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elcome to our first issue of2009!
I was pleased to host theannual meeting of the AAS HistoryCommittee on Nov. 13 in Pasadena,Calif., in conjunction with the AASNational Conference and AnnualMeeting. I was particularly gratifiedby the level of participation fromHistComm members and the pres-ence of several distinguished guests.
The committee discussed theprogress we made towards our 2008goals, and used this as a guide todeveloping updated goals and objec-tives for 2009 (see Goals, page 17).
We engaged in a general discus-sion of Explorer, and whether weshould continue publishing. Thisdiscussion was prompted by a gener-al policy of taking a step back period-ically to re-visit things we do toensure that they offer value and aremore than a conditioned response.The discussion was encouraging as ithighlighted positive feedback andsupport for continued publicationwith some suggested changes, mostlyregarding how to reach a wider audi-ence. To this end, NASA chief histo-
rian Steve Dick kindly offered toforward the next newsletter (inwhich this report appears) to hishistory listserv.
We will also continue to providebook reviews for Space Times as wellother items of a more general interestto AAS membership, such as the listof 2008 astronautical publicationsthat also appears in this newsletter.
I am gratified at the level ofsupport and encouragement wereceived regarding continuation ofthis newsletter and am optimisticthat we will succeed in achieving ourgoals that will allow us to continue tohave a positive impact within thespaceflight history community.
I extend my thanks to the membersof the History Committee for theirindividual and collective efforts, andsupport.
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AAS History Committee to keeppublishing Explorer newsletter
Read about Stephen E. Doyle, an AAS History Committee member whowas recently honored as an AAS Fellow for his outstanding contributionsto astronautics. 9
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Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from theteaching of biography and history. [I admit to harvesting this nugget from a recent NASA announcement]
— Carter G. Woodson
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APOLLO 8 CELEBRATIONä Apollo astronauts gather in SanDiego to celebrate historic flight40 years ago / 2
ä Little Joe II to receive makeoverat JSC / 3
ä More than 150 recognize CIESSanniversary / 4
ä AAS History Committee’s annuallist of astronautical books / 11
ä Univelt, Inc. releases latestvolume in AAS History Series / 15
ä Rocket pioneer KonradDannenberg dies at 96 / 19
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Apollo astronauts gather in San DiegoBy Francis French
he Apollo 8 crew participatedin a number of anniversaryevents recognizing the 40th
anniversary of their historic missionto the moon.
However, only one of them was adeeply personal event, and that wasthe celebration that the crew and theirfamilies themselves initiated andplanned down to every last detail.
This anniversary gathering washeld recently in William Anders’hometown of San Diego, Calif., at theSan Diego Air and Space Museum.Anders was the Lunar Module pilotfor Apollo 8. The event featured awho’s-who of almost everyone associ-ated with this crew, including theWest Point class members of Apollo 8commander Frank Borman, and:
n The crew’s wives, children, andother family membersn Astronauts Buzz Aldrin, NeilArmstrong, Alan Bean, Gene Cernanand Walt Cunninghamn Dale Myers, former NASA deputyadministratorn Glynn Lunney, NASA flight direc-tor during the Gemini and Apollo eran Gerry Griffin, NASA flight directorand former director of JSCn Gene Kranz, NASA flight directorand mission operations directorn Jan Evans, widow of Ron Evansn Jo and Suzy Schirra, widow anddaughter of Wally Schirran Ingeborg Ehricke, widow of KrafftEhricke, rocket pioneern Dick Gillan, Apollo engineern Chuck Friedlander, who directed theastronaut support office at Kennedy
Space Center during the Apollo eran Bob Cardenas, Bob Hoover andSteve Pisanos, legendary aviators.
In a very relaxed and informalforum, the Apollo 8 crew tradedstories, quips and light-hearted digsfrom their pioneering mission, whileLunney and Armstrong bookendedthe forum with their reflections on thehistoric nature of the first mannedmission to the moon. To have the twoApollo 11 lunar landing astronauts inthe room emphasized one importantpoint – without Apollo 8’s leap intothe unknown, all the missions thatcame after it would not have beenpossible.
Francis French is director of educationat the San Diego Air & Space Museum
in San Diego, Calif.
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Above, left: Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, William Anders, and James Lovell, Jr. at the San Diego Air and Space Museum duringa celebration marking the 40th anniversary of the first piloted circumlunar mission. Above right: Apollo astronauts at the anniversarycelebration (L-R): Gene Cernan, Alan Bean, Gerry Griffin (former Johnson Space Center director), William Anders, Neil Armstrong, FrankBorman, Walt Cunningham, James Lovell, Jr. and Glynn Lunney (NASA flight director during the Gemini and Apollo era).
PHOTOS COURTESY OF FRANCIS FRENCH / SAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
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Little Joe II to receive a makeover from NASABy Mike Ciancone and Tim Chamberlin
he Little Joe II rocket andassociated stand located atRocket Park near the main
entrance of NASA’s Johnson SpaceCenter is undergoing work torepair damage from years of expo-sure to Houston’s warm and humidclimate.
NASA was able to initiate thiswork after the SmithsonianInstitution transferred ownership ofthe rocket to the space agency. Thework is intended to repair andpreserve the rocket for outdoors,rather than providing museum-levelrefurbishment as was done with theSaturn V rocket now inside itsindoor facility. Little Joe II and itsstand will also receive a fresh coat
of paint. The work is scheduled forcompletion in Spring 2009.
Little Joe II was used to testthe launch escape system for theApollo capsule. Designed byGeneral Dynamics, the test space-craft was about 86 feet in length. Itwas bigger than its predecessor,Little Joe I, which was used duringthe Mercury program.
The first test flight of the vehi-cle was launched in August 1963,and four more flights after thatwere successfully conducted. LittleJoe II demonstrated that Apollo’slaunch escape and landing systemscould adequately protect a crewduring emergency operations.
Despite the tests flights, theescape system was never usedduring an actual Apollo mission.
