3 creased.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 89 pages.

Brochure. Zustand: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Format is approximately one sheet, 11 inches by 8.5 inches, folded in half, resulting in four panels, approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. Label related to WB-57 Program Office affixed on back panel. Illustrations (most in color) . Front panel had the document title and is mostly a photo from slightly above for the WB-57 in flight over water. The interior two panels provides a Program Overview and Payload Integration Locations, with captioned image of the plane from underneath, three payload photographs, and a photograph of the plane on the ground with crew members in the forefront. The rear panel has technical information on Performance and Capabilities with dimensional diagrams, and contact details for getting additional information. The NASA WB-57 Program provides unique, high-altitude airborne platforms to US Government agencies, academic institutions, and commercial customers in order to support scientific research and advanced technology development and testing at locations around the world. Mission examples include atmospheric and earth science, ground mapping, cosmic dust collection, rocket launch support, and test bed operations for future airborne or spaceborne systems. The NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas is the home of the NASA WB-57 High Altitude Research Program. Three fully operational WB-57 aircraft are based at Ellington Field. The aircraft have been flying research missions since the 1960's, and continue to be an asset to the scientific community with professional, reliable, customer-oriented service designed to meet all scientific objectives. The Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra is a specialized strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed in the 1960s for the United States Air Force by General Dynamics from the Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bomber, which itself was a license-built version of the English Electric Canberra. It was operationally assigned to the Air Weather Service for weather reconnaissance involving high-altitude atmospheric sampling and radiation detection in support of nuclear test monitoring, but four of the 21 modified aircraft performed solely as strategic reconnaissance platforms in Japan and Germany. Three of the modified aircraft were destroyed with loss of their crews while performing operationally. The remainder were re-designated WB-57F in 1968. Four of the survivors were subsequently used by NASA for high-altitude atmospheric research. The others were retired from 1972 to 1974 and placed in storage. As of 2015, three WB-57Fs are the only B-57 aircraft model still flying, in service with NASA. The WB-57 is a mid-wing, long-range aircraft capable of operation for extended periods of time from sea level to altitudes well in excess of 60,000 feet. Two crew members are positioned at separate tandem stations in the cockpit. The pilot station contains all the essential equipment for flying the aircraft. The sensor operator station contains both navigational equipment and controls for the operation of the payloads and payload support systems located throughout the aircraft. The WB-57 can remain aloft for approximately 6.5 hours, flying both day and night, so long as separation from hazardous weather can be maintained. With a range of 2,500 miles, the aircraft can be deployed to any continent. The WB-57 aircraft can carry up to 6000 lbs. of payload. The WB-57 employs a pallet system in the main fuselage area. The pallet system consists of interchangeable pallet modules. Pressurized and unpressurized pallets are available. The pallet system will carry a total of 4000 lbs. including pallet weight. Lighter payloads can also be carried in the aft fuselage, tail cone, wing pods, wing hatches, and/ or the nose cone.

