The birth of NASA : the diary of T. Keith Glennan by Thomas Keith Glennan - TL521.312 .G58

"Part diary and part recollection, T. Keith Glennan--the first administrator of NASA--relates the story of how he and others worked within the circumstances created by the Russian Sputnik--the first vehicle into space--to plan and organize a viable space program that ultimately put Americans on the moon. " - Alibris

X-15 : extending the frontiers of flight by Dennis R Jenkins - TL789.8.U6 X60 2007

"X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight is the result of 15 years of research into the cooperative NASA-Air Force-Navy X-15 research airplane program. This history covers the program form its inception, through t he preliminary conceptual studies, the airframe and engine competitions, the flight program, and the follow-on research program. Particular attention is paid to the program highlights, such as the development of a workable full pressure suit and early biomedical testing in the human centrifuge at the Naval Air development center Jonesville." - NASA

Shared voyage : learning and unlearning from remarkable projects by Alexander Laufer

"This volume in the NASA History Series is about four remarkable projects: the Advanced Composition Explorer (NASA), the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (U.S. Air Force), the Pathfinder Solar-Powered Airplane (NCASA), & the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (U.S. Air Force). Each project is presented as a case study comprised of stories collected from key members of the project teams. The stories are included with the purpose of providing an effective ... " - Alibris

William H. Pickering America's Deep Space Pioneer by Douglas J Mudgway

"In William H. Pickering: America’s Deep Space Pioneer, Douglas Mudgway provides a relatively straightforward biography of Pickering. Mudgway, a fellow New Zealander who himself worked at JPL for nearly 30 years, is at times a bit hagiographic, putting the best possible gloss on Pickering’s life and work." - Jeff Foust