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The Little Joe II rocket and its stand areundergoing restoration at Rocket Park atJohnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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Rocket range made its debut 60 years agoBy Tim Chamberlin with input kindly provided by Philippe Jung
ixty years ago, the Inter-armsSpecial Weapons Test Center(Centre Interarmées d'Essais
d’Engins Spéciaux or CIEES) wasabuzz with activity.
The new French rocket range hadlaunched the SE 1500 missile fromColomb-Béchar, in the AlgerianSahara desert, from the “B0” test facil-ity. A year later, two more missile testsites were created to test vehicleperformance; “B1” in 1949, followed by“B2” in 1952 in Hammaguir, about 110km to the southwest.
It wasn’t long thereafter thatCIEES became the largest rocketrange in the world, only equaled laterby the Baikonur Cosmodrome inKazakhstan. Launch sites were addedin Tiberbatine (west of Béchar) andMenouarar (south of Béchar), eachseparated by about 90 km.
A commemoration was organizedat the Groupe Technique de Cannes(GTC) in France in October by theThales Alenia Space’s EmployeesCommittee and its Cannes AéroPatrimoine association, in the formerSpace Camp of Patrick Baudry. About150 former GTC staff, friends andfamily members attended the 60thanniversary CIEES celebration.
At the gathering it wasannounced that the modular windtunnel mock-up for the X407/SSBTCasseur tactical missile had beenfound.
The SE 1500 was built by GTCand first flown in 1946 as anunmanned glider to help analyze anti-aircraft missile warheads. The SE1500 quickly became a foundation forFrench missile development.
CIEES was heavily used by GTCand was one of the most active post-war rocket centers. This included:
n The first French rocket test bedprogram, SE 4100, in 1949.n The world’s first operational ramjetweapon system, SE 4200, in 1950. n The world’s fastest tracked vehicle,SE 1900, in 1952 (a rocket sled at 328km/h)n The first French surface-to-air missile,SE 4300, in 1954 (for armée de l’Air)n The world’s fastest and highestramjet vehicle, SE 4400, in 1954
All told, 1,147 rockets werelaunched by GTC, 923 of them atCIEES.
GTC director and aeronauticalengineer Roger Béteille helped inventthe cruise missile concept for Francein the 1960s, including the X422,which was tested at CIESS before therange closed in 1967.
Philippe Jung is a member of theInternational Academy of Astronautics
(IAA) History Study Group.
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Above left: About 150 former Groupe Technique de Cannes (GTC) staff and their friends and family members attended the 60thanniversary CIEES celebration in October. This included Jean-François Romano (left), grandson of the plant founder, Mrs. Audoin-Decker (fourth from left), daughter of Michel Decker, father of the Air Ministry rocket programmes, and Nicole Sabbagh-Blériot(second from right). Above right: The SE 1500, produced by GTC, was first flown in 1946 as an unmanned glider to help analyzeanti-aircraft missile warheads.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF PHILIPPE JUNG
Astrodynamics Specialist ConferenceThe 2009 Astrodynamics Specialist Conference will
be held Aug. 9-13 at the Renaissance Hotel in Pittsburgh,Penn. The conference is organized by the AmericanAstronautical Society (AAS) Space Flight MechanicsCommittee and co-sponsored by the American Instituteof Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) AstrodynamicsTechnical Committee. Papers are solicited on topics relat-ed to space flight mechanics and astrodynamics, plus thehistory of the U.S. space program.
Papers will be accepted based on the quality of anextended abstract, the originality of the work and ideas,and the anticipated interest in the proposed subject.
Final manuscripts are required before the conference.The working language for the conference is English.
For additional information, visit the AAS Web Site athttp://www.space-flight.org. Conference information ismaintained and updated via the Web.
The abstract submission deadline is April 1. Shouldthe number of submissions exceed the limited number ofpresentation slots, preference will be given to the earliestsubmissions. Notification of acceptance will be sent via e-mail by May 18.
To submit an abstract, use the Web-based submissionsystem accessible from the official conference Web site.As part of the online submission process, authors areexpected to provide:
1. A paper title, as well as the name, affiliation, postaladdress, telephone number, and e-mail address of thecorresponding author.
2. A two-page extended abstract of at least 500 words,in the Portable Document File (PDF) format. The extend-ed abstract should provide a clear and concise statementof the problem to be addressed, an explanation of itssignificance, the proposed method of solution, the resultsexpected or obtained, and supporting tables and figuresas appropriate. A list of pertinent references should beincluded.
3. A condensed abstract (100 words maximum) to beincluded in the printed conference program.
Questions concerning the submission of papersshould be addressed to:
Dr. Anil V. Rao, (352) 392-5523, [email protected] Dr. T. Alan Lovell, (505) 853-4132 (voice),
Aerospace Systems and Technology ConferenceTechnical presentation abstracts are being solicited
for the the Sixth Annual AIAA Southern CaliforniaAerospace Systems and Technology (ASAT) ConferenceMay 2 at the Doubletree Club Hotel in Santa Ana, Calif.
Full length written papers are not required, but at aminimum, an annotated electronic copy of the final pres-entation is required for publication in the conference CD.
SoCal ASAT accepts unclassified presentations on allaspects of aerospace systems, technology, vehicle design,program management and aerospace economics.
Abstracts should be 100-500 words in length or be aset of preliminary annotated presentation slides. Includecorresponding author contact information (name,address, phone number, and e-mail address). Submit elec-tronically to: Jim Martin at [email protected].
The deadline for submission of abstracts is March 20.Authors will be notified of acceptance for presentation byMarch 27.
Questions about the conference should be addressedto any of the conference co-chairs: Dr. Jim Martin, [email protected] or Mr. Dino Roman,[email protected].
Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly David Arnold, editor of Quest:
The History of SpaceflightQuarterly, is seeking articles forpublication.
The journal is published quar-terly and is dedicated to the histo-ry of spaceflight. Stories cover thepeople, projects and programsthat comprise the civil, militaryand commercial space programsof the world.
Articles submitted by amateurand professional historians are welcome.
For more about the journal, see http://www.space-business.com/quest, or contact Arnold at: [email protected].
To have requests for papers added to the AAS history committee’s newsletter, send announcements
to: [email protected].
