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Back Issues: List of Articles by Issue

Vol 13-17         Vol 9-12         Vol 5-8        Vol 1-4     By Topic    

Vol. 12 No. 4 (Mailed 10.28.05) - Out of Stock
  • "Got Filk? - Lament for Apollo in Modern Science Fiction Folk Music" by Roger Launius
  • "Charles Lindbergh's Flight into Space-Sculpture Taking Aboard SpaceShipOne" by Colin Fries
  • "Apollo and the Origin of the Moon" by Christopher Gainor
  • "India's Remote Sensing Program" by Shubhada Savant and Sanithosh Seelan
  • "A Brief History of Commercial High-Resolution Satellite Remote Sensing" by Incigul Polat-Erdogan
  • "An Interview with Robert Heselmeyer" - edited by Sandra Johnson
  • Book Review - "First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong" - Book by James Hanson, Review by Tom Crouch
  • Book Review - "Gus Grissom: The Lost Astronaut" - Book by Ray Boomhower, Review by David Arnold



    		•  Vol. 12 No. 3 (July 7, 2005)
  • "Outer Space Exploration from Utah: Leon Linford & Rocket Science" by Doran Baker & Kay Baker
  • "Launch Vehicle Human Rating Before the Space Shuttle" by T Harold Robertson
  • "Apollo Panoramas" by Mike Constantine
  • "An Interview with Robert Crippen by Donald Pealer
  • "Astro Projection: Virtual Reality, Telepresence, and the Evolving Human Space Experience" by Savan Becker

