Background As part of an assessment of research needs in the space prime-power area, a special conference was convened at…
Background The Boeing CST-100 Starliner (Crew Space Transportation) crew capsule is a spacecraft under construction by Boeing as its participation…
Background This study examines the evolution of U.S. military thinking about how outer space might contribute to U.S. national security…
Background The following speech is found within the holdings of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. The President's speechwriter,…
Background Excerpt from the document: "Soviet investment in space programs has been expensive but has paid handsome dividends in the…
Background This Hubble Space Telescope image represents the largest, most comprehensive "history book" of galaxies in the universe. The image,…
Background This is a projected eight volume series of selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program,…
Background The below document was obtained from the United States Air Force, under FOIA Case 2019-02596-F. It was digitized from…
Background When the United States began considering a piloted voyage to the moon, an enormous number of unknowns about strategies,…
Background Between Sputnik's launching in October 1957 and the lunar landing in July 1969 America sponsored five human spaceflight projects.…