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50 years ago Luna 1 became the first spacecraft toleave Earth orbit on Jan. 2, 1959. Launched fromthe Baikonur Cosmodrome in the desertsteppes of Kazakhstan, the Soviet-built spaceprobe was supposed to impact the Moon butmissed. Despite the error, the satellite was ableto provide important data about the Van Allenradiation belts.
20 years ago Izobrazitelnoye IskusstvoPublishers of Moscow, Russia, released a set ofpostcards dedicated to space exploration. (Seeimage, right.) In the packet, cosmonaut AlexeiLeonov wrote: “Space exploration is an example offruitful peaceful cooperation of states with differentpolitical systems.”
10 years agoDenmark’s firstsatellite,Ørsted, reachedorbit on Feb. 23,1999, to studythe Earth’smagnetic field.The spacecraftprovided data thatindicated anincrease in thespeed at which theEarth’s magneticpoles were moving.
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“Orphans of Apollo”An exclusive screening of the award-winning film atJack Morton Auditorium, George WashingtonUniversity, Washington, D.C.
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March 4 - May 14Ask an Expert Lecture SeriesSmithsonian National Air and Space Museum,
Washington, D.C.8
www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/askanexpert.cfm
At the National Mall Building
March 4 Pioneer IV: Fly Me by the Moon, ByMichael Neufeld (Space History Division)
March 11 Images as Evidence: Columbia’s LastMoments, By Jennifer Levasseur (Space HistoryDivision)
March 18 “I was driving on the Moon one day…”Lunar Rovers of Apollo and Constellation, ByWilliam Garry (Center for Earth and PlanetaryStudies)
April 1 Selling Space in the 1950s: TheDisney/Von Braun Space Station Model, ByMichael Neufeld (Space History Division)
April 8 Weather, Spying, and Space! Oh My! TheStory of Tiros 1, By Martin Collins (Space HistoryDivision)
April 15 Lunar Missions before Apollo, or Are wereally going to sink in the dust? By Ted Maxwell(Center for Earth and Planetary Studies)
April 29 There's something about Mercury, By SarahAndré (Center for Earth and Planetary Studies)
At the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Feb. 26 The Mercury Capsule Phone Booth, ByMargaret Weitekamp (Space History Division)
May 14 The Apollo Lunar Mapping Camera: Howto Make a moon map with the Push of a Button,By Jennifer Levasseur (Space History Division)
March 10-12
47th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium“Sustainable Space Exploration”The Greenbelt Marriott, Greenbelt, Maryland8
www.astronautical.org/goddard
See the full preliminary program on the next page.
March 23-27
40th Lunar and Planetary ScienceConferenceThe Woodlands, Texas8
www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009
March 30 - April 2
25th National Space SymposiumColorado Springs, Colorado8
www.nationalspacesymposium.org
April 2-4
Space Access 2009 ConferencePhoenix, Arizona8
www.space-access.org
April 27-30
Responsive Space Conference 2009Los Angeles, California8
www.responsivespace.com/Conferences/RS7/RS7.asp
May 2-3
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Open HousePasadena, California8
www.jpl.nasa.gov/pso/oh.cfm
May 28-31
28th Int’l Space Development ConferenceOrlando, Florida8
http://isdc.nss.org/2009
2009
PreliminaryProgramTuesday, March 10
6 p.m. Evening networkingreception: Studentsand aerospace indus-try leaders
Wednesday, March 11
7:30 a.m.Registration opens /continental breakfast8:45 a.m. Opening announce-ments and acknowl-edgementsn Harley Thronson,Associate Director forAdvanced Concepts inAstrophysics, NASA GSFCn Frank Slazer, NorthropGrumman; AAS President8:55 a.m.Introduction of Keynote Speakern Rob Strain, Director,NASA Goddard SpaceFlight Center andSymposium HonoraryChair9 a.m. Keynoten Science Advisor to thePresident; n Assistant to thePresident for Science andTechnology(invited)Break10 a.m.Challenges toSustainabilityn Scott Pace, Director,
Space Policy Institute,George WashingtonUniversity10:45 a.m.Sustaining HumanExplorationn Doug Cooke, AssociateAdministrator,Exploration SystemsMission Directorate,NASA Headquarters11:30 a.m.Luncheonn Guest Speaker:Congressman StenyHoyer (D-MD), HouseMajority Leader (invited)1 p.m. Earth Science Panel –What NASA is doingand can do to sustainthe Earthn Berrien Moore III,Executive Director, SeniorResearch Scientist,Climate Central (invited)n Mary Glackin, DeputyAdministrator, NOAA(invited)n Nancy Colleton,Director, Institute forGlobal EnvironmentalStrategiesn Claire Parkinson, NASAGSFC2:30 p.m.Education Panel
3:45 p.m.Industry Panel:Sustainability ofAerospace Industryn Moderator: J.P.Stevens, Vice President,Space Systems,Aerospace IndustriesAssociationn John Schumacher, VicePresident, Washington
Office, Aerojetn Eric H. Thoemmes, VicePresident, Space Systemsand Operations, LockheedMartinn James A. Vedda, SeniorPolicy Analyst, Center forSpace Policy andStrategy,Aerospace Corporationn Lawrence H. Williams,Vice President,International andGovernment Affairs,Space ExplorationTechnologies Corporation5:15 p.m.Five Decades of GSFC– Engineers/Scientistsfrom the 1960’s to thePresent – Whatsustained Goddardover the past 50 yearsand what will sustainGoddard in the futuren Moderator: LaurieLeshin, Deputy Directorfor Science andTechnology, NASA GSFCn Frank McDonald, NASAGSFC, retired; Universityof Marylandn Ronald Muller, NASAGSFC, retired; ConsultingEngineern Dennis McCarthy, NASAGSFC, retired;Management Consultantn Dorothy Zukor, NASAGSFCn Orlando Figueroa, NASAGSFC
6:15 p.m.Reception – GoddardSpace Flight Center50th AnniversarySalute with Earthscientists and GSFCAlumni
Thursday, March 12
7:30 a.m.Registration opens /continental breakfast8:30 a.m.Announcements
8:45 a.m.Keynoten Christopher Scolese,NASA Administrator(Acting)9:30 a.m.NASA Centers Panel –Sustainability ofScientific Explorationn Goddard Space FlightCenter: Rob Strain,Directorn Jet PropulsionLaboratory: FarouzNaderi, Associate Director(invited)n Langley ResearchCenter: Lesa Roe, Directorn Ames Research Center:Pete Worden, Directorn Dryden Flight ResearchCenter: Kevin Petersen,Director (invited)
Break
11:15 a.m.NASA Centers Panel –Sustainability ofHuman Explorationn Johnson Space Center:Michael Coats, Directorn Marshall Space FlightCenter: David King,Directorn Kennedy Space Center:Robert Cabana, Directorn Glenn Research Center:Woodrow Whitlow,Directorn Stennis Space Center:Gene Goldman, Director
12:45 p.m.Luncheonn Guest Speaker: WilliamGerstenmaier, AssociateAdministrator, SpaceOperationsMission Directorate,NASA Headquarters2:15 p.m.Human Spaceflightand Science: Benefitsof Servicing theHubble SpaceTelescopen Matt Mountain,Director, Space TelescopeScience Institute3 p.m. Global ClimateChangeRobert Burke, VicePresident and GeneralManager, Civil Systems,Northrop GrummanAerospace Systems
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4 p.m.NASA’s ScienceProgramn Paul Hertz, ChiefScientist, Science MissionDirectorate, NASAHeadquarters4:45 p.m.A View of GlobalSpacen Henry Hertzfeld,Research Professor,Space Policy Institute,George WashingtonUniversity5:30 p.m.Closing Thoughts
6 p.m.Closing reception
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Conference registration: Phone: 703-866-0020 8
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What are your specific interests inspace history?
