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Newsletter of the AAS History Committee | www.astronautical.org | Editor: Tim Chamberlin ([email protected])

AAS History Committee to keep INSIDE publishing Explorer newsletter elcome to our first issue of FEBRUARY 2009 | ISSUE 7 2009! W I was pleased to host the annual meeting of the AAS History Committee on Nov. 13 in Pasadena, Calif., in conjunction with the AAS National Conference and Annual By Michael L. Ciancone, Chair, AAS History Committee Meeting. I was particularly gratified by the level of participation from rian Steve Dick kindly offered to HistComm members and the pres- forward the next newsletter (in ence of several distinguished guests. which this report appears) to his The committee discussed the history listserv. progress we made towards our 2008 We will also continue to provide goals, and used this as a guide to book reviews for Space Times as well developing updated goals and objec- other items of a more general interest COURTESY GRIN.HQ.NASA.GOV tives for 2009 (see Goals, page 17). to AAS membership, such as the list We engaged in a general discus- of 2008 astronautical publications 8 sion of Explorer, and whether we that also appears in this newsletter. CELEBRATION should continue publishing. This I am gratified at the level of ® Apollo gather in San discussion was prompted by a gener- support and encouragement we Diego to celebrate historic flight al policy of taking a step back period- received regarding continuation of 40 years ago / 2 ically to re-visit things we do to this newsletter and am optimistic ® II to receive makeover ensure that they offer value and are that we will succeed in achieving our at JSC / 3 more than a conditioned response. goals that will allow us to continue to ® More than 150 recognize CIESS anniversary / 4 The discussion was encouraging as it have a positive impact within the highlighted positive feedback and history community. ® AAS History Committee’s annual list of astronautical books / 11 support for continued publication I extend my thanks to the members

® Univelt, Inc. releases latest with some suggested changes, mostly of the History Committee for their volume in AAS History Series / 15 regarding how to reach a wider audi- individual and collective efforts, and ® pioneer Konrad ence. To this end, NASA chief histo- support. Dannenberg dies at 96 / 19 Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history. [I admit to harvesting this nugget from a recent NASA announcement] — Carter G. Woodson

Read about Stephen E. Doyle, an AAS History Committee member who Spotlight was recently honored as an AAS Fellow for his outstanding contributions 9 to astronautics.

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¢ 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF

PHOTOS COURTESY OF FRANCIS FRENCH / SAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE MUSEUM Above, left: Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, William Anders, and James Lovell, Jr. at the San Diego Air and Space Museum during a celebration marking the 40th anniversary of the first piloted circumlunar mission. Above right: Apollo astronauts at the anniversary celebration (L-R): Gene Cernan, Alan Bean, Gerry Griffin (former director), William Anders, , Frank Borman, Walt Cunningham, James Lovell, Jr. and Glynn Lunney (NASA flight director during the Gemini and Apollo era). Apollo astronauts gather in San Diego

By Francis French I The crew’s wives, children, and Space Center during the Apollo era he Apollo 8 crew participated other family members I Bob Cardenas, Bob Hoover and in a number of anniversary I Astronauts , Neil Steve Pisanos, legendary aviators. T events recognizing the 40th Armstrong, Alan Bean, Gene Cernan In a very relaxed and informal anniversary of their historic mission and Walt Cunningham forum, the Apollo 8 crew traded to the . I Dale Myers, former NASA deputy stories, quips and light-hearted digs However, only one of them was a administrator from their pioneering mission, while deeply personal event, and that was I Glynn Lunney, NASA flight direc- Lunney and Armstrong bookended the celebration that the crew and their tor during the Gemini and Apollo era the forum with their reflections on the families themselves initiated and I Gerry Griffin, NASA flight director historic nature of the first manned planned down to every last detail. and former director of JSC mission to the moon. To have the two This anniversary gathering was I Gene Kranz, NASA flight director lunar landing astronauts in held recently in William Anders’ and mission operations director the room emphasized one important hometown of San Diego, Calif., at the I Jan Evans, widow of Ron Evans point – without Apollo 8’s leap into San Diego Air and Space Museum. I Jo and Suzy Schirra, widow and the unknown, all the missions that Anders was the Lunar Module pilot daughter of came after it would not have been for Apollo 8. The event featured a I Ingeborg Ehricke, widow of Krafft possible. who’s-who of almost everyone associ- Ehricke, rocket pioneer ated with this crew, including the I Dick Gillan, Apollo engineer Francis French is director of education West Point class members of Apollo 8 I Chuck Friedlander, who directed the at the San Diego Air & Space Museum commander Frank Borman, and: support office at Kennedy in San Diego, Calif.

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¢ IMAGES FROM THE FIELD

IMAGES COURTESY OF ROB PEARLMAN / COLLECTSPACE.COM The outside wall of the V rocket facility at Johnson Space Center in Houston now displays a life-size replica of the booster. Little Joe II to receive a makeover from NASA

By Mike Ciancone and Tim Chamberlin of paint. The work is scheduled for completion in Spring 2009. he Little Joe II rocket and Little Joe II was used to test associated stand located at the for the T Rocket Park near the main Apollo capsule. Designed by entrance of NASA’s Johnson Space General Dynamics, the test space- Center is undergoing work to craft was about 86 feet in length. It repair damage from years of expo- was bigger than its predecessor, sure to Houston’s warm and humid Little Joe I, which was used during climate. the Mercury program. NASA was able to initiate this The first test flight of the vehi- work after the Smithsonian cle was launched in August 1963, Institution transferred ownership of and four more flights after that the rocket to the space agency. The were successfully conducted. Little work is intended to repair and Joe II demonstrated that Apollo’s preserve the rocket for outdoors, launch escape and landing systems rather than providing museum-level could adequately protect a crew refurbishment as was done with the during emergency operations. rocket now inside its Despite the tests flights, the The Little Joe II rocket and its stand are indoor facility. Little Joe II and its escape system was never used undergoing restoration at Rocket Park at stand will also receive a fresh coat during an actual Apollo mission. Johnson Space Center in Houston, .

