Background Abstract: “Major issues have plagued the US military space community for years. Foremost among these issues is the relationship between air and space. At a recent airpower conference, military leaders from the western powers ...
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NASA Statement on Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test, December 20, 2019
Background The Boeing CST-100 Starliner (Crew Space Transportation) crew capsule is a spacecraft under construction by Boeing as its participation in NASA’s Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program. Its primary purpose is to transport ...
Exploring the Unknown
Background This is a projected eight volume series of selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program, published by NASA. Document Archive Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space ...
Unconventional, Contrary, and Ugly: The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, NASA History Division, 2005
Background When the United States began considering a piloted voyage to the moon, an enormous number of unknowns about strategies, techniques, and equipment existed. Some people began wondering how a landing maneuver might be performed on the ...
The Evolution of the NASA-DoD Relationship from Sputnik to the Lunar Landing, Published April 18, 1997
Background Between Sputnik’s launching in October 1957 and the lunar landing in July 1969 America sponsored five human spaceflight projects. NASA’s Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo were well publicized and to varying degrees Presidents ...