I am interested in the history of spacelaw, which is a residual digest of all thespace-related things that happen in socie-ty, government and industry, boiled downinto rules and standards to guide relation-ships.
What are you currently working onrelated to space history?
I am currently working on the text ofthe second volume of a four-volumeseries, The History of Space Law in the20th Century. Volume 1 is under consider-ation at a publisher at the moment.
I am also leading a study conductedby an international team, sponsored bythe International AstronauticalFederation, of the International
Geophysical Year as a Stimulus of NationalSpace Programs.
How did you get interested inspace history?
My interest grew gradually, initiatedprimarily by an association in the 1960swith R. Cargill Hall, then an historian atthe Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and contin-uing since then. At the request of thepresident of the International Institute ofSpace Law in Paris, I wrote The Origins ofInternational Space Law and theInternational Institute of Space Law of theInternational Astronautical Federation.(2002).
I became a member of the AASHistory Committee in 1990, and servedseveral years as chairman, prior to theappointment of Mike Ciancone.
Q&A
Stephen E. DoyleHometown:Waltham, Mass.
Resides in: ShingleSprings, Calif.
Education: BA, UMass (1960);JD, Duke University(1965);post graduatestudies at theMcGill UniversityInstitute of Air andSpace Law inMontreal, P.Q.,Canada; graduate of theU.S. IndustrialCollege of theArmed Forces.
Stephen E. Doyle has worked as a writer, teacher and consultant in helping formulateinternational space law and policy. He has worked with aersospace industry experts andspace policy makers, the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law, and theNASA History Office. He was honored as an AAS Fellow in November for his outstandingcontributions to astronautics.
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I believe that unless we find waysto work in effective cooperationwith more countries in our spaceendeavors, we will become anisolated, second-rate space power.
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An update from Stephen Johnson, general editor:
The two-volume ABC-CLIO/American AstronauticalSociety space history encyclopediaproject, Space Exploration andHumanity: A Historical Encyclopedia,is near the final stages of completion.
The project is now at over 92percent completed. Out of 660 totalentries and other miscellaneousinputs, 586 are now completelyfinished, and many of the rest in vari-ous stages of completion.
“It has goneslower than wehad hoped for avariety ofreasons… but youcan see a steadymarch forward.The overallconsistency check
is complete, which is huge!” “I will complete the remaining
work no later than May 2009, atwhich point ABC-CLIO then movesinto the publication process.”
The encyclopedia offers acomplete history of human endeavorsin space including all of the world’sspace programs, from the develop-ment of the first rockets through thelatest Space Shuttle and InternationalSpace Station missions; from theHubble Space Telescope to the latestMars rovers. Its entries cover scien-tific, technical, political, economicand social issues.ä For more information about theencyclopedia, see the product factsheet at ABC-CLIO’s Web site.
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What are your favoritespace-related books, moviesand Web sites?
Books: I cherish my originalcopy of Vladimir Mandl’s 1932monograph entitled DasWelraumrecht: Ein Problem derRaumfahrt, (Space Law: AProblem of Spaceflight). This wasthe world’s first comprehensivework on space law. I also admireand cherish the historical works ofFrank Winter, especially Prelude tothe Space Age (1983).
I also greatly admire and oftenrefer to the lifelong works of WillyLey on the history of rocketry andman in space, periodically updatedwith varying titles, from the 1930sto 1969, his last updated edition.
Movies — For historicalfiction: The Day the Earth StoodStill (1951). For Drama: Apollo 13(1995). For Science Fiction: 2001:A Space Odyssey (1968).
Web site:www.oosa.unvienna.org, theUnited Nations Office of OuterSpace Affairs.
Besides the first pilotedlunar landing, what do youthink was the mostmemorable moment inspace history and why?
The safe return to Earth of thecrew of Apollo 13, because it was aclassic lesson of what can be donewith competence, and determina-tion, under the most trying ofcircumstance. The next mostmemorable event was theChallenger disaster in 1986. Seven
brave people gave their livespursuing the course they loved. Agrateful nation grieved deeply.
What else would you like toshare with us?
The future course of ournational space program is boundto become more difficult withtime unless our national leader-ship reconsiders the posture of theUnited States toward other coun-tries.
We must look realistically atthe emergence of Japan, India, andChina as space powers. I believethat unless we find ways to workin effective cooperation with morecountries in our space endeavors,we will become an isolated,second-rate space power. TheInternational Space Station is abeginning, not an end!