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Zustand: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. The format is approximately 17 inches by 11 inches, folded in half, resulting in 4 pages. Illustrations (color). A Robonaut is a dexterous humanoid robot built and designed at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The challenge was to build machines that can help humans work and explore in space. Working side by side with humans, or going where the risks are too great for people, Robonauts will expand our ability for construction and discovery. Central is a capability called dexterous manipulation, embodied by an ability to use one's hand to do work, and the challenge has been to build machines with dexterity that exceeds that of a suited astronaut. Robonaut 2, the latest generation of the Robonaut astronaut helpers, launched to the space station aboard space shuttle Discovery on the STS-133 mission in February 2011. It is the first humanoid robot in space. Its primary job was demonstrating to engineers how dexterous robots behave in space, the hope is that, through upgrades and advancements, it could one day venture outside the station to help spacewalkers make repairs or additions to the station or perform scientific work. R2 was unpacked in April and powered up in August. 2011. It was tested inside the Destiny laboratory, over time both its territory and its applications could expand. Initial tasks identified for R2 include velocity air measurements and handrail cleaning, both of which are necessary tasks that require a great deal of crew time. R2 has a taskboard on which to practice flipping switches and pushing buttons. There were initially no plans to return R2 to Earth. Work on the first Robonaut began in 1997. The idea was to build a humanoid robot that could assist astronauts on tasks in which another pair of hands would be helpful or to venture forth to perform jobs either too dangerous for crew members to risk or too mundane for them to spend time on. The result was R1, a human-like prototype of a robot that could perform maintenance tasks or be mounted on a set of wheels to explore distant destinations. Through 2006, R1 performed in numerous experiments in a variety of laboratory and field test environments, proving that the concept of a robotic assistant was valid. The same year, General Motors expressed an interest in hearing about the project. They had been developing their own dexterous robots, and after seeing what NASA had already accomplished, GM proposed teaming up. A Space Act Agreement was signed in 2007 to allow GM and NASA to pool resources and work together on the next-generation Robonaut. In February 2010, R2 was unveiled - a faster, more dexterous, more technologically advanced humanoid robot than had ever been seen before. Its potential was quickly recognized, and space was made on space shuttle Discovery's final mission to provide it a ride to the space station. There it is making both history, as the first humanoid robot in space, and progress as engineers get their first look at how a humanoid robot actually performs in the absence of gravity. Single sheet, printed on both sides.

Lex. 8°, Taschenbuch. Zustand: Sehr gut. ca. 20 Seiten Sehr guter Zustand mit kaum beschabtem Einband. Rares Heft. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 109.

Zustand: Very good. The format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. This is a single sheet, with printing/imagery on both sides, in a plastic sleeve. On the front side is a large color photograph of the six astronauts/Shuttle Crew members. The crew members were Commander Charles O. Hobaugh, Colonel, USMC, Pilot Barry E. "Butch" Wilmore, Captain, USN, Mission Specialist Michael J. Foreman, Captain, USN, Ret, Mission Specialist Randy "Komrade" Bresnik, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC, Mission Specialist Leland D. Melvin, and Mission Specialist Robert L. Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. On the other side are primarily four columns of text, with text for each of the crew members, with a small, one-column spread with a black and white picture of the crew members at the top left corner, and a larger, two-column spread with an illustration of the STS-129 Mission Patch and a text description. The STS-129 mission patch a rather unusual shape of the patch, as a result of the crew's desire for the patch to signify the mission's payload (two ExPRESS Logistics Carriers) providing equipment ensuring the longevity of the ISS. The insignia incorporates a number of design elements not typically incorporated into a single patch: the Sun, Moon, Mars, NASA's astronaut symbol (ascending on red, white and blue stripes symbolizing the all-U.S. crew), the ISS, the Shuttle orbiter and the continental United States (representing the major U.S. centers supporting the Space Shuttle Program). The 13 stars on the patch represent the crewmembers' children, and the Moon and Mars represent the future of space exploration. STS-129 (ISS assembly flight ULF3) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Atlantis was launched on November 16, 2009, at 14:28 EST, and landed at 09:44 EST on November 27, 2009, on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. It was also the last Shuttle mission of the 2000s. STS-129 focused on staging spare components outside the station. The 11-day flight included three spacewalks. The payload bay carried two large ExPRESS Logistics Carriers holding two spare gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly, a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm, a spare trailing umbilical system for the Mobile Transporter, and a high-pressure gas tank. STS-129 was the first flight of an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier. The completion of this mission left six Space Shuttle flights remaining until the end of the Space Shuttle program, after STS-135 was approved in February 2011. The primary payload of STS-129 was the ExPRESS (Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station) Logistics Carrier (ELC-1) and the ELC-2. Each steel framework has a mass capacity of 9,800 pounds, with a volume of 30 m (total with spares, ELC-1: 13,850 pounds (6,280 kg) and ELC-2: 13,400 pounds. The Goddard Space Flight Center served as the overall integrator for ELC-1 and ELC-2, with the addition of components manufactured by the Brazilian Space Agency. The mission marked: 160th NASA crewed space flight; 129th shuttle mission since STS-1; 31st flight of Atlantis; 31st shuttle mission to the ISS; 5th shuttle flight in 2009; 104th post-Challenger mission; and 16th post-Columbia mission The STS-129 mission marked NASA's fifth NASA Tweetup, and its first such event ever held during a Shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. One hundred members of the general public, representing Morocco, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and 21 U.S. states, in addition to the District of Columbia, attended the two-day event and, for a time, the #nasatweetup hashtag reached #3 on Twitter's trending topics. Single sheet, printed on both sides Presumed First Edition, First printing, one of multiple originals.

