EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This scholarly study of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center places the institution in social, political, scientific, and technological context. It traces the evolution of Marshall, located in Huntsville, Alabama, from its origins as an Army missile development organization to its status in 1990 as one of the most diversified of NASA's field Centers. Chapters discuss military rocketry programs in Germany and the United States, Apollo-Saturn, Skylab, Space Shuttle, Spacelab, the Space Station, and various scientific and technical projects including the Hubble Space Telescope. It sheds light not only on the history of space technology, science, and exploration, but also on the Cold War, federal politics, and complex organizations.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-Acknowledgments.

-Introduction.

-I. Origins of Marshall Space Flight Center.

-II. The Center in the Saturn Years: Culture, Choice, and Change.

-III. Crafting Rockets and Rovers: Apollo Engineering Achievements.

-IV. The Marshall Reconstruction.

-V. Between a Rocket and a Hard Place: Transformation in a Time of Austerity.

-VI. Skylab: Competition and Cooperation in Human Systems.

-VII. Beyond "The Gate of Heaven": Marshall Diversifies.

-VIII. The Space Shuttle: Development of a New Transportation System.

-IX. The Challenger Accident.

-X. The Recovery: Investigation and Return to Flight.

-XI. Spacelab: International Cooperation in Orbit.

-XII. The Hubble Space Telescope.

-XIII. Space Station: A Visionary Program in a Pragmatic Era.

-XIV. Conclusion 1960-1990.

-Appendix A-Center Chronology.

-Appendix B-Personnel.

-Appendix C-Center Directors.

-Appendix D-Organization Charts.

-Appendix E-Budgets and Expenses.

-Appendix F-Brief Chronology of Facilities Buildup Relating to History of Marshall Space Flight Center (Early 1950s through 1990).

-Appendix G-Major MSFC Patents.

-Appendix H-Huntsville Area Social and Economic Change.

-Sources and Research Materials.

-Index.
-The NASA History Series.