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Devorkin, David,and RobertSmith. Hubble:Imaging Spaceand Time.NationalGeographic.
Dick, Steven J., and Roger D. Launius(eds.). Remembering the SpaceAge: 50th AnniversaryConference Proceedings.Washington, DC: NASA SP-2008-4703.
Dorado Gutiérrez, José María. Spainand the European Space Effort.Paris: Beauchesne Editeur.[Announced but not released in2008]
This list comprises English-language books published (original appearance or new edition) on vari-ous aspects of spaceflight in a variety of disciplines and ranging from juvenile and pop literature totexts intended for academia or practicing scientists and engineers. In addition to obvious topics ofhuman spaceflight and unmanned interplanetary explorations, this list also includes books on moreperipheral subjects such as astronomy and cosmology as well as the occasional non-astronautics titlethat has a space “flavor.” This list appears online at collectSPACE.com.
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Gainor, Chris. To a Distant Day:The Rocket Pioneers. Universityof Nebraska Press.
Godwin, Matthew. The SkylarkRocket: British space scienceand the European SpaceResearch Organisation 1957-1972. Paris: Beauchesne Editeur.
Godwin, Robert. Saturn 1B NewsReference. Burlington, Ontario:Apogee Books.
Gordon, R.Michael. TheSpace ShuttleProgram: HowNASA Lost ItsWay.McFarland.
Gorn, Michael. Super Structures InSpace: From Satellites to SpaceStations - a Guide to What’s OutThere. Merrell Publishers.
Graveline, Duane. From Laika WithLove. Privately published.
Greenberg, Richard. UnmaskingEuropa: The Search for Life onJupiter’s Ocean Moon. Springer
Griffin, Michael. Leadership inSpace: Selected Speeches ofNASA Administrator MichaelGriffin. NASA SP 2008-564
Harris, Philip R. Space Enterprise:Living and Working Offworld inthe 21st Century. Springer Praxis.
Harland, David. Exploring theMoon: The Apollo Expeditions.
2nd (commemorative) edition.Springer Praxis.
Hengeveld, Ed. Space Art. Privatelypublished by author.
Hitt, David,Owen Garriottand Joe Kerwin.HomesteadingSpace: TheSkylab Story.University ofNebraska Press.
Hunley, J.D. Preludes to U.S. Space-Launch Vehicle Technology:Goddard Rockets to MinutemanIII. Gainesville: University Pressof Florida.
Hunley, J.D. U.S. Space-LaunchVehicle Technology: Viking toSpace Shuttle. This is the secondof a two-volume technologicalhistory of space access. UniversityPress of Florida.
Ivanovich,Grujica S. Salyut- The FirstSpace Station:Triumph andTragedy.Springer Praxis.
Jones, Tom, and Ellen Stofan.Planetology - Unlocking theSecrets of the Solar System.National Geographic Society.
Kanas, N., and D. Manzey. Space
Psychology and Psychiatry. 2ndedition. Springer Praxis.
LaViolette, Paul. Secrets ofAntigravity Propulsion - Tesla,UFOs, and Classified AerospaceTechnology. InnerTraditions/Bear & Co.
Launius, Roger D., and Howard E.McCurdy. Robots in Space:Technology, Evolution, andInterplanetary Travel. JohnsHopkins University Press.[Considered for 2007 EmmeAward]
Linehan, Dan.SpaceShipOne:An IllustratedHistory. NewYork: ZenithPress.
Lawrie, Alan. Saturn 1/1B.Burlington, Ontario. Apogee Books
Logsdon, John M., with Roger D.Launius (eds.). Exploring theUnknown: Selected Documentsin the History of the U.S. CivilSpace Program, Volume VII,Human Spaceflight: ProjectsMercury, Gemini, and Apollo.Washington, DC: NASA SP-2008-4407.
Lorenz, Ralph, and Jacqueline Mitton.Titan Unveiled: Saturn’sMysterious Moon Explored.Princeton University Press.
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McCracken, Ken. Blast Off: ScientificAdventures at the Dawn of theSpace Age. (Australia: NewHolland Publishers)
McCray, W. Patrick. Keep Watchingthe Skies! The Story ofOperation Moonwatch and theDawn of the Space Age.Princeton University Press.
Merlin, Peter W. and Tony Moore.X-Plane Crashes: ExploringExperimental, Rocket Plane &Spycraft Incidents, Accidents &Crash Sites. Specialty PressPublishers.
Mindell, DavidA. DigitalApollo:Human,Machine, andSpace.Cambridge, MA:MIT Press.
Montandon, Mac, Jetpack Dreams:One Man’s Up and Down (ButMostly Down) Search for theGreatest Invention That NeverWas. Da Capo Press.
Moore, Mike. Twilight War: TheFolly of U.S. Space Dominance.The Independent Institute.
Nickell, Duane. Guidebook for theScientific Traveler - VisitingAstronomy and SpaceExploration Sites acrossAmerica. Rutgers UniversityPress.
Nolan, Kevin.Mars, ACosmicStepping Stone- UncoveringHumanity'sCosmicContext.Springer Verlag.
North, John. Cosmos: AnIllustrated History ofAstronomy and Cosmology.Revised Edition. University ofChicago Press.
Parkinson, Bob (ed.).Interplanetary - A History ofthe British InterplanetarySociety.
Poole, Robert.Earthrise -How Man FirstSaw the Earth.Yale UniversityPress.
Pop, Virgilu. Who Owns theMoon? Extraterrestrial Aspectsof Land and Mineral ResourcesOwnership. Springer (SpaceRegulations Library Series).
Powell, John M. Floating to Space:Opportunities in the UntappedSky. Burlington, Ontario: ApogeeBooks.
Reinke, Niklas. The History Of
German Space Policy: Ideas,influences, and interdepend-ence, 1923-2002. Paris:Beauchesne Editeur. [published in2007]
Rogers, Lucy. It’s ONLY RocketScience: An Introduction inPlain English. Springer.
Rose, Bill. Secret Projects: MilitarySpace Technology. MidlandPublishing Ltd.
