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Title NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings: Nasa's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives: Nasa's First 50 Years, Historical Perspectives
Author Steven J. Dick (Editor); National Aeronautics and Space Administr (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Edition First Edition
Pages 776
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Admi, Washington, D.C.
Date 2010-07
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
ISBN 9780160849657 / 0160849659
Weight 3.1 lbs (1.41 kg)
Dimensions 9.7 x 6.8 x 1.8 in (24.64 x 17.27 x 4.57 cm)
Library of Congress subjects United States - History, Astronautics - United States - History
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009015085
Dewey Decimal Code 629.409

About the author

Steven J. Dick was the Chief Historian for NASA and Director of the NASA History Division. He worked as an astronomer and historian of science at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, for 24 years before coming to NASA Headquarters in 2003. He is the author of numerous books, including The Biological Universe (1996) and Life on Other Worlds (1998). Among his recent books are Remembering the Space Age (NASA SP-2008- 4703, 2008), a book of 50th anniversary proceedings for which he served as editor; America in Space: NASA's First 50 Years (with Neil Armstrong et al., Abrams, 2007); Societal Impact of Spaceflight (NASA SP-2007-4801, 2007, edited with Roger Launius); Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight (NASA SP-2006-4702, 2006, edited with Roger Launius); The Living Universe: NASA and the Development of Astrobiology (with James Strick, Rutgers University Press, 2004); and Sky and Ocean Joined: The U.S. Naval Observatory, 1830-2000 (2003).

Dr. Dick is the recipient of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, the NASA Group Achievement Award for his role in NASA's multidisciplinary program in astrobiology, the NASA Group Achievement Award (2008) for the book America in Space, and the 2006 LeRoy E. Doggett Prize for Historical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society. He has served as Chairman of the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society, as President of the History of Astronomy Commission of the International Astronomical Union, and as President of the Philosophical Society of Washington. He is a corresponding member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Minor planet 6544 Stevendick is named in his honor.

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Washington: NASA History Division 2009. 8vo. xvi, 759 pp. Full cloth in dust jacket. Very clean copy in unused condition. No ownership marks. Colour and b&w illustrations. 9780160849657 . Fine. Cloth. 2009.