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¢ CIEES (INTER-ARMS SPECIAL WEAPONS TEST CENTER)

PHOTOS COURTESY OF PHILIPPE JUNG Above left: About 150 former Groupe Technique de Cannes (GTC) staff and their friends and family members attended the 60th anniversary 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 analyze anti-aircraft missile warheads. Rocket range made its debut 60 years ago

By Tim Chamberlin A commemoration was organized I The first French rocket test bed with input kindly provided by Philippe Jung at the Groupe Technique de Cannes program, SE 4100, in 1949. ixty years ago, the Inter-arms (GTC) in in October by the I The world’s first operational ramjet Special Weapons Test Center Thales Alenia Space’s Employees weapon system, SE 4200, in 1950. S (Centre Interarmées d'Essais Committee and its Cannes Aéro I The world’s fastest tracked vehicle, d’Engins Spéciaux or CIEES) was Patrimoine association, in the former SE 1900, in 1952 (a rocket sled at 328 abuzz with activity. Space Camp of Patrick Baudry. About km/h) The new French rocket range had 150 former GTC staff, friends and I The first French surface-to-air missile, launched the SE 1500 missile from family members attended the 60th SE 4300, in 1954 (for armée de l’Air) Colomb-Béchar, in the Algerian anniversary CIEES celebration. I The world’s fastest and highest Sahara desert, from the “B0” test facil- At the gathering it was ramjet vehicle, SE 4400, in 1954 ity. A year later, two more missile test announced that the modular wind All told, 1,147 were sites were created to test vehicle tunnel mock-up for the X407/SSBT launched by GTC, 923 of them at performance; “B1” in 1949, followed by Casseur tactical missile had been CIEES. “B2” in 1952 in Hammaguir, about 110 found. GTC director and aeronautical km to the southwest. The SE 1500 was built by GTC engineer Roger Béteille helped invent It wasn’t long thereafter that and first flown in 1946 as an the cruise missile concept for France CIEES became the largest rocket unmanned glider to help analyze anti- in the 1960s, including the X422, range in the world, only equaled later aircraft missile warheads. The SE which was tested at CIESS before the by the in 1500 quickly became a foundation for range closed in 1967. Kazakhstan. Launch sites were added French missile development. in Tiberbatine (west of Béchar) and CIEES was heavily used by GTC Philippe Jung is a member of the Menouarar (south of Béchar), each and was one of the most active post- International Academy of Astronautics separated by about 90 km. war rocket centers. This included: (IAA) History Study Group.

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¢ CALL FOR PAPERS

Astrodynamics Specialist Conference Aerospace Systems and Technology Conference The 2009 Astrodynamics Specialist Conference will Technical presentation abstracts are being solicited be held Aug. 9-13 at the Renaissance Hotel in Pittsburgh, for the the Sixth Annual AIAA Southern California Penn. The conference is organized by the American Aerospace Systems and Technology (ASAT) Conference Astronautical Society (AAS) Space Flight Mechanics May 2 at the Doubletree Club Hotel in Santa Ana, Calif. Committee and co-sponsored by the American Institute Full length written papers are not required, but at a of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Astrodynamics minimum, an annotated electronic copy of the final pres- Technical Committee. Papers are solicited on topics relat- entation is required for publication in the conference CD. ed to space flight mechanics and astrodynamics, plus the SoCal ASAT accepts unclassified presentations on all history of the U.S. space program. aspects of aerospace systems, technology, vehicle design, Papers will be accepted based on the quality of an program management and aerospace economics. extended abstract, the originality of the work and ideas, Abstracts should be 100-500 words in length or be a and the anticipated interest in the proposed subject. set of preliminary annotated presentation slides. Include Final manuscripts are required before the conference. corresponding author contact information (name, The working language for the conference is English. address, phone number, and e-mail address). Submit elec- For additional information, visit the AAS Web Site at tronically to: Jim Martin at [email protected]. http://www.space-flight.org. Conference information is The deadline for submission of abstracts is March 20. maintained and updated via the Web. Authors will be notified of acceptance for presentation by The abstract submission deadline is April 1. Should March 27. the number of submissions exceed the limited number of Questions about the conference should be addressed presentation slots, preference will be given to the earliest to any of the conference co-chairs: Dr. Jim Martin, submissions. Notification of acceptance will be sent via e- [email protected] or Mr. Dino Roman, mail by May 18. [email protected]. To submit an abstract, use the Web-based submission system accessible from the official conference Web site. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly As part of the online submission process, authors are David Arnold, editor of Quest: expected to provide: The History of Spaceflight 1. A paper title, as well as the name, affiliation, postal Quarterly, is seeking articles for address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the publication. corresponding author. The journal is published quar- 2. A two-page extended abstract of at least 500 words, terly and is dedicated to the histo- in the Portable Document File (PDF) format. The extend- ry of spaceflight. Stories cover the ed abstract should provide a clear and concise statement people, projects and programs of the problem to be addressed, an explanation of its that comprise the civil, military significance, the proposed method of solution, the results and commercial space programs expected or obtained, and supporting tables and figures of the world. as appropriate. A list of pertinent references should be Articles submitted by amateur included. and professional historians are welcome. 3. A condensed abstract (100 words maximum) to be For more about the journal, see http://www.space- included in the printed conference program. business.com/quest, or contact Arnold at: historyof- Questions concerning the submission of papers [email protected]. should be addressed to: Dr. Anil V. Rao, (352) 392-5523, [email protected] To have requests for papers added to the or Dr. T. Alan Lovell, (505) 853-4132 (voice), AAS history committee’s newsletter, send announcements [email protected]. to: [email protected].

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¢ SPACE CHRONOLOGY

50 years ago Luna 1 became the first spacecraft to 10 years ago leave Earth orbit on Jan. 2, 1959. Launched from Denmark’s first the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the desert satellite, steppes of Kazakhstan, the Soviet-built space Ørsted, reached probe was supposed to impact the Moon but orbit on Feb. 23, missed. Despite the error, the satellite was able 1999, to study to provide important data about the Van Allen the Earth’s radiation belts. magnetic field. 20 years ago Izobrazitelnoye Iskusstvo The spacecraft Publishers of Moscow, Russia, released a set of provided data that postcards dedicated to space exploration. (See indicated an image, right.) In the packet, cosmonaut Alexei increase in the Leonov wrote: “Space exploration is an example of speed at which the fruitful peaceful cooperation of states with different Earth’s magnetic political systems.” poles were moving.