Sandau, Rainer, Hans-Peter Röserand Arnoldo Valenzuela. SmallSatellites for Earth Observation.Springer Praxis.
Schrogl, Kai-Uwe, Charlotte Mathieuand Nicolas Peter (eds.).Yearbook on Space Policy2006/2007: New Impetus forEurope. Springer.
Seedhouse, Erik. Tourists in Space:A Practical Guide. SpringerPraxis.
Seedhouse, Erik.Lunar Outpost:The Challengesof Establishinga HumanSettlement onthe Moon.Springer Praxis
Shayler, David. Around the Worldin 84 Days. Burlington, Ontario:Apogee Books.
Shepherd, Gordon, and Agnes Kruchio.Canada’s Fifty Years in Space.Burlington, Ontario: Apogee Books.
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Tsiao, Sunny. “Read You Loud andClear!” The Story of NASA'sSpaceflight Tracking and DataNetwork. Washington, DC: NASASP-2007-4232.
Turner, Martin. Rocket andSpacecraft Propulsion:Principles, Practice and NewDevelopments - Third Edition.Springer Praxis.
Ulivi, Paolo, and David Harland.Robotic Exploration of the SolarSystem - Part II: Hiatus andRenewal, 1983-1996. SpringerPraxis.
van Hoften, James. Managing SpaceRadiation Risk in the New Eraof Space Exploration. NationalAcademies Press.
Vogt, Gregory. Landscapes of Mars- A Visual Tour. Springer.
Vulpetti,Giovanni et al.Solar Sails: ANovelApproach toInterplanetaryTravel.Springer Verlag.
Woods, W. David. How ApolloFlew to the Moon. SpringerPraxis.
Young, Anthony. The Saturn V F-1Engine: Powering Apollo intoHistory. Springer Praxis.
Zaehringer, Alfred. Rocket Science:The Journal of the DetroitRocket Society. Burlington,Ontario: Apogee Books.
Zellmeyer, Stephan. A Place inSpace: The history of Swissparticipation in European spaceprogrammes, 1960-1987. Paris:Beauchesne Editeur.
Zimmerman,Robert. TheUniverse in aMirror: TheSaga of theHubble SpaceTelescope andthe VisionariesWho Built It.
Princeton University Press.
Zubrin, Robert. How to Live onMars: A Trusty Guidebook toSurviving and Thriving on theRed Planet. Three Rivers PressRandom House.
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The AAS History Committee issoliciting nominations for the 2008Emme Award for AstronauticalLiterature. This annual awardrecognizes an outstanding book thatadvances public understanding ofastronautics. It rewards originality,scholarship and readability.
Please send nominations(including title, author, publisherand publisher contact information)to: [email protected]
The 2007 award was presentedto Michael Neufeld for Wernhervon Braun: Dreamer of Space,Engineer of War (Knopf).
Other finalists in 2007 included:n Michael D’Antonio for A Ball,
a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957 – TheSpace Race Begins (Simon &Schuster).
n Francis French and ColinBurgess for Into That Silent Sea:Trailblazers of the Space Era,1961-1965 and In the Shadow ofthe Moon: A Challenging Journeyto Tranquility, 1965-1969 (the firsttwo volumes in a series byUniversity of Nebraska Press).
n J.D. Hunley for TheDevelopment of PropulsionTechnology for U.S. Space-Launch Vehicles, 1926-1991(Texas A&M University Press).
n Joan Johnson-Freese forSpace As a Strategic Asset
(Columbia University Press).n Kenneth Lipartito and Orville
R. Butler for A History of theKennedy Space Center(University Press of Florida)
Previous recipients of theEmme Award include:
2006 — Peter J. Westwick, Intothe Black: JPL and the AmericanSpace Program, 1976-2004 (YaleUniversity Press)
2005 — James R. Hansen, FirstMan - The Life of Neil A.Armstrong (Simon & Schuster)
ä The complete list of past recipi-ents is available on the AAS Website.
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR 2008 EMME AWARD
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Volume 29Space Shuttle Main Engine:The First Twenty Years andBeyond
By Robert E. Biggs, 2008,270p
Hard Cover $70 (ISBN 978-0-87703-546-6)Soft Cover $50 (ISBN 978-0-87703-547-3)
This book and others inthe AAS History Series(see next page) may bepurchased directly fromUnivelt Inc. Call 760-746-4005 or fax760-746-3139 to place anorder. Or write to: Univelt Inc.,P.O. Box 28130, San Diego,CA 92198; or [email protected]
N O W O N S A L E !
The latest volume in the AAS History Series covers the design and develop-ment of the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME). This history is expanded from anearlier AAS publication that appeared as Chapter 4 in History of Liquid RocketEngine Development in the United States 1955-1980, which is out of print. Thetable of contents from Volume 29 is listed below.
