Science

Exploring the Unknown

Background This is a projected eight volume series of selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program,…

May 9, 2019

A Multidisciplinary Validation Study of Non-human Animal Models for Forensic Decomposition Research, 2013

Background In 2013, a grant was awarded to the University of Tennessee for the research into animal decomposition. Here is…

May 8, 2019

Space Handbook: Astronautics and its Application, Circa 1959

Background The below document was obtained from the United States Air Force, under FOIA Case 2019-02596-F. It was digitized from…

May 7, 2019

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,…

May 5, 2019

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.…

April 26, 2019

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