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¢ CALENDAR

2009 March 10-12 47th Annual Robert H. Goddard February 27 Memorial Symposium “Orphans of Apollo” “Sustainable Space Exploration” An exclusive screening of the award-winning film at The Greenbelt Marriott, Greenbelt, Maryland Jack Morton Auditorium, George Washington www.astronautical.org/goddard University, Washington, D.C. 8 See the full preliminary program on the next page. www.orphansofapollo.com 8 March 23-27 March 4 - May 14 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Ask an Expert Lecture Series Conference The Woodlands, Texas Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009 Washington, D.C. 8 8 www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/askanexpert.cfm March 30 - April 2 At the National Mall Building 25th National Space Symposium March 4 Pioneer IV: Fly Me by the Moon, By Colorado Springs, Colorado Michael Neufeld (Space History Division) 8 www.nationalspacesymposium.org March 11 Images as Evidence: Columbia’s Last Moments, By Jennifer Levasseur (Space History April 2-4 Division) Space Access 2009 Conference March 18 “I was driving on the Moon one day…” Phoenix, Arizona Lunar Rovers of Apollo and Constellation, By William Garry (Center for Earth and Planetary 8 www.space-access.org Studies) April 1 Selling Space in the 1950s: The April 27-30 Disney/Von Braun Space Station Model, By Responsive Space Conference 2009 Michael Neufeld (Space History Division) Los Angeles, California April 8 Weather, Spying, and Space! Oh My! The www.responsivespace.com/Conferences/RS7/RS7.asp Story of Tiros 1, By Martin Collins (Space History 8 Division) May 2-3 April 15 Lunar Missions before Apollo, or Are we really going to sink in the dust? By Ted Maxwell Jet Propulsion Laboratory Open House (Center for Earth and Planetary Studies) Pasadena, California April 29 There's something about Mercury, By Sarah 8 www.jpl..gov/pso/oh.cfm André (Center for Earth and Planetary Studies) May 28-31 At the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Feb. 26 The Mercury Capsule Phone Booth, By 28th Int’l Space Development Conference Margaret Weitekamp (Space History Division) Orlando, Florida May 14 The Apollo Lunar Mapping Camera: How 8 http://isdc.nss.org/2009 to Make a moon map with the Push of a Button, By Jennifer Levasseur (Space History Division)

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¢ AAS 47TH ROBERT H. GODDARD MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM When: March 10-12, 2009 Venue: The Greenbelt Marriott, 6400 Ivy Lane, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20770 Conference registration: Phone: 703-866-0020 8 www.astronautical.org/goddard Preliminary Space Policy Institute, Office, Thursday, 12:45 p.m. George Washington I Eric H. Thoemmes, Vice March 12 Luncheon Program University President, Space Systems Tuesday, 10:45 a.m. and Operations, Lockheed 7:30 a.m. I Guest Speaker: William Martin Registration opens / Gerstenmaier, Associate March 10 Sustaining Human Administrator, Space I James A. Vedda, Senior continental breakfast 6 p.m. Exploration Policy Analyst, Center for Operations 8:30 a.m. Mission Directorate, Evening networking I Doug Cooke, Associate Space Policy and Administrator, Strategy, Announcements NASA Headquarters reception: Students Exploration Systems Aerospace Corporation 2:15 p.m. and aerospace indus- Mission Directorate, Lawrence H. Williams, 8:45 a.m. I Human Spaceflight try leaders NASA Headquarters Vice President, Keynote International and and Science: Benefits 11:30 a.m. , Wednesday, Government Affairs, I NASA Administrator of Servicing the March 11 Luncheon Space Exploration (Acting) Hubble Space Technologies Corporation 7:30 a.m. I Guest Speaker: Telescope Congressman Steny 5:15 p.m. 9:30 a.m. Registration opens / Hoyer (D-MD), House NASA Centers Panel – I Matt Mountain, continental breakfast Five Decades of GSFC Director, Space Telescope Majority Leader (invited) Sustainability of 8:45 a.m. 1 p.m. – Engineers/Scientists Science Institute from the 1960’s to the Scientific Exploration 3 p.m. Opening announce- Earth Science Panel – Present – What I Goddard Space Flight ments and acknowl- What NASA is doing Center: , Global Climate sustained Goddard edgements and can do to sustain Director Change over the past 50 years Jet Propulsion Robert Burke, Vice I Harley Thronson, the Earth I Associate Director for and what will sustain Laboratory: Farouz President and General Berrien Moore III, Advanced Concepts in I Naderi, Associate Director Manager, Civil Systems, Executive Director, Senior Goddard in the future Astrophysics, NASA GSFC (invited) Northrop Grumman Research Scientist, Moderator: Laurie Frank Slazer, Northrop I I Langley Research Aerospace Systems I Climate Central (invited) Leshin, Deputy Director Grumman; AAS President Center: Lesa Roe, Director Mary Glackin, Deputy for Science and Break 8:55 a.m. I I Ames Research Center: Administrator, NOAA Technology, NASA GSFC Pete Worden, Director Introduction of (invited) Frank McDonald, NASA 4 p.m. I I Dryden Flight Research Keynote Speaker I Nancy Colleton, GSFC, retired; University Center: Kevin Petersen, NASA’s Science Director, Institute for of Maryland Rob Strain, Director, Director (invited) Program I Global Environmental Ronald Muller, NASA NASA Goddard Space I Strategies GSFC, retired; Consulting Break I Paul Hertz, Chief Flight Center and Claire Parkinson, NASA Engineer Scientist, Science Mission Symposium Honorary I 11:15 a.m. GSFC Dennis McCarthy, NASA Directorate, NASA Chair I GSFC, retired; NASA Centers Panel – Headquarters 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Management Consultant Sustainability of 4:45 p.m. Keynote Education Panel Dorothy Zukor, NASA I Human Exploration A View of Global Science Advisor to the 3:45 p.m. GSFC I Johnson Space Center: Space President; I , NASA I Industry Panel: Michael Coats, Director Assistant to the GSFC I Henry Hertzfeld, I Marshall Space Flight President for Science and Sustainability of I Research Professor, Center: David King, Technology Aerospace Industry 6:15 p.m. Space Policy Institute, Director George Washington (invited) Moderator: J.P. Reception – Goddard I I : University Break Stevens, Vice President, Space Flight Center Robert Cabana, Director Space Systems, 5:30 p.m. 10 a.m. 50th Anniversary I Glenn Research Center: Aerospace Industries Challenges to Salute with Earth Woodrow Whitlow, Closing Thoughts Association Director Sustainability John Schumacher, Vice scientists and GSFC 6 p.m. I I Stennis Space Center: I Scott Pace, Director, President, Washington Alumni Gene Goldman, Director Closing reception

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¢ Spotlight

Stephen E. Doyle has worked as a writer, teacher and consultant in helping formulate international space law and policy. He has worked with aersospace industry experts and space policy makers, the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law, and the NASA History Office. He was honored as an AAS Fellow in November for his outstanding contributions to astronautics.