Patches. Zustand: Very good. Oval shape, approximately 5 inches in maximum length and 3 inches in maximum width. Center is an image of the aircraft looking down upon it. At the top of the oval is "WB" to the left of the aircraft nose and "57F" to the right. The letters "NASA" is over the left wing and the letters "JSC" are over the right wing. Under the left wing is the word "Long" and under the right wing is the word "Wing". The field is largely blue with a gold border. Lettering is in red, white, and gold. The NASA WB-57 Program provides unique, high-altitude airborne platforms to US Government agencies, academic institutions, and commercial customers in order to support scientific research and advanced technology development and testing at locations around the world. Mission examples include atmospheric and earth science, ground mapping, cosmic dust collection, rocket launch support, and test bed operations for future airborne or spaceborne systems. The NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas is the home of the NASA WB-57 High Altitude Research Program. Three fully operational WB-57 aircraft are based near JSC at Ellington Field. The aircraft have been flying research missions since the early 1960's, and continue to be an asset to the scientific community with professional, reliable, customer-oriented service designed to meet all scientific objectives. The Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra is a specialized strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed in the 1960s for the United States Air Force by General Dynamics from the Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bomber, which itself was a license-built version of the English Electric Canberra. It was operationally assigned to the Air Weather Service for weather reconnaissance involving high-altitude atmospheric sampling and radiation detection in support of nuclear test monitoring, but four of the 21 modified aircraft performed solely as strategic reconnaissance platforms in Japan and Germany. Three of the modified aircraft were destroyed with loss of their crews while performing operationally. The remainder were re-designated WB-57F in 1968. Four of the survivors were subsequently used by NASA for high-altitude atmospheric research. The others were retired from 1972 to 1974 and placed in storage. As of 2015, three WB-57Fs are the only B-57 aircraft model still flying, in service with NASA. The WB-57 is a mid-wing, long-range aircraft capable of operation for extended periods of time from sea level to altitudes well in excess of 60,000 feet. Two crew members are positioned at separate tandem stations in the cockpit. The pilot station contains all the essential equipment for flying the aircraft. The sensor operator station contains both navigational equipment and controls for the operation of the payloads and payload support systems located throughout the aircraft. The WB-57 can remain aloft for approximately 6.5 hours, flying both day and night, so long as separation from hazardous weather can be maintained. With a range of 2,500 miles, the aircraft can be deployed to any continent. The WB-57 aircraft can carry up to 6000 lbs. of payload. The WB-57 employs a pallet system in the main fuselage area. The pallet system consists of interchangeable pallet modules. Pressurized and unpressurized pallets are available. The pallet system will carry a total of 4000 lbs. including pallet weight. Lighter payloads can also be carried in the aft fuselage, tail cone, wing pods, wing hatches, and/ or the nose cone.

