Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program. Volume 1: Organizing for Exploration. John M. Logsdon , Linda J. Lear , Jannelle Warren-Findley , Ray A. Williamson , Dwayne A. Day

Isis ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph N. Tatarewicz
Keyword(s):  
Space Program ◽  
History Of ◽  
The U.S

Human Factors Design Criteria for Spaceflight Intravehicular Crew Restraints

1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (14) ◽  
pp. 1371-1375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruthan Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Space Program ◽  
Design Issues ◽  
History Of ◽  
Proper Design ◽  
The U.S

Proper design of devices to restrain and position astronauts in microgravity is essential for working and living in space. This paper traces the development of crew restraints throughout the history of the U.S. space program. The paper also examines the functioning of various restraints in their conditions of use. Finally, design issues and recommended design guidelines for intravehicular crew restraints are identified.

Where No Nation Has Gone Before: Domestic Politics and the First International Space Science Mission

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-452
Author(s):  
W. D. Kay
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Earth Orbit ◽  
Space Program ◽  
International Space ◽  
Annual Budget ◽  
History Of ◽  
The U.S

The history of the U.S. space program can be rather neatly divided into two distinct periods. The first, which begins with the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and runs through the end of Project Apollo in 1972, is sometimes referred to as the “golden age” of space exploration. This period was characterized not only by its impressive scientific and technical successes but also by the fact that it possessed a highly supportive social, economic, and political environment. Buoyed by fears and rumors of Soviet achievements in space, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the 1950s and 1960s usually had little trouble securing an annual budget sufficient to maintain an ambitious set of projects (both manned and unmanned) that stretched from near-earth orbit to the outer reaches of the solar system.

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