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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.
Our High-Energy Universe
If there’s one thing the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has taught us, it’s to expect the unexpected. Gamma-ray research has yielded unprecedented breakthroughs in our understanding of the Milky Way’s central black hole, our flaring Sun, and merging neutron stars.
Read Now about Our High-Energy Universe![On a black, all-sky map, magenta circles grow and shrink.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/fermilatlcr900.gif?w=900)
NASA History
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50 Years of Solar System Exploration: Historical Perspectives
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Celebrating 30 Years of the Space Shuttle Program
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Cosmos and Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context
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Emblems of Exploration
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Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce
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A History of Near-Earth Objects Research
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Making the Invisible Visible: A History of the Spitzer Infrared Telescope Facility (1971–2003)
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NACA to NASA to Now: The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century
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NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Contributions to the Space Shuttle Program
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NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA's Senior Leadership
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NASA’s First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives
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NASA’S Discovery Program: The First Twenty Years of Competitive Planetary Exploration
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Not Yet Imagined: A Study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations
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Origins of 21st-Century Space Travel: A History of NASA’s Decadal Planning Team and the Vision for Space Exploration, 1999–2004
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Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective
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Pursuit of Power: NASA’s Propulsion Systems Laboratory No. 1 and 2
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Rockets and People: A Four-Volume Memoir
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Science Advice to NASA: Conflict, Consensus, Partnership, Leadership
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Toward a History of the Space Shuttle: An Annotated Bibliography, published by NASA in December 1992
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Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology, 1997–2011, Volume 2
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When Biospheres Collide: A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs
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The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America
Aeronautics
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The Apollo of Aeronautics: NASA’s Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program, 1973-1987
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Breaking the Mishap Chain: Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development
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Cave of the Winds: The Remarkable History of the Langley Full-Scale Wind Tunnel
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Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space
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Crash Course: Lessons Learned from Accidents Involving Remotely Piloted and Autonomous Aircraft
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Dressing for Altitude, U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits-Wiley Post to Space Shuttle
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Elegance in Flight: A comprehensive History of the F-16XL Experimental Prototype
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Flying Beyond the Stall: The X-31 and the Advent of Supermaneuverability
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Modeling Flight: The Role of Dynamically Scaled Free-Flight Models in Support of NASA's Aerospace Programs
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A New Twist in Flight Research: The F-18 Active Aeroelastic Wing Project
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Probing the Sky: Selected NACA Research Airplanes and Their Contributions to Flight
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Unlimited Horizons: Design and Development of the U-2
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Quieting the Boom: The Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator and the Quest for Quiet Supersonic Flight
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Sweeping Forward: Developing and Flight Testing the Grumman X-29A Forward Swept Wing Research Aircraft
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Thinking Obliquely: Robert T. Jones, the Oblique Wing, NASA’s AD-1 Demonstrator, and its Legacy
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X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight
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X-15 Research Results
Science
Space Station Researcher's Guides
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Acceleration Environment
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Cellular Biology
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Combustion Science
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Earth Observations
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Fluid Physics
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Fruit Fly Research
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GeneLab
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Human Research
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Macromolecular Crystal Growth
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Microbial Research
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Microgravity Materials Research
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Plant Science
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Rodent Research
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Space Environmental Effects
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