Decal/Sticker. Zustand: Very good. Decal/sticker with backing that can be removes so that adhesive side and be affixed to an appropriate surface. Oval shape, approximately 6 inches in maximum length and 3 inches in maximum width. Center is an image of the aircraft looking down upon it. At the top of the oval is "WB" to the left of the aircraft nose and "57F" to the right. The letters "NASA" is over the left wing and the letters "JSC" are over the right wing. Under the left wing is the word "Long" and under the right wing is the word "Wing". The field is largely blue with a gold border. Lettering is in red, white, and gold. The NASA WB-57 Program provides unique, high-altitude airborne platforms to US Government agencies, academic institutions, and commercial customers in order to support scientific research and advanced technology development and testing at locations around the world. Mission examples include atmospheric and earth science, ground mapping, cosmic dust collection, rocket launch support, and test bed operations for future airborne or spaceborne systems. The NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas is the home of the NASA WB-57 High Altitude Research Program. Three fully operational WB-57 aircraft are based near JSC at Ellington Field. The aircraft have been flying research missions since the early 1960's, and continue to be an asset to the scientific community with professional, reliable, customer-oriented service designed to meet all scientific objectives. A decal or transfer is a plastic, cloth, paper, or ceramic substrate that has printed on it a pattern or image that can be moved to another surface upon contact. The word is short for decalcomania, which is the English version of the French word décalcomanie. The technique was invented by Simon François Ravenet, an engraver from France who later moved to England and perfected the process he called "décalquer" (which means to copy by tracing); it became widespread during the decal craze or mania of the late 19th century. A decal consists of the following layers from top to bottom: A paper or film facestock makes up the top layer of the label stock. The printing is done on the upper side of the facestock; An adhesive layer is applied to the bottom of the facestock; A silicone or release coating layer is applied to the upper side of the backing material; and A paper or film liner provides the bottom layer of the label stock. The Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra is a specialized strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed in the 1960s for the United States Air Force by General Dynamics from the Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bomber, which itself was a license-built version of the English Electric Canberra. It was operationally assigned to the Air Weather Service for weather reconnaissance involving high-altitude atmospheric sampling and radiation detection in support of nuclear test monitoring, but four of the 21 modified aircraft performed solely as strategic reconnaissance platforms in Japan and Germany. Three of the modified aircraft were destroyed with loss of their crews while performing operationally. The remainder were re-designated WB-57F in 1968. Four of the survivors were subsequently used by NASA for high-altitude atmospheric research. The others were retired from 1972 to 1974 and placed in storage. As of 2015, three WB-57Fs are the only B-57 aircraft model still flying, in service with NASA. The WB-57 is a mid-wing, long-range aircraft capable of operation for extended periods of time from sea level to altitudes well in excess of 60,000 feet. Two crew members are positioned at separate tandem stations in the cockpit. The pilot station contains all the essential equipment for flying the aircraft. The sensor operator station contains both navigational equipment and controls for the operation of the payloads and payload support systems located throughout the aircraft. The WB-57 can remain aloft for approximately 6.5 hours, flying both day and night, so long as separation from hazardous weather can be maintained. With a range of 2,500 miles, the aircraft can be deployed to any continent. The WB-57 aircraft can carry up to 6000 lbs. of payload. The WB-57 employs a pallet system in the main fuselage area. The pallet system consists of interchangeable pallet modules. Pressurized and unpressurized pallets are available. The pallet system will carry a total of 4000 lbs. including pallet weight. Lighter payloads can also be carried in the aft fuselage, tail cone, wing pods, wing hatches, and/ or the nose cone.

