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• A digital computer program for the dynamic interaction simulation of controls and structure (DISCOS) / (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Office, 1978), by Carl S. Bodley and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Static longitudinal aerodynamic characteristics at a Mach number of 10.03 of low-aspect-ratio wing-body configurations suitable for reentry / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1962), by Lawrence E. Putnam, Cuyler W. Brooks, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Low-subsonic-speed static longitudinal stability and control characteristics of a winged reentry-vehicle configuration having wingtip panels that fold up for high-drag reentry / (Washington [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1960]), by George M. Ware and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wind-tunnel investigation of static aerodynamic characteristics of a 1/9-scale model of a possible reentry capsule at mach numbers from 2.29 to 4.65 / (Washington [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1959]), by David S. Shaw, Kenneth L. Turner, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental investigation of a disk-shaped reentry configuration at transonic and low supersonic speeds / (Washington, [DC] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1962]), by Frank A. Lazzeroni and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of the low-subsonic stability and control characteristics of a 0.34-scale free-flying model of a modified half-cone reentry vehicle / (Washington, [DC] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1962]), by James L. Hassell, George M. Ware, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Static longitudinal and lateral stability characteristics at a mach number of 3.11 of square and circular plan-form reentry vehicles, with some effects of controls and leading-edge extensions / (Washington [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1960]), by Byron M. Jaquet and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dynamic stability and dispersion of a Project Mercury test capsule upon entering the atmosphere, with effects of roll rate, center-of-gravity displacement, and threshold of a rate-reaction control system / (Washington [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1961]), by Byron M. Jaquet, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effect of inertia properties on attitude stability of nonrigid spin-stabilized spacecraft / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1974), by W. E. Lang, J. P. Young, and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Free-flight measurments [i.e. measurements] of static and dynamic stability of models of the Project Mercury re-entry capsule at Mach numbers 3 and 9.5 / (Washington [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1960]), by Simon C. Sommer, Dale L. Compton, Barbara J. Short, Ames Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• The annular momentum control device (AMCD) and potential applications / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1975), by Willard W. Anderson, Nelson J. Groom, 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)
• Exploratory investigation at mach number of 2.01 of the longitudinal stability and control characteristics of a winged reentry configuration / (Washington [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1959]), by Gerald V. Foster and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wind-tunnel investigation at high subsonic speed of the static longitudinal stability characteristics of a winged reentry vehicle having a large negatively deflected flap-type control surface / (Washington [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1959]), by Paul G. Fournier and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Self-sealing structures for control of the meteoroid hazard to space vehicles / ([Washington] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1964]), by Philip J. D'Anna, James J. Piechocki, Roger M. Heitz, Northrop Space Laboratories, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some considerations in the fatigue design of launch and spacecraft structures / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information], 1965), by R. H. Christensen, R. J. Bellinfante, and Douglas Aircraft Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Motion effects on an IFR hovering task : analytical predictions and experimental results / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service [distributor], 1971), by R. F. Ringland, Raymond E. Magdaleno, Robert L. Stapleford, Ames Research Center, and inc Systems Technology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aerodynamic stability characteristics of the Apollo command module / (Washington, D. C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : for sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1968), by William C. Moseley, Jack E. Hughes, Ralph E. Graham, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resonance-inert stabilization for space stations / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1972), by G. L. Von Pragenau and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• A vector-dyadic development of the equations of motion for N-coupled flexible bodies and point masses / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1975), by Harold P. Frisch and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Equilibrium states for a class of dual-spin spacecraft / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, VA : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1971), by Thomas W. Flatley, Goddard Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Fluid oscillations in the containers of a space vehicle and their influence upon stability / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230], 1964), by Helmut F. Bauer, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The stagnation-point boundary layer with suction and injection in equilibrium dissociating air / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Virginia 22151], 1968), by Kenneth C. Weston, Manned Spacecraft Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Effects of relaxed static longitudinal stability on a single-stage-to-orbit vehicle design / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1979), by Delma C. Freeman, Alan W. Wilhite, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dynamic stability derivatives of space shuttle orbiter from wind-tunnel and approach and landing flight tests / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration , Scientific and Technical Information Office ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1980), by Delma C. Freeman, Langley Research Center, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of random signal combinations for spacecraft pointing stability / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1983), by Leonard W. Howell and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effect of Reynolds number on the aerodynamic stability and control characteristics of a 55 ̊clipped-delta-wing orbiter configuration at supersonic mach numbers / (Washington : U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1976), by A. B. Blair, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effect of modifications on aerodynamic characteristics of a single-stage-to-orbit vehicle at Mach 5.9 / (Washington, D.C. : U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1983]), by