Foreword Preface
PART I The First Ten Years Introduction Chapter 1. The Engine Chapter 2. The BeginningChapter 3. The
RequirementsChapter 4. The Obstaclesn Getting Started n Component Testingn Engine Testing n Problem Management n Start and Shutdown n High Pressure Fuel
Turbopump Sub-Synchronous Whirl
n High Pressure OxidizerTurbopump Explosions
n High Pressure FuelTurbopump Turbine BladeFailures
n Engine 2001 Main OxidizerValve Fire
n Engine 2002 Main FuelValve Fracture
n Nozzle Feed Line Failuresn Fuel Preburner Burn Through Chapter 5. The GoalsChapter 6. The First Flight
PART II The Second Decade IntroductionChap ter 7. The Glory of
ColumbiaChapter 8. Full Power Level
Moratorium Chapter 9. Full Power Level
Developmentn Main Injector LOX Post
Failures n Fuel Preburner Injector
LOX Post Failures n Engine 0204 High Pressure
Fuel Turbopump Failure Chapter 10. Full Power Level
Certification
n Engine 2010 FirstCertification Cycle
n Engine 0110 FuelPreburner Fuel Blockageby Ice
n Engine 2010 SecondCertification Cycle
n Engine 2013 and theHPFTP Kaiser Hat Nut
n Engine 0107 OxidizerPreburner Oxidizer ValveBall Seal
n Engine 2014 FirstCertification Cycle
n Engine 2208 UltrasonicFlowmeter
n Time Out for AcceptanceTests
n High Pressure OxidizerTurbopump De-certifica-tion
n Challenger FlightReadiness Firing andLeaks
n Engine 2014 Second Cycleand the Second FPLMoratorium
Chapter 11. ProgramReassessment andRealignment
Chapter 12. Phase IIDevelopment
n Engine 0108 High PressureFuel Turbopump CoolantLiner
n Engine 2308 High PressureFuel Turbopump Impeller
n Engine 0207 FuelPreburner Boss
n Engine 2308 MainCombustion Chamber
n Phase II Certification:Engine 2105 and Engine2116
n Main LOX Dome Inlet TeeFour Kilohertz
Chapter 13. Phase I FlightProgram
Chapter 14. The Tragedy ofChallenger
Chapter 15. Return to Flightn Engine 2106 Oxidizer
Preburner Injector Inter-Propellant Plate Braze
n Engine 2105 FlightCertification Extension andMore
n Return to FlightDevelopment: Engine 0211and Engine 2206
n Return to Flight: STS-26Rn Engine 2206 Low Pressure
Fuel Duct Flex Joint Tripod n Engine 0212 4 KHz
Certification and HPOTPNumber Two Bearing
n Engine 0215 HPFTP SecondStage Turbine Blade
Chapter 16. Building Margin n Large Throat Main
Combustion Chamber n Technology Test Bedn Phase II+ Powerheadn External Heat Exchangern Alternate Turbopumps
PART III Beyond the Second Decade Chapter 17. Beyond the
Second Decade:Summary
APPENDICES n Appendix A. Space Shuttle
Main Engine ManagementHistory
n Appendix B. Space ShuttleLaunch and LandingHistory
n Appendix C. Acronyms andAbbreviations
n Appendix D. List ofIllustrations
n Appendix E. References –The First Ten Years
n Appendix F. References –The Second Decade andBeyond
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DiscountsA 50% discount off list pricesfor all AAS History Seriesvolumes is available for indi-vidual members of the:n American AstronauticalSociety History Committeen International Academy ofAstronautics History StudyGroupn Authors for books inwhich their articles appear
A 25% discount off list pricesfor all AAS History Seriesvolumes is available for indi-vidual members of the AAS,AIAA, AAAF and:n The British InterplanetarySociety n The Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Luft und Raumfahrtn The National SpaceSocietyn The Space StudiesInstituten The U.S. Space Foundationn The Planetary Societyn Individual members of anyIAF Society may take thesame discount.
The AAS History Committee,first under the leadership ofEugene M. Emme, NASAhistorian, established the AASHistory Series of books in 1977to dedicate the continuedpursuit and broader apprecia-tion of the full history of flightin American history and itsglobal influence.
PREVIOUS VOLUMES
Vol. 1 Two Hundred Years of Flight in America: A Bicentennial Survey, 1977,326p, 1981, Hard $35; Soft $25.
Vol. 2 Twenty-Five Years of the American Astronautical Society: HistoricalReflections and Projections, 1954-1979, 1980, 248p, Hard $25; Soft $15.
Vol. 3 Between Sputnik and the Shuttle: New Perspectives on AmericanAstronautics, 1957-1980, 1981, 350p, Hard $40; Soft $30.
Vol. 4 The Endless Space Frontier: A History of the House Committee on Scienceand Astronautics, 1982, 460p, Hard $45.
Vol. 5 Science Fiction and Space Futures: Past and Present, 1982, 278p, Hard $35; Soft $25.Vol. 6 First Steps Toward Space, 1986, 318p, Hard $45; Soft $35. Vol. 7 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1986, Part I, 250p, Part II, 502p,
sold as a set, Hard $100; Soft $80. Vol. 8 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1989, 368p, Hard $50; Soft $35. Vol. 9 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1989, 330p, Hard $50; Soft $35.Vol. 10 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1990, 330p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Vol. 11 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1994, 236p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Vol. 12 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1991, 252p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Vol. 13 History of Liquid Rocket Engine Development in the United States 1955-
1980, 1992, 176p, Out of Print.Vol. 14 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1993, 222p, Hard $50; Soft $35.Vol. 15 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1993, 452p, Hard $60; Soft $40.Vol. 16 Out From Behind the Eight-Ball: A History of Project Echo, 1995, 176p,
Hard $50; Soft $30. Vol. 17 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1995, 480p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Vol. 18 Organizing for the Use of Space: Historical Perspectives on a Persistent
Issue, 1995, 234p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Vol. 19 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1997, 318p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Vol. 20 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1997, 344p, Hard $60; Soft $40.Vol. 21 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1997, 368p, Hard $60; Soft $40.Vol. 22 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1998, 418p, Hard $60; Soft $40.Vol. 23 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2001, 566p, Hard $85; Soft $60Vol. 24 The Origins And Technology Of The Advanced Extra-Vehicular Space
Suit, 2001, 558p, Hard $85; Soft $60.Vol. 25 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2003, 370p, Hard $85; Soft $60.Vol. 26 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2005, 430p, Hard $95; Soft $70.Vol. 27 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2007, 416p, Hard $95; Soft $70.Vol. 28 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2007, 560p, Hard $95; Soft $70.
For more information about the AAS History Series, visit Univelt’s Web site.
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DR. DONALD C. ELDERHistory DepartmentEastern New Mexico UniversityPortales, NM575-562-2438575-562-2601 (direct)[email protected]
JOAN JOHNSON-FREESENational Security Decision MakingDepartmentNaval War CollegeNewport, RI401 841 [email protected]
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DR. De WITT DOUGLASKILGOREDepartment of EnglishIndiana UniversityBloomington, IN [email protected]
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KATHERINE SCOTTSTURDEVANTProfessor of HistoryCommunication, Humanities, andTechnical Studies Division Rampart Range Campus of PikesPeak Community CollegeColorado Springs, CO719-502-3146 [email protected]
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n Work with Univelt, Inc., to publish three volumes in the AASHistory Series, plus an Index of IAA History Series papers, 1967-2000, which was prepared by the IAA History Study Group.
n Complete work on the ABC-CLIO/AAS space history encyclo-pedia.
n Assemble a list of astronautical publications from 2008 andmake this list widely available.
n Select the recipient of the 2008 Emme Award for AstronauticalLiterature.
n Assess the AAS History Committee charter and implementrecommendations of the Doyle Working Group.
n Publish three editions of Explorer.n Provide Space Times and other publications with six bookreviews.
n Initiate the compilation of college-level space history coursesand programs available nationally, eventually to include samplesyllabi and other information.
