An
Overview of the Space Transportation System
from
Chronology of Space Shuttle Flights, 19812000 (NASA
HHR-70, October 2000)
By Judy A. Rumerman with Stephen J. Garber
Twenty
Years On Orbit: The Space Shuttle Legacy
By Roger D. Launius
The
Space Shuttles First Flight: STS-1 from From
Engineering Science to Big Science: The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy
Research Project Winners (NASA SP-4219, 1998)
By Henry C. Dethloff
Developing
the Space Shuttle from Exploring the Unknown: Selected
Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume
IV: Accessing Space
By Ray A. Williamson
Toward
Liftoff: A Brief History and Chronology of the Marshall Space Flight
Centers Role in Designing, Developing, and Testing the Space
Shuttle Propulsion Elements for STS-1
By Mike Wright with Bob Jaques
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Releases from NASA Ames
and Dryden Detailing those Centers' Contributions to the Shuttle's
Development
Why
Does the Space Shuttle Have Wings?
A Look at the Social Construction of Technology in Air and Space
By Stephen J. Garber

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