What are your specific interests in Geophysical Year as a Stimulus of National space history? Space Programs. Stephen E. Doyle I am interested in the history of space How did you get interested in law, which is a residual digest of all the space history? Hometown: space-related things that happen in socie- Waltham, Mass. ty, government and industry, boiled down My interest grew gradually, initiated Resides in: Shingle primarily by an association in the 1960s into rules and standards to guide relation- Springs, Calif. with R. Cargill Hall, then an historian at ships. Education: the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and contin- BA, UMass (1960); uing since then. At the request of the What are you currently working on JD, Duke University president of the International Institute of (1965); related to space history? Space Law in Paris, I wrote The Origins of post graduate International Space Law and the I am currently working on the text of studies at the International Institute of Space Law of the the second volume of a four-volume McGill University International Astronautical Federation. series, The History of Space Law in the Institute of Air and (2002). Space Law in 20th Century. Volume 1 is under consider- I became a member of the AAS Montreal, P.Q., ation at a publisher at the moment. History Committee in 1990, and served Canada; I am also leading a study conducted several years as chairman, prior to the graduate of the by an international team, sponsored by appointment of Mike Ciancone. U.S. Industrial the International Astronautical College of the Federation, of the International Continued on next page ® Armed Forces. “

I believe that unless we find ways to work in effective cooperation with more countries in our space endeavors, we will become an Q&A isolated, second-rate space power. ” WWW.ASTRONAUTICAL.ORG PAGE 9

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¢ SPACE HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA

An update from Stephen Johnson, general editor: “It has gone The encyclopedia offers a slower than we complete history of human endeavors The two-volume ABC- had hoped for a in space including all of the world’s CLIO/American Astronautical variety of space programs, from the develop- Society space history encyclopedia reasons… but you ment of the first rockets through the project, Space Exploration and can see a steady latest and International Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia, march forward. Space Station missions; from the is near the final stages of completion. The overall to the latest The project is now at over 92 consistency check Mars rovers. Its entries cover scien- percent completed. Out of 660 total is complete, which is huge!” tific, technical, political, economic entries and other miscellaneous “I will complete the remaining and social issues. inputs, 586 are now completely work no later than May 2009, at ® For more information about the finished, and many of the rest in vari- which point ABC-CLIO then moves encyclopedia, see the product fact ous stages of completion. into the publication process.” sheet at ABC-CLIO’s Web site.

Movies — For historical brave people gave their lives ® STEPHEN E. DOYLE Continued from Page 9 fiction: The Day the Earth Stood pursuing the course they loved. A Still (1951). For Drama: grateful nation grieved deeply. (1995). For Science Fiction: 2001: What are your favorite A Space Odyssey (1968). space-related books, movies What else would you like to Web site: share with us? and Web sites? www.oosa.unvienna.org, the The future course of our Books: I cherish my original United Nations Office of Outer national space program is bound copy of Vladimir Mandl’s 1932 Space Affairs. to become more difficult with monograph entitled Das Welraumrecht: Ein Problem der Besides the first piloted time unless our national leader- Raumfahrt, (Space Law: A lunar landing, what do you ship reconsiders the posture of the Problem of Spaceflight). This was think was the most United States toward other coun- the world’s first comprehensive tries. memorable moment in We must look realistically at work on space law. I also admire space history and why? and cherish the historical works of the emergence of Japan, India, and Frank Winter, especially Prelude to The safe return to Earth of the China as space powers. I believe the (1983). crew of Apollo 13, because it was a that unless we find ways to work I also greatly admire and often classic lesson of what can be done in effective cooperation with more refer to the lifelong works of Willy with competence, and determina- countries in our space endeavors, Ley on the history of rocketry and tion, under the most trying of we will become an isolated, man in space, periodically updated circumstance. The next most second-rate space power. The with varying titles, from the 1930s memorable event was the International Space Station is a to 1969, his last updated edition. Challenger disaster in 1986. Seven beginning, not an end!

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¢ ASTRONAUTICAL BOOKS PUBLISHED IN 2008

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 to texts intended for academia or practicing scientists and engineers. In addition to obvious topics of human spaceflight and unmanned interplanetary explorations, this list also includes books on more peripheral subjects such as astronomy and cosmology as well as the occasional non-astronautics title that has a space “flavor.” This list appears online at collectSPACE.com. — Mike Ciancone

A-F (Listed by author) Callmers, William N. Space Policy Aerospace Medicine. 4th and Exploration. New York: Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Allen, Marc. NASA Space Science Nova Science Publishers. Williams & Williams. Vision Missions. AIAA. Catchpole, John. The International Dean, James and Bertram Ulrich. Bachiller, Rafael, and José Space Station: Building for the NASA/ART: 50 Year of Cernicharo. Science with the Future. Springer Praxis. Exploration. New York: Henry N. Atacama Large Array Abrams. Millimeter Array: A New Era for Astrophysics. Springer Praxis. Chaikin, De Maria, Michelangelo, and Lucia Orlandi. Italy in Space: Looking Barratt, Michael, and Sam Pool. Andrew. A Passion for for a Strategy, 1957-1975. Paris: Editors. Principles of Clinical Beauchesne Editeur. Medicine for Space Flight. Mars: Intrepid Springer Praxis. Explorers of the Red Planet. Barucci, M.A., H. Boehnhardt, D.P. Devorkin, David, Harry N. and Robert Chruikshank and A. Morbidelli Abrams. (eds.). The Solar System Beyond Smith. Hubble: Neptune. University of Arizona Imaging Space Press. and Time. National Bell, Jim. Mars 3-D: A Rover’s-Eye Chertok, Boris. Rockets and People, Geographic. View of the Red Planet. Sterling. Volume III: Hot Days of the Bell, Jim (ed.). The Martian Surface: Cold War. Washington, DC: Composition, Mineralogy and NASA SP-2008-4110. Physical Properties. Cambridge Clément, Gilles, and Millard F. Reschke. Dick, Steven J., and Roger D. Launius University Press. Neuroscience in Space. Springer (eds.). Remembering the Space Bennett, Jeffrey. Beyond UFOs: The Codignola, Luca, and Kai-Uwe Age: 50th Anniversary Search for Extraterrestrial Life Schrogl (eds.). Humans in Outer Conference Proceedings. and Its Astonishing Space - Interdisciplinary Washington, DC: NASA SP-2008- Implications for Our Future. Odysseys (Studies in Space 4703. Princeton University Press. Policy). Springer. Dorado Gutiérrez, José María. Spain Bond, Peter. Jane’s Space Conway, Erik. Atmospheric Science and the European Space Effort. Recognition Guide. Collins. at NASA: A History. Johns Paris: Beauchesne Editeur. Hopkins University Press. [Announced but not released in Burgess, Colin, and Rex Hall. The 2008] First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Davis, Jeffrey R., Robert Johnson, Jan Their Lives and Legacies. Stepanek, and Jennifer A. Fogarty Springer Praxis. (eds.). Fundamentals of Continued on next page ®

