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.mobi, .azw, .txt, .prc

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REFERENCE MATERIALS: AERONAUTICS E-BOOKS
An image of an ebook reader with the X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight cover. Hard copies are typically available 8-10 weeks after the e-book posting. If you cannot find the book at your local bookseller, it might be available through either the U.S. Government Printing Office or through NASA Headquarters' Information Center. Book prices are the same from both providers.

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
Accepts credit cards / availability dependent on book NASA Headquarters Information Center
Accepts checks only / availability assured
  • To order, go to the Information Center Web site
  • Scroll to bottom of page to see the list of "Aeronautical Publications Available for Purchase"
  • Identify the book, price and SP number in which you are interested
  • Scroll back to top of page and in the blue box on the left side of the page, click on the Request Form to print anc complete
  • Submit your order by U.S. mail
  • Follow other instructions on the page to inquire about availability before ordering, if desired

The following list details which provider(s) offer hard copies of each book.



Books Currently Available in Hard Copy

"Crash Course: Lessons Learned from Accidents Involving Remotely Piloted and Autonomous Aircraft"
by Peter W. Merlin

Order from:
  • NASA Information Center (SP-2013-600)
"Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space"
by Roger D. Launius and Dennis R. Jenkins

Order from:
  • NASA Information Center (SP-593)
"Dressing for Altitude: U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits—Wiley Post to Space Shuttle"
by Dennis Jenkins

Order from:
  • NASA Information Center (SP-2011-595)
"Breaking the Mishap Chain: Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development"
by Peter W. Merlin, Gregg A. Bendrick, and Dwight A. Holland

Order from:
  • GPO bookstore
  • NASA Information Center (SP-2011-594)
"NASA's Contributions to Aeronautics, Vols. 1 and 2"
Edited by Richard P. Hallion

Order from:
  • GPO bookstore
  • NASA Information Cetner (SP-2010-570)
"Apollo of Aeronautics: NASA's Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program, 1973-1987"
by Mark D. Bowles

Order from:
  • GPO bookstore (stock number SP-2009-574)
  • NASA Information Center (SP-2009-574, $24.00)
"Ikhana: Unmanned Aircraft System, Western States Fire Missions"
by Peter W. Merlin

Order from: NASA Information Center (SP-2009-4544, free)

"Modeling Flight: The Role of Dynamically Scaled Free-Flight Models in Support of NASA's Aerospace Programs"
by Joseph R. Chambers

Order from:
  • GPO bookstore (stock number SP-2009-575)
  • NASA Information Center (SP-2009-575, $35.00)
"X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight"
by Dennis R. Jenkins

Order from: NASA Info Center (SP-2007-562, $45.00)


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