Space

Correlation Techniques for Deep Space ‘Uncorrelated Targets’, March 13, 1979

Background According to this document: The surveillance fences of SPACETRACK detect and track a large number of space objects that…

April 22, 2019

Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Status Reports and Memos

Background The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), a non-profit organization, is the manager of the International…

April 11, 2019

Research Needs: Prime-Power for High Energy Space Systems, June 1982

Background According to the document: "By the year 2000, an increasingly large portion of our national defense will depend on…

March 26, 2019

Into the Unknown Together. The DOD, NASA, and Early Spaceflight, September 2005

Background Between the 4 October 1957 launching by the Soviet Union of the first artificial earth satellite, Sputnik I, and…

March 8, 2019

Report to the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization, January 11, 2001

Background The Commission was directed to assess the organization and management of space activities in support of U.S. national security.…

March 8, 2019

From the Sea to the Stars: A Chronicle of the U.S. Navy’s Space and Space-related Activities, 1944-2009 (2010 Edition)

Background The importance of space and space-related activities to support global military operations has expanded significantly over the past 50…

March 8, 2019

Advanced Propulsion Options For The Mars Cargo Mission, September 1989

Background This report summarizes the results of an evaluation of a variety of advanced low thrust propulsion options for the…

March 7, 2019

Alternative Propulsion Energy Sources, Forward Unlimited Contracted Research, 1983

Background The task was to survey the entire field of advanced propulsion to uncover and carry out a technical assessment…

February 14, 2019

History of Research in Subgravity and Zero-G at the Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico 1948-1958

Background The foreword offers a very interesting perspective into the pre-Apollo era, where weightlessness, had not yet been achieved: "Weightlessness,…

January 25, 2019

National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan, June 2018

Background The National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan (Strategy and Action Plan) will improve our Nation’s preparedness to…

June 22, 2018