Photograph. Zustand: Very good. Format is approximately 8 inches by 11 inches. Image is 6.75 inches by 10 inches. Image appears to be a WB 57F in flight, viewed from the underside, again a blue sky. The NASA WB-57 Program provides unique, high-altitude airborne platforms to US Government agencies, academic institutions, and commercial customers in order to support scientific research and advanced technology development and testing at locations around the world. Mission examples include atmospheric and earth science, ground mapping, cosmic dust collection, rocket launch support, and test bed operations for future airborne or spaceborne systems. The NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas is the home of the NASA WB-57 High Altitude Research Program. Three fully operational WB-57 aircraft are based near JSC at Ellington Field. The aircraft have been flying research missions since the early 1960's, and continue to be an asset to the scientific community with professional, reliable, customer-oriented service designed to meet all scientific objectives. The Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra is a specialized strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed in the 1960s for the United States Air Force by General Dynamics from the Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bomber, which itself was a license-built version of the English Electric Canberra. It was operationally assigned to the Air Weather Service for weather reconnaissance involving high-altitude atmospheric sampling and radiation detection in support of nuclear test monitoring, but four of the 21 modified aircraft performed solely as strategic reconnaissance platforms in Japan and Germany. Three of the modified aircraft were destroyed with loss of their crews while performing operationally. The remainder were re-designated WB-57F in 1968. Four of the survivors were subsequently used by NASA for high-altitude atmospheric research. The others were retired from 1972 to 1974 and placed in storage. As of 2015, three WB-57Fs are the only B-57 aircraft model still flying, in service with NASA. The WB-57 is a mid-wing, long-range aircraft capable of operation for extended periods of time from sea level to altitudes well in excess of 60,000 feet. Two crew members are positioned at separate tandem stations in the cockpit. The pilot station contains all the essential equipment for flying the aircraft. The sensor operator station contains both navigational equipment and controls for the operation of the payloads and payload support systems located throughout the aircraft. The WB-57 can remain aloft for approximately 6.5 hours, flying both day and night, so long as separation from hazardous weather can be maintained. With a range of 2,500 miles, the aircraft can be deployed to any continent. The WB-57 aircraft can carry up to 6000 lbs. of payload. The WB-57 employs a pallet system in the main fuselage area. The pallet system consists of interchangeable pallet modules. Pressurized and unpressurized pallets are available. The pallet system will carry a total of 4000 lbs. including pallet weight. Lighter payloads can also be carried in the aft fuselage, tail cone, wing pods, wing hatches, and/ or the nose cone. The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) is NASA's center for human spaceflight (originally named the Manned Spacecraft Center), where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted. It was built and leased to NASA by Joseph L. Smith & Associates, Inc. It was renamed in honor of the late US president and Texas native, Lyndon B. Johnson, by an act of the United States Senate on February 19, 1973. It consists of a complex of 100 buildings constructed on 1,620 acres (660 hectares) in the Clear Lake Area of Houston, which acquired the official nickname "Space City" in 1967. The center is home to NASA's astronaut corps, and is responsible for training astronauts from both the US and its international partners. It houses the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, which has provided the flight control function for every NASA human spaceflight since Gemini 4 (including Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, and Space Shuttle). It is popularly known by its radio call signs "Mission Control" and "Houston". The original Manned Spacecraft Center grew out of the Space Task Group (STG) headed by Robert Gilruth that was formed to coordinate the US crewed spaceflight program. The STG was based at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, but reported organizationally to the Goddard Space Flight Center just outside Washington, D.C. To meet the growing needs of the US human spaceflight program, plans began in 1961 to expand its staff to its own organization, and move it to a new facility. This was constructed in 1962 and 1963 on land donated by the Humble Oil company through Rice University, and officially opened its doors in September 1963. Today, JSC is one of ten major NASA field centers. Presumed First Edition, possible multiple original.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: fair to good. 89, wraps, profusely illus. (some in color), title page partly detached, covers scuffed and edges worn.

Zustand: fine. Paperback - 1976 - 90 blz.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2250grams, ISBN:

Zustand: good. 89, wraps, profusely illus. (some in color), covers somewhat scuffed and some edge wear. Topics covered include space shuttle system and mission profile, space in everyday living, space shuttle vehicle, economic impact of space shuttle, and space shuttle participants. Form letter to NASA Headquarters Alumni laid in.

Zustand: fair to good. Quarto, 77, wraps, illus., tables, charts, covers scuffed and worn: small chips missing, tear in rear DJ.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnWith illustrations and photographsp in full color.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 386 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Page edges are lightly smudged. Bound in black cloth with blue and white titles. Worn and bumped around the edges. Lightly scuffed. SCARCE. VG. Book.