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¢ ASTRONAUTICAL BOOKS PUBLISHED IN 2008

G-L (Listed by author) 2nd (commemorative) edition. Psychology and Psychiatry. 2nd Springer Praxis. edition. Springer Praxis. Gainor, Chris. To a Distant Day: The Rocket Pioneers. University Hengeveld, Ed. Space Art. Privately LaViolette, Paul. Secrets of of Nebraska Press. published by author. Antigravity Propulsion - Tesla, UFOs, and Classified Aerospace Godwin, Matthew. The Skylark Technology. Inner Rocket: British space science Hitt, David, Traditions/Bear & Co. and the European Space Owen Garriott Research Organisation 1957- and Joe Kerwin. Launius, Roger D., and Howard E. 1972. Paris: Beauchesne Editeur. Homesteading McCurdy. Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution, and Godwin, Robert. Saturn 1B News Space: The Story. Interplanetary Travel. Johns Reference. Burlington, Ontario: Hopkins University Press. Apogee Books. University of Nebraska Press. [Considered for 2007 Emme Award] Gordon, R. Michael. The Linehan, Dan. Space Shuttle Hunley, J.D. Preludes to U.S. Space- SpaceShipOne: Program: How Launch Vehicle Technology: An Illustrated NASA Lost Its Goddard Rockets to Minuteman History. New Way. III. Gainesville: University Press York: Zenith McFarland. of Florida. Press. Hunley, J.D. U.S. Space-Launch Vehicle Technology: Viking to Space Shuttle. This is the second Gorn, Michael. Super Structures In of a two-volume technological Space: From Satellites to Space history of space access. University Lawrie, Alan. Saturn 1/1B. Stations - a Guide to What’s Out Press of Florida. Burlington, Ontario. Apogee Books There. Merrell Publishers. Logsdon, John M., with Roger D. Graveline, Duane. From Laika With Ivanovich, Launius (eds.). Exploring the Love. Privately published. Grujica S. Salyut Unknown: Selected Documents Greenberg, Richard. Unmasking - The First in the History of the U.S. Civil Europa: The Search for Life on Space Station: Space Program, Volume VII, Jupiter’s Ocean Moon. Springer Triumph and Human Spaceflight: Projects Griffin, Michael. Leadership in Tragedy. Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. Space: Selected Speeches of Springer Praxis. Washington, DC: NASA SP-2008- NASA Administrator Michael 4407. Griffin. NASA SP 2008-564 Lorenz, Ralph, and Jacqueline Mitton. Harris, Philip R. Space Enterprise: Titan Unveiled: Saturn’s Jones, Tom, and Ellen Stofan. Living and Working Offworld in Mysterious Moon Explored. Planetology - Unlocking the the 21st Century. Springer Praxis. Princeton University Press. Secrets of the Solar System. Harland, David. Exploring the National Geographic Society. Moon: The Apollo Expeditions. Kanas, N., and D. Manzey. Space Continued on next page ®

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M-S (Listed by author) German Space Policy: Ideas, Nolan, Kevin. influences, and interdepend- McCracken, Ken. Blast Off: Scientific ence, 1923-2002. Paris: Adventures at the Dawn of the Mars, A Cosmic Beauchesne Editeur. [published in Space Age. (Australia: New 2007] Holland Publishers) Stepping Stone - Uncovering Rogers, Lucy. It’s ONLY Rocket McCray, W. Patrick. Keep Watching Humanity's Science: An Introduction in the Skies! The Story of Cosmic Plain English. Springer. Operation Moonwatch and the Context. Rose, Bill. Secret Projects: Military Dawn of the Space Age. Springer Verlag. Princeton University Press. Space Technology. Midland Publishing Ltd. Merlin, Peter W. and Tony Moore. X-Plane Crashes: Exploring North, John. Cosmos: An Sandau, Rainer, Hans-Peter Röser Experimental, Rocket Plane & Illustrated History of and Arnoldo Valenzuela. Small Spycraft Incidents, Accidents & Astronomy and Cosmology. Satellites for Earth Observation. Crash Sites. Specialty Press Revised Edition. University of Springer Praxis. Publishers. Chicago Press. Schrogl, Kai-Uwe, Charlotte Mathieu Parkinson, Bob (ed.). and Nicolas Peter (eds.). Interplanetary - A History of Yearbook on Space Policy Mindell, David the British Interplanetary 2006/2007: New Impetus for A. Digital Society. Europe. Springer. Apollo: Human, Seedhouse, Erik. Tourists in Space: Machine, and Poole, Robert. A Practical Guide. Springer Space. - Praxis. Cambridge, MA: How Man First MIT Press. Saw the Earth. Seedhouse, Erik. Yale University Lunar Outpost: Press. The Challenges Montandon, Mac, Jetpack Dreams: of Establishing One Man’s Up and Down (But a Human Mostly Down) Search for the Settlement on Greatest Invention That Never the Moon. Was. Da Capo Press. Pop, Virgilu. Who Owns the Springer Praxis Moon? Extraterrestrial Aspects Moore, Mike. Twilight War: The of Land and Mineral Resources Folly of U.S. Space Dominance. Ownership. Springer (Space Shayler, David. Around the World The Independent Institute. Regulations Library Series). in 84 Days. Burlington, Ontario: Apogee Books. Nickell, Duane. Guidebook for the Powell, John M. Floating to Space: Scientific Traveler - Visiting Opportunities in the Untapped Shepherd, Gordon, and Agnes Kruchio. Astronomy and Space Sky. Burlington, Ontario: Apogee Canada’s Fifty Years in Space. Exploration Sites across Books. Burlington, Ontario: Apogee Books. America. Rutgers University Press. Reinke, Niklas. The History Of Continued on next page ®