HISTORY COMMITTEE GOALS FOR 2009
lookingbackUnique moments in the history of rocketry and astronautics
COURTESY OF JOHN TABER
UnableBy Gideon Marcus
After the success of Explorer 6 inAugust 1959, Space TechnologyLaboratories once again set its sights onEarth’s neighbor. Their ambitious newprogram mated the Thor-Able’s secondand third stages to an Atlas ICBM to orbita 168 kilogram Pioneer satellite around themoon. Although the Soviet Union hadreached the moon with Luna 2 before theUnited States, the Atlas-Able probe was inposition to beat the Soviet space programto the next punch.
The program was, sadly, an unmitigat-ed failure. Because of a static-test explosionin September 1959, the launch of thePioneer satellite was delayed untilNovember 1959, a month after Luna 3 flewbehind the moon returning the firstpictures of its far side. The Nov. 26 flightbegan trouble free, but 45 seconds into theflight, the protective payload shroud fell off130 seconds early. The third stage and thepayload broke free. The second stage firedbut never separated from the first stage.
On Sept. 25, 1960, STL tried again.This time, the Able second stage shutdown early and the third never fired. Thefinal Atlas-Able was destroyed by apremature Able stage ignition inDecember 1960. U.S. Air Force spokesmensaid the three launch accidents wereunconnected.
Gideon Marcus has written about thefirst U.S. satellite missions, covering theperiod from 1957-1960, in the journal Quest:The History of Spaceflight Quarterly.Atlas-Able 4B stands ready for launch in November 1959.
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Spent life building rockets, promoting space travel By Mike Ciancone and Tim Chamberlin
erman space pioneer Konrad Dannenberg, one ofthe original members of the rocket team that builtthe Saturn V booster to take astronauts to the
Moon, died Feb. 16 in Huntsville, Ala. He was 96.Dannenberg is fondly remembered for his enthusiasm
on the subject of space travel, with which he gained first-hand knowledge as a member of Wernher von Braun’s“rocket team.” He was known among friends andcolleagues as a gracious host with patience for manyquestions, was a regular attendee at space-related confer-ences and an active participant in educational activities atSpace Camp at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
Dannenberg was born in 1912 in Weissenfels,Germany. He graduated from Hannover TechnicalUniversity in Hannover, Germany, where he began build-ing small rockets until he was drafted into the militaryduring the 1930s. He was eventually sent to work atGermany’s guided missile test facility in Peenemündeduring World War II where he became an expert on therocket engine combustion chamber.
Dannenberg was among the group of German scien-tists brought to the United States under “OperationPaperclip” at the end of the war to work alongside vonBraun building rocket systems. He was among the engi-neers working for the Army Ballistic Missile Agency inthe 1950s that designed the Redstone rocket, whichlaunched the first U.S. piloted missions into space underProject Mercury.
He was named deputy manager of the Saturn rocketprogram at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center inHuntsville when President Kennedy challenged theagency in 1961 to put astronauts on the Moon in less thana decade. Dannenberg retired from MSFC in 1973 asdeputy director of the Program Development Mission andPayload Planning Office.
Dannenberg was the recipient of NASA’s ExceptionalService Medal and the prestigious Hermann OberthAward for his contributions to spaceflight.
A memorial page honoring Dannenberg appears onthe Web site collectSPACE, where visitors from around
the world have posted their condolences. Dannenberg was among the last surviving German
scientists to have worked with von Braun at the height ofthe space race during the 1960s. Ernst Stuhlinger, acolleague of Dannenberg who served as director ofMSFC’s space science lab from 1960-1968, died last Mayat age 94. Wilhelm Raithel, a member of von Braun’s teamthat worked at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville in the1950s, died in November at age 95.
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On the horizon
New AAS History Series volumesWe preview several books that are in the worksduring 2009 covering the proceedings of the annualHistory Symposium of the International Academyof Astronautics (IAA).
What the History Committee has in the works forits next newsletter
Special noteThe NASA History News and Notesnewsletter is available online athttp://history.nasa.gov/nltrc.pdf
Previous editions of the NASA HistoryNews and Notes newsletter areavailable in pdf and html format athttp://history.nasa.gov/histnews.htm
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THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUTICAL SOCIETY (AAS)HISTORY COMMITTEE CHARTER
The AAS History Committee was established to stimulate historical researchin and teaching, publication, and preservation of the history of astronauticswhile encouraging interest and scholarship in and appreciation of the historyof astronautics.
Activities of the Committee include, but are not limited to, recommendingtopics for and coordination of and participation in meetings addressing histor-ical subjects; encouraging publication papers, articles, and books on topics inthe history of astronautics; and providing recognition and prizes for signifi-cant historical achievements in astronautics.
In addition the Committee collaborates with other historically orientedgroups and organizations, including the history groups of the AmericanInstitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the International Academyof Astronautics (IAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA), the Smithsonian Institution , theNew Mexico Museum of Space History at Alamogordo, the HuntingtonMuseum, and other such institutions and organizations.
Concerning publication activities, a subcommittee annually reviews newbooks on topics in astronautics and selects recipients of the Emme Award forAstronautical Literature, which recognizes outstanding publications thatadvance public understanding of the effects of astronautics on society. TheCommittee collaborates closely with the IAA History Study Group in the edit-ing and publication of the proceedings of IAA Historical Symposia in the AASHistory Series. In addition, the Committee coordinates the review byCommittee members of books of potential interest to the AAS membership ingeneral and the spaceflight history community in particular.
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