Peter T. Bernot, Langley Research Center, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Static and dynamic stability analysis of the Space Shuttle Vehicle-Orbiter / (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1978), by Wei J. Chyu, Larry L. Erickson, Ralph K. Cavin, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• The N-BOD₂ user's and program's manual / (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Information Office, 1978), by Harold P. Frisch and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Comparison of space shuttle orbiter low-speed static stability and control derivatives obtained from wind-tunnel and approach and landing flight tests / ([Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1980), by Delma C. Freeman, Bernard Spencer, Langley Research Center, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• A nonlinear estimator for reconstructing the angular velocity of a spacecraft without rate gyros / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program, 1991), by Michael E. Polites, W. D. Lightsey, and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stability region maximization by decomposition-aggregation method / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale the National Technical Information Service], 1974), by Dragoslav D. Siljak, S. M. Cuk, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, and University of Santa Clara (page images at HathiTrust)
• Decomposition-aggregation stability analysis / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1973), by Dragoslav D. Siljak, S. M. Cuk, S. Weissenberger, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, and University of Santa Clara (page images at HathiTrust)
• Secondary flow fields embedded in hypersonic shock layers / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce, 1962]), by Alvin Seiff and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aerodynamic damping and oscillatory stability in pitch and yaw of Gemini configurations at Mach numbers from 0.50 to 4.63 / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, [1966]), by Bruce R. Wright, Robert A. Kilgore, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dynamic model investigation of touchdown stability of lunar-landing vehicles / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, [1967]), by Robert W. Herr, H. Wayne Leonard, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Body motions and angles of attack during Project Fire flight II reentry / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, [1967]), by William I. Scallion, John H. Lewis, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analytical and experimental investigation of forces and frequencies resulting from liquid sloshing in a spherical tank Andrew J. Stofan and Alfred L. Armstead. (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce], [1962]), by Andrew J. Stofan, Alfred L. Armstead, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Measured steady-state performance of water vapor jets for use in space vehicle attitude control systems / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce], [1963]), by Bruce E. Tinling and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wind-tunnel investigation at Mach numbers from 3.0 to 6.8 of the static aerodynamic characteristics of modified Mercury exit and escape capsule configurations / (Washington, [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1960), by Albin O. Pearson, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Subsonic and transonic dynamic-stability characteristics of the space shuttle launch vehicle / (Washington : U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1976), by Delma C. Freeman, Edwin E. Davenport, Richmond P. Boyden, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Four methods of attitude determination for spin-stabilized spacecraft with applications and comparative results / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1975), by Gene A. Smith and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vehicle attitude determination with a single onboard camera / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, [1968]), by Richard J. Bendura, Robert E. Smith, Allen B. Henning, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thermoelastic instability of open-section booms / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical, Springfield, Virginia 20230], 1969), by James H. Donohue, Harold P. Frisch, Goddard Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Static and dynamic stability derivatives of a model of a jet transport equipped with external-flow jet-augmented flaps / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical, Springfield, Virginia 20230], 1969), by Delma C. Freeman, Richard D'Amato, Sue B. Grafton, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• A passive method for scanning the celestial sphere / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1971]), by A. J. Fleig and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the phenomenon of thermoelastic instability (thermal flutter) of booms with open cross section / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Virginia 22151], 1969), by Richard M. Beam, Ames Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some aerodynamic and control studies of lifting reentry configurations at angles of attack up to 90° at a mach number of 2.91 / (Washington [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1960), by Frank L. Clark, Joanna M. Evans, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Wind-tunnel investigation at mach numbers from 0.40 to 1.20 of the static aerodynamic and control characteristics of a model of a nonlifting reeintry capsule in combination with a rocket booster / (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1960), by Albin O. Pearson and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A wind-tunnel investigation at subsonic and low supersonic speeds of a re-entry vehicle with retractable wings / (Washington [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961), by Willard G. Smith and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Summary of static stability and drag characteristics of axisymmetric low-drag shapes for the subsonic to hypersonic mach number range /, by Amado A. Trujillo, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Sandia Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• The USAF Stability and Control Digital Datcom., by John E. Williams, Steven R. Vukelich, sponsor Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), sponsor McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company-St. Louis, and issuing body United States. Air Force. Systems Command (page images at HathiTrust)
• The USAF Stability and Control Digital Datcom., by John E. Williams, Steven R. Vukelich, sponsor Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), sponsor McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company-St. Louis, and issuing body United States. Air Force. Systems Command (page images at HathiTrust)
• High moment producing techniques for attitude control and stabilization of manned space vehicles., by sponsor Bendix Research Laboratories and sponsor United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• The effect of propellant sloshing on the stability of an accelerometer controlled rigid space vehicle / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963), by Helmut F. Bauer, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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