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• Heat-shield ablation measurements using radioisotope techniques / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, [1966]), by George W. Brandon and Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Determination of heat-shield char-front recession with a nucleonic technique / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, [1966]), by William G. Davis and Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Design study of integrated life support system for aerospace application utilizing radioisotopes for thermal energy : final report /, by R. V. Elms, Division of Isotopes Development U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Research & Development Division Lockheed Missiles and Space Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vacuum distillation, vapor pyrolysis water recovery system utilizing radioisotopes for thermal energy /, by H. Esten, L. Cooper, R. W. Murray, and sponsor Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Magnetic Bearings for Instruments in the Space Environment (technical memorandum 78048; Washington: NASA Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1978), by Philip A. Studer (page images at HathiTrust)
• SeaWiFS postlaunch technical report series. (Greenbelt, Md. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, [2002]), by Stanford B. Hooker and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• SeaWiFS postlaunch technical report series. (Greenbelt, Md. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, [2002]), by Guiseppe Zibordi and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instantaneous monitoring of multicomponent expired gases / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1966), by A. E. Barrington, Flight Rearch Center, GCA Corporation, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Apollo experience report : development flight instrumentation / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1974), by Norman B. Farmer and Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Apollo experience report : command and service module instrumentation subsystem / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1973), by Frank A. Rotramel and Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Apollo experience report : lunar module instrumentation subsystem / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1972), by David E. O'Brien, Jared R. Woodfill, and Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Apollo experience report : flight instrumentation calibration (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1973), by J. F. DeMoss, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Apollo experience report : flight-control data needs, terminal display devices, and ground system configuration requirements / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1974), by Richard A. Hoover and Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spherical and practical astronomy. (Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1900), by William Chauvenet (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)
• Space measurements survey: Instruments and spacecraft, October 1957-March 1965. (Washington, Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Electro-Optical Systems (Firm), ed. by Henry L. Richter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Space vehicle displays design criteria. ([Washington] National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va.], 1972), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentation requirements for a flight reentry heating experiment at interplanetary return velocity / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, VA : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1971), by Elden S. Cornette, Edward M. Sullivan, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Entry probes in the outer solar system; report. (Moffet Field, Calif., Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1975), by Outer Planet Probe Science Study Group (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Deep space network. (Pasadena, Calif. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, [1988]), by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Data base architecture for instrument characteristics critical to spacecraft conceptual design / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1990), by Lawrence F. Rowell, Cheryl L. Allen, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Goddard Space Flight Center test philosophy and resultant record / (Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970), by John H. Boeckel, Albert R. Timmins, Kenneth R. Mercy, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study of display systems for manual guidance of large launch vehicles utilizing the X-15 airplane and flight simulators / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1970]), by Armando E. Lopez, Ronald M. Gerdes, Gordon H. Hardy, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Irradiation effects on manual sighting accuracy of a space-flight-rated sextant using simulated lunar and stellar targets [electronic resource] / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1971), by Frederick W. Boltz, Richard F. Haines, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Training for a floating-point display of numbers / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce, [1965]), by Robert J. Randle, Clayton R. Coler, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Planetary instrument definition and development program : NASA research announcement soliciting proposals for basic research for the period ending October 22, 1993. (Washington, DC : Office of Space Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1993]), by United States. Office of Space Science (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Flight technology improvement : proceedings of a workshop sponsored jointly by the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology and the Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications of NASA Headquarters and the NASA Langley Research Center, and held at College Park, Maryland, July 31-August 2, 1979. (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch, 1979), by Flight Technology Improvement Workshop (1979 : University of Maryland), United States. Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Design techniques for flight control systems in nuclear radiation environments /, by R. M. Magee, D. B. Taulbee, S. I. Rosen, G. M. Brown, issuing agency United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division, United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division. Directorate of Materials and Processesd States. sponsor, and sponsor Bendix Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gyroscopic low power attitude control for space vehicles /, by R. C. Wells, Frank M. Courtney, J. S. Sicko, issuing body United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division, and sponsor Western Electric Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aerospace measurement techniques. (Washington : Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1967), by Gene G. Mannella and Electronics Research Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dial-reading performance as a function of frequency of vibration and head restraint system /, by Harvey A. Taub, sponsor Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories (U.S.), and sponsor Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)

• Joint determination of orbits of spacecraft and moons of Mars by optical sighting of the moons / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service [distributor], 1971), by Charles B. Grosch, Donald F. Nickel, Langley Research Center, and Control Data Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Minimum fuel attitude control of a nonlinear satellite system with bounded control by a method based on linear programming / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information [distributor], 1969), by Gary D. Wolske, Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Stanford University (page images at HathiTrust)

• Thermal static bending of deployable intelocked booms / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information], 1973), by Charles L. Staugaitis and Roamer Predmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stabilization system analysis and performance of the Geos-A gravity-gradient satellite (Explorer XXIX) / (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : Springfield, Va. : for sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1967), by V. L. Pisacanne, B. J. Hook, P. P. Pardoe, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Energy absorber for the Ariel I instrument booms / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1964]), by T. L. Eng and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the libration of a gravity gradient stabilized spacecraft in an eccentric orbit / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, VA : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1970), by Albert J. Fleig, Goddard Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Coupled thermally-induced transverse plus torsional vibrations of a thin-walled cylinder of open section / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, VA : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1970), by Harold P. Frisch, Goddard Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mechanical properties of advanced gravity gradient booms, (Washington, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.], 1970), by C. L. Staugaitis and R. E. Predmore (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Damping behavior of dehavilland stem booms / (Washington, D. C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : for sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1967), by R.E. Predmore, J.E. Jellison, C.L. Staugaitis, Goddard Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (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)
• The influence of thermal distortion on the performance of gravity stabilized satellites / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1969]), by Gerd Kanning, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital program for dynamics of non-rigid gravity gradient satellites / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968), by James L. Farrell, James J. Connelly, and James K. Newton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Torsional measurements of satellite booms / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, VA : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1971), by Richard A. Abercrombie, Goddard Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Star tracker calibration / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, [1968]), by Lawrence T. Draper, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• An algorithm for Liapunov stability analysis of complex nonlinear systems with application to the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information [distributor], 1971), by Gunther R. Geiss, Ames Research Center, and Grumman Aerospace Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Techniques for generation of control and guidance signals derived from optical fields : Part II / (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va., 1971), by H. Hemami, S. R. Gardner, R. B. McGhee, Langley Research Center, Ohio State University, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Application of maximum likelihood techniques to the design of optimum star trackers / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, [1968]), by Edwin C. Foudriat, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Simple processors of star tracker commands for stabilizing an inertially oriented satellite / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, VA : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1968), by Robert D. Showman, G. Michael Sullivan, B. F. Doolin, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental investigation of an attitude control system that uses star trackers and inertia wheels / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Virginia 22151], 1970), by Robert D. Showman, Bruce H. Dishman, Ames Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Celestial aspect sensor system /, by Russell G. Steeves, John Dulchinos, Henry A. Miranda, and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aspect determination for the AFGL infrared survey experiments /, by Stephan D Price, Russell G. Walker, Peter C. Tandy, Leonard P. Marcotte, Charles V. Cunniff, David S. Akerstrom, and U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pointing calibration of a high-resolution millimeter-wave antenna by star observations /, by Melvin Burak and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sampled-data deviations in a vertical indicator with a stellar monitor /, by Thomas Michael Pienkowski, United States. Wright Air Development Division. sponsor, and United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command. issuing body (page images at HathiTrust)

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