Valerie Neal is curator for human spaceflight in the Space Shuttle and International Space Station era at the Smithsonian”s National Air and Space Museum. Before joining the Smithsonian, she worked with NASA on early shuttle missions. She now curates exhibitions at the NASM and oversees more than 1, 500 artifacts, principal among them the orbiter Discovery, which is housed in the NASM”s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in northern Virginia. She lives in Washington, D.C.
4 Ebooks by Roger Launius
Roger Launius & B.J. Dvorscak: The C-5 Galaxy History
The C-5 Galaxy is truly an effective military aircraft. It remains an essential, successful component of the U.S. military airlife capability. This book reveals the events that led to the C-5 require …
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€17.99
Valerie Neal: Discovery
This book places Space Shuttle Discovery within the history of the space shuttle program and provides an introduction to space shuttle technology, with a focus on the orbiter itself. Discovery’s uniq …
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€29.99
Michael Neufeld: Milestones of Space
A beautifully illustrated history of the exploration of space through the most iconic objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Throughout the whole of human history, across …
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€29.99
John Hallwas & Roger Launius: Cultures In Conflict
Cultures in Conflict offers students of history an invaluable source of documents regarding the history of the Mormon presence in Illinois. Few local histories are so academically sound. -Illinois Ti …
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€26.96