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¢ ASTRONAUTICAL BOOKS PUBLISHED IN 2008

T-Z (Listed by author) Zellmeyer, Stephan. A Place in Vulpetti, Space: The history of Swiss Tsiao, Sunny. “Read You Loud and participation in European space Clear!” The Story of NASA's Giovanni et al. Solar Sails: A programmes, 1960-1987. Paris: Spaceflight Tracking and Data Beauchesne Editeur. Network. Washington, DC: NASA Novel SP-2007-4232. Approach to Interplanetary Turner, Martin. Rocket and Zimmerman, Travel. Robert. The Spacecraft Propulsion: Springer Verlag. Principles, Practice and New Universe in a Developments - Third Edition. Mirror: The Springer Praxis. Saga of the Hubble Space Ulivi, Paolo, and David Harland. Woods, W. David. How Apollo Telescope and Robotic Exploration of the Solar Flew to the Moon. Springer the Visionaries System - Part II: Hiatus and Praxis. Who Built It. Renewal, 1983-1996. Springer Princeton University Press. Praxis. Young, Anthony. The Saturn V F-1 van Hoften, James. Managing Space Engine: Powering Apollo into History. Springer Praxis. Radiation Risk in the New Era Zubrin, Robert. How to Live on of Space Exploration. National Zaehringer, Alfred. Rocket Science: Mars: A Trusty Guidebook to Academies Press. The Journal of the Detroit Surviving and Thriving on the Vogt, Gregory. Landscapes of Mars Rocket Society. Burlington, Red Planet. Three Rivers Press - A Visual Tour. Springer. Ontario: Apogee Books. Random House.

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR 2008 EMME AWARD The AAS History Committee is a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957 – The (Columbia University Press). soliciting nominations for the 2008 Begins (Simon & I Kenneth Lipartito and Orville Emme Award for Astronautical Schuster). R. Butler for A History of the Literature. This annual award I Francis French and Colin Kennedy Space Center recognizes an outstanding book that Burgess for Into That Silent Sea: (University Press of Florida) advances public understanding of Trailblazers of the Space Era, Previous recipients of the astronautics. It rewards originality, 1961-1965 and In the Shadow of Emme Award include: scholarship and readability. the Moon: A Challenging Journey 2006 — Peter J. Westwick, Into Please send nominations to Tranquility, 1965-1969 (the first the Black: JPL and the American (including title, author, publisher two volumes in a series by Space Program, 1976-2004 (Yale and publisher contact information) University of Nebraska Press). University Press) to: [email protected] I J.D. Hunley for The 2005 — James R. Hansen, First The 2007 award was presented Development of Propulsion Man - The Life of Neil A. to Michael Neufeld for Wernher Technology for U.S. Space- Armstrong (Simon & Schuster) von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Launch Vehicles, 1926-1991

Engineer of War (Knopf). (Texas A&M University Press). ® The complete list of past recipi- Other finalists in 2007 included: I Joan Johnson-Freese for ents is available on the AAS Web I Michael D’Antonio for A Ball, Space As a Strategic Asset site.

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¢ AAS HISTORY SERIES: VOLUME 29

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 an NOW ON SALE! earlier AAS publication that appeared as Chapter 4 in History of Liquid Rocket Engine Development in the United States 1955-1980, which is out of print. The table of contents from Volume 29 is listed below.

Foreword I Engine 2010 First Chapter 15. Return to Flight Preface Certification Cycle I Engine 2106 Oxidizer I Engine 0110 Fuel Preburner Injector Inter- PART I Preburner Fuel Blockage Propellant Plate Braze The First Ten Years by Ice I Engine 2105 Flight Introduction I Engine 2010 Second Certification Extension and Chapter 1. The Engine Certification Cycle More Chapter 2. The Beginning I Engine 2013 and the I Return to Flight Chapter 3. The HPFTP Kaiser Hat Nut Development: Engine 0211 Requirements I Engine 0107 Oxidizer and Engine 2206 Chapter 4. The Obstacles Preburner Oxidizer Valve I Return to Flight: STS-26R I Getting Started Ball Seal I Engine 2206 Low Pressure I Component Testing I Engine 2014 First Fuel Duct Flex Joint Tripod I Engine Testing Certification Cycle I Engine 0212 4 KHz I Problem Management I Engine 2208 Ultrasonic Certification and HPOTP I Start and Shutdown Flowmeter Number Two Bearing I High Pressure Fuel I Time Out for Acceptance I Engine 0215 HPFTP Second Volume 29 Turbopump Sub- Tests Stage Turbine Blade Synchronous Whirl High Pressure Oxidizer Chapter 16. Building Margin Space Shuttle Main Engine: I I High Pressure Oxidizer Turbopump De-certifica- I Large Throat Main The First Twenty Years and Turbopump Explosions tion Combustion Chamber Beyond I High Pressure Fuel I Challenger Flight I Technology Test Bed Turbopump Turbine Blade Readiness Firing and I Phase II+ Powerhead By Robert E. Biggs, 2008, Failures Leaks I External Heat Exchanger 270p I Engine 2001 Main Oxidizer I Engine 2014 Second Cycle I Alternate Turbopumps Valve Fire and the Second FPL I Engine 2002 Main Fuel Moratorium PART III Hard Cover $70 Valve Fracture Chapter 11. Program Beyond the Second Decade (ISBN 978-0-87703-546-6) I Nozzle Feed Line Failures Reassessment and Chapter 17. Beyond the Soft Cover $50 I Fuel Preburner Burn Through Realignment Second Decade: (ISBN 978-0-87703-547-3) Chapter 5. The Goals Chapter 12. Phase II Summary Chapter 6. The First Flight Development I Engine 0108 High Pressure APPENDICES This book and others in PART II Fuel Turbopump Coolant I Appendix A. Space Shuttle the AAS History Series The Second Decade Liner Main Engine Management (see next page) may be Introduction I Engine 2308 High Pressure History Chap ter 7. The Glory of Fuel Turbopump Impeller Appendix B. Space Shuttle purchased directly from I Columbia I Engine 0207 Fuel Launch and Landing Univelt Inc. Chapter 8. Full Power Level Preburner Boss History Call 760-746-4005 or fax Moratorium I Engine 2308 Main I Appendix C. Acronyms and 760-746-3139 to place an Chapter 9. Full Power Level Combustion Chamber Abbreviations Development Phase II Certification: Appendix D. List of order. I I I Main Injector LOX Post Engine 2105 and Engine Illustrations Or write to: Univelt Inc., Failures 2116 I Appendix E. References – P.O. Box 28130, San Diego, I Fuel Preburner Injector I Main LOX Dome Inlet Tee The First Ten Years CA 92198; or e-mail LOX Post Failures Four Kilohertz I Appendix F. References – I Engine 0204 High Pressure Chapter 13. Phase I Flight The Second Decade and [email protected] Fuel Turbopump Failure Program Beyond Chapter 10. Full Power Level Chapter 14. The Tragedy of Certification Challenger

