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Reference Resources

Collective Resources

• NASA Centers

Almanacs and Encyclopedias

• Space Almanac, Air Force Magazine, August 2004
• Astronomical Almanac Online, US Nautical Almanac Office and HM Nautical Almanac Office
• Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia, Jean Schneider
• Space Encyclopedia, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
• Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment, Centre for Aviation Transportation, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Space Flight, David J. Darling

Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers

• See also: Images and Multimedia
• Lunar Atlases, Lunar and Planetary Institute
• NASA/USGS Planetary Geologic Mapping Program
• Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, USGS
• Atlas of Mercury, Merton E. Davies, et al., SP-423, NASA, 1978

Bibliographies

• Space Exploration, Subject Bibliography 297, USGPO
• Toward a History of the Space Shuttle: An Annotated Bibliography, compiled by Roger D. Launius and Aaron K. Gillette, published as Monographs in Aerospace History, Number 1, December 1992

Biographies

• Astronaut Biographies, NASA
• Biographical and Other Personnel Information, NASA

Data and Statistics

• NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
• Life Sciences Data Archive, NASA
• Data, Multimission Archive at Space Telescope
• Data and Images, GISS, NASA
• Data and Information, USGS Astrogeology
• Planetary GIS Web Server, USGS Astrogeology
• Canadian Astronomy Data Centre, NRC
• Simbad Astronomical Database, Harvard
• AAVSO International Database [Observations on Variable Stars]

Dictionaries, Glossaries and Thesauri

• Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
• Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use, NASA
• Glossary, HubbleSite
• Glossary of Solar-Terrestrial Terms, Space Environment Center, NOAA
• Glossary of Space Science Terminology, Los Alamos Space Science Outreach
• History of Flight Dictionary, US Centennial of Flight Commission
• Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme, American Institute of Physics

Handbooks, Manuals, Textbooks

• Space Educators' Handbook PDF Library, NASA
• Space Handbook: A War Fighter's Guide to Space, Volume One, Michael J. Muolo, et al., AU-18, Air University Press, December 1993
• Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics, Martin V. Zombeck, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 1990
• Space Handbook: Astronautics and its Applications, Staff Report of the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration, 86th Congress, 1st Session, House Document No. 86, 1959
• Basics of Space Flight, training module, NASA

Images and Multimedia

• See also: Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers
• Great Images in NASA, GRIN
• NASA Image eXchange, NIX
• Data and Images, GISS, NASA
• Planetary Photojournal, NASA
• Map-a-Planet, USGS Astrogeology Research Program
• The Ten Planets: Multimedia Tour of the Solar System, William A. Arnett
• Views of the Solar System, Calvin J. Hamilton
• HubbleSite
• Spitzer Space Telescope, CalTech

Indexes, Abstracts ...

• Space Sciences, full-text monographs, National Academies Press
• Publications, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
• NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server
• Technical Reports Server, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
• Science Briefs, GISS, NASA
• Browse by Topic, GAO: Reports and Testimony

News and Current Events

• Kennedy Space Center, NASA
• Research News, GISS, NASA
• Science and Space, CNN
• Science and Nature: Space, BBC
• SpaceDaily

Organizations, Institutes, Departments, Agencies ...

• American Association of Variable Star Observers
• British National Space Center
• Canadian Space Agency
• Center for Advanced Space Studies, USRA
• Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES)
• European Space Agency
• Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
• Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan
• Lunar and Planetary Institute, USRA
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Office for Outer Space Affairs, United Nations
• Space Research Institute, IKI, Russia
• Space Studies Board, National Academies

Serials

• Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2001 forward, full-text
• Contact in Context, 2002 forward, full-text
• Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 1998 forward, full-text
• Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 1961 forward, full-text
• Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin, 1994 forward, full-text
• Mercury Messenger, [1987] forward, full-text
• Space Weather, current and back issues, selected full-text
• Variable Star of the Season, 1998 forward, full-text

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Atmospheric and Space Sciences

• Solar and Space, NOAA
• US Naval Observatory
• Astronomy Resources at STSci, Space Telescope Science Institute
• Astronomy Unbound: A Virtual Astronomy Text, University of Hertfordshire
• Manual for Visual Observing of Variable Stars, American Association of Variable Star Observers, rev. ed., 2001
• CCD Observing Manual, American Association of Variable Star Observers
• Stratospheric Ozone: An Electronic Textbook, Goddard Space Flight Center Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch
• National Space Weather Program: An Implementation Plan, 2nd ed., FCM-P31-2000, July 2000

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Business and Commerce

• Office of Space Commercialization, US Department of Commerce
• Spinoff: Commercialized NASA Technology
• Space economic data, Henry R. Hertzfeld, Office of Space Commercialization, US Department of Commerce, December 2002
• Trends in Space Commerce, Office of Space Commercialization, US Department of Commerce, ca 2001
• Commercial human space flight: joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate, 108th Congress, 1st Session, Serial No. 108-26, July 24, 2003
• General public space travel and tourism: Volume 1: Executive Summary, March 1998 and General public space travel and tourism: Volume 2: Workshop Proceedings, February 1999, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. NAS 1.83:03-11-MSFC/V.1-2.

