NASA's First A: Aeronautics from 1958 to 2008

Aeronautics, the first A of the NASA acronym, has always been a part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), but against the headline exploits of rocket launches, Moon landings, Space Shuttle missions, and Mars rovers, aeronautics is easily lost in the shadows of NASA’s marquee space programs. This relative obscurity belies what has been a remarkably creative, productive, and highly effective group of researchers who, at one time, even helped bring about the Space Age and invent a space agency. The list of accomplishments for NASA’s first A is long, and this book goes a modest way toward sketching these developments.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/NASAsFirstA-508-ebook.pdf
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• Authors:
  • Ferguson, Robert G
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 302p
• Serial:
  • NASA History Series
  • Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aeronautics; History
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Aviation; History; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01516427
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NASA SP-2012-4412
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 2014 1:32PM