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Read and download free NASA e-Books on the agency’s history, aeronautics research, science missions, and the International Space Station.
The Dark Universe
“Hubble Focus: The Dark Universe" highlights the mission’s recent discoveries about two mysterious components of our universe: dark energy—an unexplained cosmic pressure that’s speeding up the universe’s expansion—and dark matter, an invisible substance detectable only by seeing how it gravitationally influences visible matter.
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NASA History
50 Years of Solar System Exploration: Historical Perspectives
Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication
Celebrating 30 Years of the Space Shuttle Program
Cosmos and Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context
Emblems of Exploration
Going Beyond: The Space Exploration Initiative and the Challenges of Organizational Change at NASA
Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce
A History of Near-Earth Objects Research
Hubble: An Overview of the Space Telescope
Making the Invisible Visible: A History of the Spitzer Infrared Telescope Facility (1971–2003)
NACA to NASA to Now: The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Contributions to the Space Shuttle Program
NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA's Senior Leadership
NASA’s First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives
NASA’S Discovery Program: The First Twenty Years of Competitive Planetary Exploration
Not Yet Imagined: A Study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations
Origins of 21st-Century Space Travel: A History of NASA’s Decadal Planning Team and the Vision for Space Exploration, 1999–2004
Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective
Pursuit of Power: NASA’s Propulsion Systems Laboratory No. 1 and 2
Rockets and People: A Four-Volume Memoir
Science Advice to NASA: Conflict, Consensus, Partnership, Leadership
Toward a History of the Space Shuttle: An Annotated Bibliography, published by NASA in December 1992
Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology, 1997–2011, Volume 2
When Biospheres Collide: A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs
The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America
Aeronautics
The Apollo of Aeronautics: NASA’s Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program, 1973-1987
Breaking the Mishap Chain: Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development
Cave of the Winds: The Remarkable History of the Langley Full-Scale Wind Tunnel
Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space
Crash Course: Lessons Learned from Accidents Involving Remotely Piloted and Autonomous Aircraft
Dressing for Altitude, U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits-Wiley Post to Space Shuttle
Elegance in Flight: A comprehensive History of the F-16XL Experimental Prototype
Flying Beyond the Stall: The X-31 and the Advent of Supermaneuverability
Modeling Flight: The Role of Dynamically Scaled Free-Flight Models in Support of NASA's Aerospace Programs
NASA’s Contributions to Aeronautics, Volume 1
NASA’s Contributions to Aeronautics, Volume 2
A New Twist in Flight Research: The F-18 Active Aeroelastic Wing Project
Probing the Sky: Selected NACA Research Airplanes and Their Contributions to Flight
Unlimited Horizons: Design and Development of the U-2
Quieting the Boom: The Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator and the Quest for Quiet Supersonic Flight
Sweeping Forward: Developing and Flight Testing the Grumman X-29A Forward Swept Wing Research Aircraft
Thinking Obliquely: Robert T. Jones, the Oblique Wing, NASA’s AD-1 Demonstrator, and its Legacy
X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight
X-15 Research Results
Science
Space Station Researcher's Guides
Acceleration Environment
Cellular Biology
Combustion Science
Earth Observations
Fluid Physics
Fruit Fly Research
GeneLab
Human Research
Macromolecular Crystal Growth
Microbial Research
Microgravity Materials Research
Plant Science
Rodent Research
Space Environmental Effects