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History

• NASA History Office, US
• Human Space Flight, NASA
• Missions -- Highlights, NASA
• National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian
• Beacon: Library, Archives and Records Section, JPL
• U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial, Issue Brief for Congress, Congressional Research Service, Updated April 22, 2003
• NASA Historical Data Books, SP-4012
• On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini , Barton C. Hacker and James M. Grimwood, NASA SP-4203, 1977
• This New Ocean: A History of Prject Mercury, Loyd S. Swenson Jr., James M. Grimwood, and Charles C. Alexander, NASA SP-4201, 1989
• The Apollo 15 Flight Journal, David Woods and Frank O'Brien, NASA
• Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, Eric M. Jones, ed., NASA
• Transit of Venus: Voyages in time and space, New Zealand

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Life and Life Sciences

• See also: Mars
• Space Biology: An Education Resource
• NASA Astrobiology Institute
• Natioanl Space Biomedical Research Institute
• American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology
• Signs of Life: A Report Based on the April 2000 Workshop on Life Detection Techniques, Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life, National Research Council, 2002
• Isolation: NASA Experiments in Closed-Environment Living, Helen W. Lane, Richard L. Sauer, and Daniel L. Feeback, eds., Volume 104, Science and Technology Series, A Supplement to Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
• Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project: Final Report 1989-1995, NASA/SP-1999-534
• Life into Space, 1965-1990 and volume 2: 1991-1998
• The Search for Life's Origins: Progress and Future Directions in Planetary Biology and Chemical Evolution, Committee on Planetary Biology and Chemical Evolution, Space Studies Board. National Research Council, 1990
• Biomedical Results of Apollo, NASA SP-368, 1975
• Space Medicine in Project Mercury, NASA SP-4003, 1965
• SETI Institute

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Planets and Planetary Science

Collective Resources

• Stepping-Stones to the Future of Space Exploration: A Workshop Report, Steering Committee for Workshops on Issues of Technology Development for Human and Robotic Exploration and Development of Space, National Research Council, 2004
• Solar and Space Physics and Its Role in Space Exploration, Committee on Assessment of the Role of Solar and Space Physics in NASA's Space Exploration Initiative, National Research Council, 2004
• The Sun to the Earth -- and Beyond: Panel Reports, Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee, Committee on Solar and Space Physics, National Research Council, 2003

Earth / Moon

• Earth from Space, Shuttle Earth Observations Photography database, NASA
• Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, Edgar M. Cortright, ed., NASA, SP-350, 1975

Jupiter

• Callisto Crater Database, USGS
• Ganymede Crater Database, USGS
• Galileo: Journey to Jupiter, NASA

Mars

• Assessment of Mars Science and Mission Priorities, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, 2003
• The Quarantine and Certification of Martian Samples, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, National Research Council, 2002
• Safe on Mars: Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Martian Surface, Committee on Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Surface of Mars, National Research Council, 2002
• Mars Sample Return: Issues and Recommendations, Task Group on Issues in Sample Return, National Research Council, 1997

Mercury

• Mercury Mariner 10 Image Project, Center for Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
• Atlas of Mercury, Merton E. Davies, et al., SP-423, NASA, 1978

Pluto

• New Horizons: Shedding Light on Frontier Worlds: The Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Saturn

• Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan, NASA

Space Station

• Report by the International Space Station (ISS) Management and Cost Evaluation (IMCE) Task Force to the NASA Advisory Council, [Young Report] November 2001

Venus

• Data Base of Impact Craters on Venus Based On Analysis of Magellan Radar Images and Altimetry Data, Gerald G. Schaber, Randolph L. Kirk, and Robert G. Strom, Open-File Report 98-104, USGS

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Policy, Politics and Law

Collective Resources

• Space: Emerging Options for National Power, MR-517, Rand, 1998

Asia-Pacific

• Australia in Orbit: Space Policy and Programs, Current Issues Brief 12 1997-98, Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia, 6 April 1998

Canada

• Canadian Space Policy Framework, Canadian Space Agency
• Thinking the Unthinkable: On Revolution, Outer Space and Canadian Policy, James Fergusson, Canadian Military Journal, Summer 2000

Europe

• European Centre for Space Law
• Space: a new European frontier for an expanding Union An action plan for implementing the European Space policy, White Paper, COM (2003) 673, EUR 20916, European Commission
• Green Paper on European Space Policy, adopted by the European Commission, 21 January 2003
• UK Space Strategy: 2003-2006 and Beyond, British National Space Centre
• UK Space Strategy 1999-2002: New Frontiers, British National Space Centre

International

• Space Law Links, Office for Outer Space Affairs, UN
• United Nations treaties and principles on outer space, A/AC.105/722, A/CONF.184, UN, 1999
• International Charter: Space and Major Disasters