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¢ AAS HISTORY SERIES

PREVIOUS VOLUMES Discounts Vol. 1 Two Hundred Years of Flight in America: A Bicentennial Survey, 1977, A 50% discount off list prices 326p, 1981, Hard $35; Soft $25. for all AAS History Series Vol. 2 Twenty-Five Years of the American Astronautical Society: Historical volumes is available for indi- Reflections and Projections, 1954-1979, 1980, 248p, Hard $25; Soft $15. vidual members of the: Vol. 3 Between Sputnik and the Shuttle: New Perspectives on American I American Astronautical Astronautics, 1957-1980, 1981, 350p, Hard $40; Soft $30. Society History Committee Vol. 4 The Endless Space Frontier: A History of the House Committee on Science I International Academy of and Astronautics, 1982, 460p, Hard $45. Astronautics History Study Vol. 5 Science Fiction and Space Futures: Past and Present, 1982, 278p, Hard $35; Soft $25. Group Vol. 6 First Steps Toward Space, 1986, 318p, Hard $45; Soft $35. I Authors for books in which their articles appear Vol. 7 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1986, Part I, 250p, Part II, 502p, sold as a set, Hard $100; Soft $80. A 25% discount off list prices Vol. 8 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1989, 368p, Hard $50; Soft $35. for all AAS History Series Vol. 9 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1989, 330p, Hard $50; Soft $35. volumes is available for indi- Vol. 10 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1990, 330p, Hard $60; Soft $40. vidual members of the AAS, Vol. 11 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1994, 236p, Hard $60; Soft $40. AIAA, AAAF and: Vol. 12 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1991, 252p, Hard $60; Soft $40. I The British Interplanetary Society Vol. 13 History of Liquid Rocket Engine Development in the United States 1955- 1980, 1992, 176p, Out of Print. I The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft und Raumfahrt Vol. 14 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1993, 222p, Hard $50; Soft $35. I The National Space Vol. 15 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1993, 452p, Hard $60; Soft $40. Society Vol. 16 Out From Behind the Eight-Ball: A History of Project Echo, 1995, 176p, I The Space Studies Hard $50; Soft $30. Institute Vol. 17 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1995, 480p, Hard $60; Soft $40. The U.S. Space Foundation I Vol. 18 Organizing for the Use of Space: Historical Perspectives on a Persistent The Planetary Society I Issue, 1995, 234p, Hard $60; Soft $40. I Individual members of any IAF Society may take the Vol. 19 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1997, 318p, Hard $60; Soft $40. same discount. 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. The AAS History Committee, Vol. 22 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 1998, 418p, Hard $60; Soft $40. first under the leadership of Vol. 23 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2001, 566p, Hard $85; Soft $60 Eugene M. Emme, NASA Vol. 24 The Origins And Technology Of The Advanced Extra-Vehicular Space historian, established the AAS Suit, 2001, 558p, Hard $85; Soft $60. History Series of books in 1977 to dedicate the continued Vol. 25 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2003, 370p, Hard $85; Soft $60. pursuit and broader apprecia- Vol. 26 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2005, 430p, Hard $95; Soft $70. tion of the full history of flight Vol. 27 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2007, 416p, Hard $95; Soft $70. in American history and its Vol. 28 History of Rocketry and Astronautics, 2007, 560p, Hard $95; Soft $70. global influence. For more information about the AAS History Series, visit Univelt’s Web site.

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¢ AAS HISTORY COMMITTEE CONTACT INFORMATION

MICHAEL L. CIANCONE, STEPHEN E. DOYLE DR. STEPHEN B. DR. TREVOR C. SORENSEN CHAIR Shingle Springs, CA JOHNSON Hawaii Space Flight NASA Johnson Space Center 916-638-7967 National Institute for Science, Laboratory Houston, TX [email protected] Space, and Security Centers University of Hawaii at Manoa 281-483-8848 University of Colorado Honolulu, HI [email protected] DR. DONALD C. ELDER at Colorado Springs 808-721-9374 History Department Larkspur, CO [email protected] JAMES R. KIRKPATRICK Eastern New Mexico University 719-487-9833 (home office) (Ex Officio) Portales, NM 719-238-8244 (cell) KATHERINE SCOTT Executive Director 575-562-2438 [email protected] STURDEVANT American Astronautical Society 575-562-2601 (direct) Professor of History Springfield, VA [email protected] DR. De WITT DOUGLAS Communication, Humanities, and 703-866-0020 KILGORE Technical Studies Division [email protected] JOAN JOHNSON-FREESE Department of English Rampart Range Campus of Pikes National Security Decision Making Indiana University Peak Community College MATTHEW BILLE Department Bloomington, IN Colorado Springs, CO Booz Allen Hamilton Naval War College 812-323-7972 719-502-3146 Colorado Springs, CO Newport, RI [email protected] [email protected] 719-387-2062 401 841 3540 719-648-4121 (cell) [email protected] DR. ROGER D. LAUNIUS DR. RICK W. STURDEVANT [email protected] Division of Space History Air Force Space Command R. CARGILL HALL Smithsonian Institution AFSPC/HO JAMES BUSBY Arlington, TX Washington, DC Peterson AFB, CO Downey, CA 817-478-3893 202-633-2428 719-554-3081 310-464-7445 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ROBERT JACOBS DR. OTFRID LIEPACK FRANK H. WINTER TIMOTHY M. CHAMBERLIN Univelt Incorporated Tujunga, CA Washington, DC Talala, OK San Diego, CA 818-393-7988 703-249-8336 918-581-8343, 918-633-0585 (cell) 760-746-4005 818-653-4935 (cell) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.frankhwinter.com

DR. STEVEN J. DICK GIDEON MARCUS NASA History Office Vista, CA Washington, DC 760-630-6849 202-358-0383 [email protected] [email protected]

HISTORY COMMITTEE GOALS FOR 2009

I Work with Univelt, Inc., to publish three volumes in the AAS I Assess the AAS History Committee charter and implement History Series, plus an Index of IAA History Series papers, 1967- recommendations of the Doyle Working Group. 2000, which was prepared by the IAA History Study Group. I Publish three editions of Explorer. Complete work on the ABC-CLIO/AAS space history encyclo- I I Provide Space Times and other publications with six book pedia. reviews. Assemble a list of astronautical publications from 2008 and I I Initiate the compilation of college-level space history courses make this list widely available. and programs available nationally, eventually to include sample I Select the recipient of the 2008 Emme Award for Astronautical syllabi and other information. Literature.

