Bibliography

The Space Transportation System (STS) Recordation Bibliography was prepared as a companion to the STS Recordation Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) document. It is not intended to be an encyclopedic reference guide to the Space Shuttle Program (SSP). Rather, the references focus primarily on the technological evolution of the STS, including the orbiter vehicle and major propulsion elements. Since it is intended as a reference guide suitable for use by the general public, listings for highly technical materials are not included.

The STS Recordation Bibliography is organized topically into five major sections: General History; the Orbiter Vehicles; the Space Shuttle Main Engines; the Solid Rocket Boosters/Solid Rocket Motors/Reusable Solid Rocket Motors; and the External Tank. Within each section, references are grouped by the general information type, i.e., books, pamphlets, journals, and presentation materials; cultural resource inventories and historic contexts; internet sources; oral histories; and video, film, and DVD.

As appropriate, reference materials also are grouped by the source repository, specifically the archives at the University of Houston – Clear Lake, the Kennedy Space Center Library, and the Marshall Space Flight Center History Office. This bibliography is designed to capture the basics of the technological evolution of the shuttle stack.

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