Joint

• U.S.-Japan Space Policy: A Framework for 21st Century Cooperation, Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 3002
• U.S.-European-Japanese Workshop on Space Cooperation: Summary Report, Space Research Committee, Science Council of Japan; European Space Science Committee, European Science Foundation; and Committee on International Space Programs, National Research Council, 1999

United States

• Space Policy Project, FAS
• A Journey to Inspire, Innovate and Discover: Moon Mars and Beyond, Report of the President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy, [Aldridge Commission Report] June 2004
• President's Commission on Moon Mars and Beyond, archived web site
• The Vision for Space Exploration, NASA, February 2004
• 35. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CATO Handbook for the 107th Congress
• Alternate Trajectories Options for Competitive Sourcing of the Space Shuttle Program, Report of the Space Shuttle Competitive Sourcing Task Force, Rand, December 2003
• The Earth Below: Purchasing Science Data and the Role of Public-Private Partnership, Scott Pace, et al., DB-316-NASA/OSTP, 2000
• Data Policy Issues and Barriers to Using Commercial Resources for Mission to Planet Earth, DB-247, Rand, 1999
• The Cosmos on a Shoestring: Small Spacecraft for Space and Earth Science, Liam Sarsfield, Rand, 1998
• Linking Space Exploration Programs to National Goals, Elwyn Harris and Jerry Sollinger, Rand, IP-139, 1994
• America at the Threshold, Report of the Synthesis Group on America's Space Exploration Initiative, [Stafford Report] 1991
• Report of the Advisory Committee On the Future of the U.S. Space Program, December 1990
• NASA Leadership and America's Future in Space, A Report to the Administrator, Sally K. Ride, NASA, August 1987
• The National Aeronautics and Space Act Pub. L. No. 85-568, As Amended

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Safety and Risk

Collective Resources

• Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee
• Meteoroid and Debris Database, NASA
• Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines for Selected Contaminants: Volume 1, Subcommittee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines, Committee on Toxicology, National Research Council, 2004
• Report to Associate Administrator Office of Space Flight October - December 1999, Space Shuttle Independent Assessment Team, March 2000
• Streamlining Space Launch Range Safety, Committee on Space Launch Range Safety, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Research Council, 2000

Apollo

• Apollo 13 Review Board Report, NASA
• Apollo 13 Mission Review, Hearing, U.S. Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 91st Congress, 2nd Session, June 30, 1970
• The Apollo 13 Accident, Hearing, U.S. House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Date: 91st Congress, 2nd Session, June 16, 1970
• Apollo 13 Mission, Hearing, U.S. Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 91st Congress, 2nd Session, April 24, 1970
• Report of Apollo 204 Review Board, [Apollo 1 Fire], NASA

Challenger Accident [STS 51-L]

• Post-Challenger Evaluation of Space Shuttle Risk Assessment and Management, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Academies, 1988
• Challenger STS 51-L Accident, NASA
• Space Shuttle Oversight, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, Hearing on Oversight of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space Shuttle Redesign Activities, 100th Congress, 1st Session, January 22, 1987
• Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, (commonly called the Rogers Commission Report), June 1986 and Implementations of the Recommendations, June 1987
• NASA’s Response to the Committee’s Investigation of the "Challenger" Accident, Hearing, U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, 100th Congress, 1st Session, February 26, 1987
• Investigation of the Challenger Accident, Report, U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, 99th Congress, 2nd Session, October 29, 1986
• Strategy for Safely Returning Space Shuttle to Flight Status, Hearing, U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, 99th Congress, 2nd Session, May 15, 1986
• Space Shuttle Accident, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, Hearing on the Space Shuttle Accident and the Rogers Commission Report, 99th Congress, 2nd Session, February 18, June 10 and 17, 1986

Columbia Accident [STS-107]

• Columbia Accident Investigation Board
• CAIB Report, volumes I through IV
• Response to Columbia Space Shuttle Accident, EPA
• STS-107 Mission Control Center Status Reports, NASA
• Records Released Under the Freedom of Information Act, including email, data files, debris assessment, etc., NASA
• Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew, NASA

Skylab

• Initial Flight Anomalies of Skylab 1 on May 14, 1973, NASA Investigation Board Report, July 1973

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Security and Defense

Collective Resources

• Weapons in Space, FAS
• Space Security Project, Henry L. Stimson Center
• Space, Center for Security Policy
• Space Security, Center for Defense Information
• Safeguarding Space for All: Security and Peaceful Uses, UNIDIR, Conference Report, Geneva, 24-25 March 2004
• Space Weapons Earth Wars, Bob Preston, MR-1209-AF, Rand, 2002
• Space Based Weapons, compiled by Stephanie H. Rollins, Air University Library, August 2003

United States

• National Reconnaissance Office, US
• Report of the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization, pursuant to Public Law 106-65, January 11, 2001
• The Changing Role of the US Military in Space, Daniel Gonzales, MR-895-AF, Rand, 1999

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