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Unique moments inlooking the history of rocketry andback astronautics Unable

By Gideon Marcus After the success of Explorer 6 in August 1959, Space Technology Laboratories once again set its sights on Earth’s neighbor. Their ambitious new program mated the Thor-Able’s second and third stages to an ICBM to orbit a 168 kilogram Pioneer satellite around the moon. Although the Soviet Union had reached the moon with Luna 2 before the United States, the Atlas-Able probe was in position to beat the Soviet space program to the next punch. The program was, sadly, an unmitigat- ed failure. Because of a static-test explosion in September 1959, the launch of the Pioneer satellite was delayed until November 1959, a month after Luna 3 flew behind the moon returning the first pictures of its far side. The Nov. 26 flight began trouble free, but 45 seconds into the flight, the protective payload shroud fell off 130 seconds early. The third stage and the payload broke free. The second stage fired but never separated from the first stage. On Sept. 25, 1960, STL tried again. This time, the Able second stage shut down early and the third never fired. The final Atlas-Able was destroyed by a premature Able stage ignition in December 1960. U.S. Air Force spokesmen said the three launch accidents were unconnected.

Gideon Marcus has written about the first U.S. satellite missions, covering the COURTESY OF JOHN TABER period from 1957-1960, in the journal Quest: Atlas-Able 4B stands ready for launch in November 1959. The History of Spaceflight Quarterly.

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¢ KONRAD DANNENBERG (1912-2009) Spent life building rockets, promoting space travel

By Mike Ciancone and Tim Chamberlin

erman space pioneer Konrad Dannenberg, one of the original members of the rocket team that built G the 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 ’s “rocket team.” He was known among friends and colleagues as a gracious host with patience for many questions, was a regular attendee at space-related confer- ences and an active participant in educational activities at Space Camp at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Dannenberg was born in 1912 in Weissenfels, Germany. He graduated from Hannover Technical University in Hannover, Germany, where he began build- ing small rockets until he was drafted into the military during the 1930s. He was eventually sent to work at Germany’s guided missile test facility in Peenemünde during World War II where he became an expert on the rocket engine combustion chamber. Dannenberg was among the group of German scien- tists brought to the United States under “” at the end of the war to work alongside von Braun building rocket systems. He was among the engi- neers working for the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in the 1950s that designed the Redstone rocket, which launched the first U.S. piloted missions into space under . COURTESY KENNEDY SPACE CENTER / NASA He was named deputy manager of the Saturn rocket Konrad Dannenberg at the Hannover Museum in Hannover, program at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Germany. Huntsville when President Kennedy challenged the agency in 1961 to put astronauts on the Moon in less than the world have posted their condolences. a decade. Dannenberg retired from MSFC in 1973 as Dannenberg was among the last surviving German deputy director of the Program Development Mission and scientists to have worked with von Braun at the height of Payload Planning Office. the space race during the 1960s. , a Dannenberg was the recipient of NASA’s Exceptional colleague of Dannenberg who served as director of Service Medal and the prestigious MSFC’s space science lab from 1960-1968, died last May Award for his contributions to spaceflight. at age 94. Wilhelm Raithel, a member of von Braun’s team A memorial page honoring Dannenberg appears on that worked at the in Huntsville in the the Web site collectSPACE, where visitors from around 1950s, died in November at age 95.

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g Special note THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUTICAL SOCIETY (AAS) The NASA History News and Notes newsletter is available online at HISTORY COMMITTEE CHARTER http://history.nasa.gov/nltrc.pdf

Previous editions of the NASA History The AAS History Committee was established to stimulate historical research News and Notes newsletter are in and teaching, publication, and preservation of the history of astronautics available in pdf and html format at http://history.nasa.gov/histnews.htm while encouraging interest and scholarship in and appreciation of the history of astronautics. American Astronautical Society Activities of the Committee include, but are not limited to, recommending ¬America’s network of space topics for and coordination of and participation in meetings addressing histor- professionals ical subjects; encouraging publication papers, articles, and books on topics in ¬Network, not just an organization the history of astronautics; and providing recognition and prizes for signifi- ¬Space professionals, technical and cant historical achievements in astronautics. non-technical In addition the Committee collaborates with other historically oriented Dedicated to advancing groups and organizations, including the history groups of the American all space activities Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the International Academy ¬Solely to space of Astronautics (IAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ¬To helping the people, the profession (NASA), the (ESA), the Smithsonian Institution , the and the enterprise flourish To harnessing the energy and New Mexico Museum of Space History at Alamogordo, the Huntington capability¬ of our members to make a Museum, and other such institutions and organizations. difference!

Concerning publication activities, a subcommittee annually reviews new 6352 Rolling Mill Place books on topics in astronautics and selects recipients of the Emme Award for Suite 102 Springfield, VA 22152-2354 Astronautical Literature, which recognizes outstanding publications that advance public understanding of the effects of astronautics on society. The Email: [email protected] Phone: Committee collaborates closely with the IAA History Study Group in the edit- 703-866-0020 | 703-866-3526

ing and publication of the proceedings of IAA Historical Symposia in the AAS The American Astronautical Society’s History Series. In addition, the Committee coordinates the review by History Committee publishes Explorer three times a year. To receive Explorer Committee members of books of potential interest to the AAS membership in via e-mail, send a message to general and the spaceflight history community in particular. [email protected]. You will receive confirmation that your e-mail address has been added to the AAS History Committee’s electronic e-mail list for the newsletter.

Previous issues of this newsletter are available at the American Astronautical Society’s Web site. Please visit www.astronautical.org/committees/history On the horizon Tim Chamberlin is editor and designer of Explorer. He welcomes comments about the content and format of this What the History Committee has in the works for newsletter. Send comments to [email protected]. its next newsletter New AAS History Series volumes We preview several books that are in the works during 2009 covering the proceedings of the annual History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).

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