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Freitag, Ruth S., Comp. – 1984
Included in this bibliography are over 3,200 references to publications on Halley's Comet, its history, orbital motion, and physical characteristics, meteor streams associated with it, preparations for space missions to study it in 1986, and popular reaction to its appearances. Also cited are a few papers that, although they devote little…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Astronomy, Observation, Science Education
Needell, Allan A., Ed. – 1983
These proceedings, based on a symposium which examined the motivations, implications, accomplishments, and social impacts of the first 25 years in space, are presented in four sections. Section 1 includes an introduction by John Logsdon, a paper titled "Motivations for the Space Program: Past and Future" by Harvey Brooks, and comments by Bernard…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Economics, Futures (of Society), Science History
Summerlin, Lee B., Ed. – 1977
In the Skylab student project, high school students submitted proposals for experiments that could be performed on board Skylab by the astronauts. This book describes the experiments designed by the students and reports what happened to those experiments in the space laboratory. The student experiments included studies of the central nervous…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Astronomy, Engineering Education, Science Education