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

Evaluating Novel Threats to the Homeland : Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Cruise Missiles by Brian A. Jackson, etc. - Q180.A1.R29 no. 626

"This research was sponsored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. It should be of interest to homeland security policymakers, military and defense planners, analysts examining the terrorist threat, technology and defense system designers, and individuals charged with protecting potential targets in the U.S. homeland from terrorist attack." - Rand