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• Review of recent launch failures; report . . . Ninety-second Congress, first session . . . (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on NASA Oversight (page images at HathiTrust)
• Swift : catching gamma-ray bursts on the fly. ([Greenbelt, Md.] NASA, [2001]), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of control laws and actuator locations for control systems applicable to deformable astronomical telescope mirrors / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1973), by Aaron J. Ostroff and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effects of certain control-system nonlinearities on stability and pointing of an attached double-gimbal experiment package in presence of random crew-motion disturbances / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1973), by J. D. Shaughnessy, Vilas D. Nene, Nelson J. Groom, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• A technique for designing active control systems for astronomical-telescope mirrors / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1973), by W. E. Howell, J. F. Creedon, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• A systematic study of focal ratios and effects of optical misalignment for LST / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1974), by Charles L. Wyman and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• A scaling technique for air-bearing simulation of precision pointing systems / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1971), by Gordon F. Bullock, Frederick R. Morrell, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Design and evaluation of an optical fine-pointing control system for telescopes utilizing a digital star sensor / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1973), by Aaron J. Ostroff, K. C. Romanczyk, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• A fine pointing system for the large space telescope / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1973), by W. O. Schiehlen and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Astrionics Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of the thin deformable active optics mirror concept / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1972), by Hugh J. Robertson, Langley Research Center, and Perkin-Elmer Corporation. Optical Group (page images at HathiTrust)
• Studies relating to temperature control of a large space telescope / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1973), by S. Katzoff and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Design and analysis of a star image motion compensator / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1973), by K. C. Romanczyk, William E. Howell, Aaron J. Ostroff, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• A laboratory simulation of a single-axis dual-level precision pointing system (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1973), by George F. Bullock, K. C. Romanczyk, Frederick R. Morrell, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• The standardization functional support section for the Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS) / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1974), by Marjorie R. Townsend and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Space telescope cost, schedule, and performance : hearings before the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, June 14, 16, 1983. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hubble Space Telescope, new & improved. (Baltimore, Md. : Space Telescope Science Institute, [1996?]), by Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hubble 2010 : science year in review. ([Greenbelt, Md. : NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ; Baltimore, Md. : Space Telescope Science Institute, 2011]), by sponsor Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.), sponsor Goddard Space Flight Center, and sponsor United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Large Deployable Reflector Science and Technology Workshop. (Moffett Field, Calif. : Ames Research Center ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1983), by David J. Hollenbach, Ames Research Center, and Calif.) Large Deployable Reflector Science and Technology Workshop (1982 : Pacific Grove (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scientific research with the space telescope : International Astronomical Union, Colloquium number 54, held at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J., August 8-11, 1979 / ([Huntsville, Ala.] : [National Aeronautics and Space Administration, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center] ; Washington, D.C. : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., [1979]), by John Ward Warner, M. S. Longair, COSPAR., and International Astronomical Union (page images at HathiTrust)
• The space telescope (Washington : Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print., 1976), by American Astronautical Society and Colo.) AAS Meeting (21st : 1975 : Denver (page images at HathiTrust)
• Advanced electro-optical imaging techniques; proceedings of a symposium held at NASA Headquarters, Physics and Astronomy Programs, Office of Space Sciences, September 22, 1972. (Washington, Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va.], 1973), by E. Joseph Wampler, Stanley Sobieski, and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Advanced figure sensor. (Washington, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.], 1970), by Robert Crane, Electronics Research Center (U.S.), and Perkin-Elmer Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hubble Space Telescope and the space shuttle problems : hearing before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, second session ... July 10, 1990. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1990), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Scientific results from the orbiting astronomical observatory (OAO-2), (Washington, Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va.], 1972), by Arthur D. Code, American Astronomical Society, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Earth orbital science, (Washington, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971]), by William R. Corliss and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The orbiting astronomical observatory thermal test program / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical, Springfield, Virginia 22151], 1970), by P. Caruso, Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Goddard Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Optical telescope technology. (Washington, Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1970), by Optical Telescope Technology Workshop (1969 : Marshall Space Flight Center), United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Office of Advanced Research and Technology, United States. Office of Space Science and Applications, and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program, 1991), by J. M. Horack and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Space Sciences Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Status and issues pertaining to the proposed development of the space telescope project, National Aeronautics and Space Administration : report to the Congress / ([Washington : U.S. General Accounting Office, 1977]), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exploring the universe with the Hubble Space Telescope. ([Washington, DC] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1990?]), by Valerie Neal and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aeroassist, key to returning from space and the case for AFE / ([Washington, D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1991?]), by Louis J. Williams, Terrill W. Putnam, Robert Morris, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern sampled-data control theory : design of the large space telescope / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by National Technical Information Service], 1974), by Benjamin C. Kuo, G. Singh, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, and Systems Research Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ground operation equipment for the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1963]), by E. J. Habib and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• The annular suspension and pointing (ASP) system for space experiments and predicted point accuracies / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1975), by Willard W. Anderson, S. M. Joshi, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analytic determination of camera operability status considering dynamic solar conflict for the Radio Astronomy Explorer satellite / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1970]), by Harvey Walden and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conversion of a spacecraft designed for manned space flight to a recoverable orbiting astronomical observatory / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce, [1964]), by Windsor L. Sherman and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Next Generation Space Telescope : visiting a time when galaxies were young / ([Washington, D.C.?] : The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., 1998), by H. S. Stockman and Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.). NGST Study Team (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hubble Space Telescope : update : 18 months in orbit. ([Washington, D.C.?] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1992?]), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hubble 2007 : science year in review / ([Baltimore, Md. : Space Telescope Science Institute for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 2007]), by R. Hanbury Brown and Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Astro : exploring the invisible universe of ultraviolet and x-ray astronomy. ([Washington] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1990]), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The observatory generation of satellites; session II of a special astronautics symposium held [by the American Astronautical Society] at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Dec. 27, 1962, during the 129th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Washington, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963), by Goddard Space Flight Center, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and American Astronautical Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Space telescope program review [microform] : hearing before the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, July 13, 1978. (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications (page images at HathiTrust)
• Skylab experiments. (Washington, 1972), by United States. Office of Manned Space Flight (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Star Splitters: The High Energy Astronomy Observatories, by Wallace H. Tucker (illustrated HTML at NASA)
• The star splitters : the High Energy Astronomy Observatories / (Washington, DC : Scientific and Technical Information Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by Wallace H. Tucker (page images at HathiTrust)

• Equilibrium shape of an array of long elastic structural members in circular orbit / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, [1966]), by Thomas W. Flatley and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)

• Orbiting Solar Laboratory : a major international scientific resource for the 1990s and beyond. (Greenbelt, Md. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1991?]), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orbiting solar observatory satellite OSO I; the project summary. (Washington, Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1965), by Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• The advanced solar observatory : executive summary / (Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Marshall Space Flight Center, 1986), by A. B. C. Walker, T. W. Roberts, R. Moore, and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• OSL--Orbiting Solar Laboratory : our window on the sun. ([Washington, D.C.?] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1990?]), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Solar probe : report for the Space Science and Applications Advisory Committee. ([Pasadena, Calif.?] : Jep Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, [1991]), by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scientific experiments for the Apollo Telecope Mount / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, [1969]), by George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• The observatory generation of satellites; session II of a special astronautics symposium held [by the American Astronautical Society] at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Dec. 27, 1962, during the 129th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Washington, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963), by Goddard Space Flight Center, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and American Astronautical Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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