Power to Explore; A History of Marshall Space Flight Center 1960-1990 NASA SP-4313

Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office, Office of Policy and Plans, 1999. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. [6], x, 713, [3] pages. Illustrations. Appendices include: Center Chronology, Personnel, Center Directors, Organization Charts, Budgets and Expenses, Brief Chronology of Facilities Buildup Relations to History of Marshall Space Flight Center (Early 1950s through 1990), Major MSFC Patents, and Huntsville Area Social and Economic Change. Sources and Research Materials. Index. Dr. Andrew Dunar Professor Emeritus, History Department. Professor Andrew Dunar received his B.A. from Northwestern University, his M.A. from UCLA, and his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. He taught courses in twentieth century American history and American foreign relations. Stephen P. Waring was an Associate Professor, History, University of Alabama in Huntsville. Since its inception in 1960, the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama has been at the center of the American space program. The Center build the rockets that powered Americans to the moon, developed the propulsion system for the space shuttle, and managed the development of Skylab, the Hubble Space Telescope, and Spacelab. It is one of NASA's most diversified field Centers, with expertise in propulsion, spacecraft engineering, and human systems and multitudinous space sciences. This scholarly study of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center places the institutions in social, political, scientific, and technological context. It traces the evolution of Marshall, located in Huntsville, Alabama, from its origins as an Army missile development organization to its status in 1990 as one of the most diversified of NASA's field Centers. It discusses military rocketry programs in Germany and the United States, Apollo-Saturn, Skylab, Space Shuttle, Spacelab, the Space Station, and scientific and technical projects including the Hubble Space Telescope. It sheds light on the history of space technology, science, and exploration, but also on the Cold War.