    • Vol. 12 No. 2 (April 22, 2005)
  • "The Solar System from Earth Orbit" - by Howard Trace
  • "Getting into the Launch Business - The American Rocket Co Story" - George Koopman Speech w/Commentary by Matthew Trace
  • "Recollections of Max Faget: Colleague, Mentor, and Friend" by Dr. Joe Allen
  • "An Interview with Max Faget (A discussion on the Space Shuttle) by Carol Butler
  • "Heritage Sites of the U.S. Space Program in Australia" - by Dirk Spennemann and Linda Kosmer
    • Vol. 12 No. 1 (January 29, 2005)
  • "Landsat - An Integrated History" by James Allen and Shanaka de Silva
  • "A Day in the Life of the NASA Astronaut Corps - January 27, 1967" by John Charles
  • "The Apollo Moon Program at Hamilton Standard" - by Harvey Smith
  • "Safeguard - North Dakota's Front Line in the Cold War" - Gregory Bowen
  • "An Interview with Jay Honeycutt" by Rebecca Wright
  • Photo Book Review -- "Building Moonships - The Grumman Lunar Module"
    • Vol. 11 No. 4 (October 29, 2004) - Out of Stock
  • "Chronicling Space-Adventures in Space History" by Matt Billie with Erika Lishock
  • "Rise of the Machines-Telerobotic Operations in the U.S. Space Program" by Savan Becker
  • "Risk Management in the X-Planes Era (D-558-II vs X-IA at Mach 2)," by Curtis Peebles
  • "Canadian Radarsat Program," by Howard Edel, Edryd Shaw, John Falkingham, William Jefferies, Dave Wilson, and Gary Borstad
  • Interview with Neil Hutchinson (Space Station Program Manager) by Jennifer Ross-Nazzal
  • Book Review: "Lost in Space: The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age" written by Greg Klerkx, reviewed by Kristen Starr
  • Book Review: "To the End of the Solar System: The Story of the Nuclear Rocket" written by James Dewar, reviewed by Stephen Johnson
    • Vol. 11 No. 3 (August 2, 2004)
  • "The NRO in the 21st Century: Ensuring Global Information Supremacy" by R. Cargill Hall
  • "The Turkish Space Program: Just a Beginning" by Incigul Polat-Erdogan
  • "A History of the United States Anti-Satellite Program and the Evolution to Space Control and Offensive and Defensive Counterspace," Robert Kilgo
  • "A Look into the History of American Satellite Navigation," by Chris Banther
  • Interview with Dr. Bradford Parkinson (the creator of GPS) by Stephen Strom
  • "Will it Go 'Round in Circles? A Colorful Mosaic of Art Flown in Space." by Colin Fries
  • Letters to the Editor - Peter Pesavento and Charles P. Vick, "Recently Declassified US Documents Highlight Aspects of USSR Manned Lunar Landing Efforts."
    • Vol. 11 No. 2 (April 16, 2004)
  • The Moon Race End Game - Part II, by Peter Pesavento and Charles Vick
  • An Interview with Gemini and Apollo Flight Controller John Aaron by Kevin Rusnak
    • Vol. 11 No. 1 (January 30, 2004 )
  • The Moon Race End Game, by Peter Pesavento and Charles Vick
  • Launch Vehicles and the Development of Systems Engineering
  • Traditions of the Space Age, by Colin Fries
  • An Interview with Joseph Kerwin by Kevin Rusnak
  • Exhibit: Space: A Journey to Our Future
    • Vol. 10 No. 4 (October 30, 2003)
  • The Chapman Report and the Development of Canada's Space Program by Christopher Gainor
  • History of Human Spaceflight Mission Operations by Ken Peek
  • Nike-Zeus' Thunder & Lightning: From Antiballistic Missile to Antiballistic Interceptor by Clayton Chun
  • A Pinpoint on the Ocean of Storms: Finding the Target for Apollo 12 by David Clow & Ewen Whitaker
  • An Interview with H. Morgan Smith (NASA Astronaut Survival Training School) by Rebecca Wright
  • A Commercial Communications Satellite Timeline by Scott Sacknoff
  • Book Review: Exploring Space, Exploring Earth - New Understanding of the Earth from Space Research
  • Book Review: We Have Capture - Tom Stafford and the Space Race
    • Vol. 10 No. 3 (July 29, 2003)
  • Heated Debates: A History of the Development of the Space Shuttle's Thermal Protection System 1970-1981 - by Brian Woods
  • Collecting Literature in the Space & Rocket Fields, Part II & III - by Frederick Ordway
  • The Green Hills of Earth - Views of the Earth as Described by Astronauts & Cosmonauts - by Colin Fries
  • An Interview with Joseph Wambolt - Principal Director, Aerospace Corporation
    • Vol. 10 No. 2 (April 18, 2003)
  • The "First Lady of Space" Remembers - Memoirs by Valentina Tereshkova
  • Slayton's Unexpected Orders - by John Charles
  • Defending Against Hitler's Vengeance - The U.S. Army and the V-2 - by Clayton Chun
  • An Interview with Edward Fendell - by Kevin Rusnak
  • Collecting Literature in the Space & Rocket Fields, Part I - by Frederick Ordway
  • Sports Milestones in Space - by Colin Fries
  • The Russia and U.S. Library of Space Science & Exploration
    • Vol. 10 No. 1 (January 17, 2003 )
  • An Interview with Neil Armstrong
  • Those Hollywood Spooks and Their Spying Machines - Spy Satellites in Film and Reality
  • Red Bear on the Prowl - Strategic Warning in the Soviet Union, Part 2
  • The Air Force Space Museum
    • Vol. 9 No. 5 (October 15, 2002) - Out of Stock
  • Space Suit Backpacks: U.S. Space Portable Life Support Systems
  • The Tragic Story of Apollo 1
  • Reverse Salients in the Air Force Satellite Control Facility 1961-1965
  • The Soviet Buran Space Shuttle
  • An Interview with Eilene Galloway
  • Review: "Moonstruck - Werner von Braun and the Birth of Space Travel Out of the Spirit of Barbarism"
    • Vol. 9 No. 4 (June 2002) - Out of Stock
  • Effects of a Saturn V Launch Pad Explosion
  • Pioneering the Solar System and Beyond
  • History of Commercialization of Manned Space in Europe
  • Space-related Strategic Defense in the Soviet Union, Part I
  • Calculating Women: A Brief History of the LRWE/WRE Computing Team
  • Atlas-Vega: Early NASA Launch Vehicle Development
  • Computer Use During the Early Manned American Space Missions
  • Museum: The National Space Centre
  • Book Review: "Beyond the Moon: A Golden Age of Planetary Exploration 1971-1978"
  • Book Review: "Sputnik: The Shock of the Century"
    • Vol. 9 No. 3 (March 2002) - Limited Stock
  • Remembering the Space Race with Walter Cronkite
  • Early History of Satellite Insurance
  • Owen Maynard: Lunar Module Pioneer from Canada
  • Space Age Milestones Celebrated in Music
  • Chicken Little was Right: The Sky(lab) is Falling Down
  • Forging America's Shield: Issues of National Missile Deployment
  • The Astronaut Hall of Fame
    • Vol. 9 No. 2 (December 2001) - SOLD OUT
  • History of the Military Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellite Program
  • The First Apollo 2: Operations Planned for "The Leaping Green Frog"
  • Australia: Spacefaring Under the Southern Cross
  • An Interview with Colonel Thomas Haig
  • Archival Records of the NASA Ames Research Center
  • Book Review: The Moon Hunters
  • Book Review: The Unbroken Chain
    • Vol. 9 No. 1 (September 2001) - SOLD OUT
  • Space, Energy & Crisis
  • Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: "In Tune" with Détente
  • Evolution of the Indian Launch Vehicle
  • Political History of the Establishment of Air Force Space Command
  • "Lights, Camera, Action: Camera Capsules and the Saturn Launch Vehicle
  • The Industrial Space Facility
  • Interview: Alan Rochford
  • Book Review: Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race 1945-1974