NASA Special Collection Database

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 9.75" X 7" Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Standards, June 26, 1909, Reprint No. 24, Vol. 6, No.2. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1910. Condition fair/average with the cover missing. 232 pages. Authors; C. W. Waidner, Associate Physicist and G. K. Burgess, Assistant Physicist.

Barcode 31315006311083

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 10" X 7" Section of book, September 18, 1920. Condition poor with no cover and first page disconnected. Notes written throughout. Author; T. S. Sligh, Jr. "Mr. Mixson" written on top page.

Barcode 31315006311141

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 11.25" X 8.5" X 1.25" Hardcover book. Jenkins, Dennis R., Book, Seventh Edition, North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-9633974-5-4. Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315005773176

Provenance Book purchased for researching artifacts for the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection.

Purpose This volume is used for NASA Special Collection research and for display purposes. Some volumes held by the collection may also be available in the main collection for circulation. Check online or with library staff for availability.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 9.25" X 7.25" X 1" Paperback book. de Monchaux, Nicholas, Book, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-262-01520-2. Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315006361070

Provenance Book purchased for researching artifacts for the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection.

Purpose This volume is used for NASA Special Collection research and for display purposes. Some volumes held by the collection may also be available in the main collection for circulation. Check online or with library staff for availability.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 12" X 7" X .625" Hardcover book. Young, Amanda, Book, Brooklyn, NY: PowerHouse Books, 2009. ISBN: 978-1-57687-498-1. Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315005773184

Provenance Book purchased for researching artifacts for the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection.

Purpose This volume is used for NASA Special Collection research and for display purposes. Some volumes held by the collection may also be available in the main collection for circulation. Check online or with library staff for availability.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 9.75" X 7" Department of Commerce, Circular of the Bureau of Standards, No. 8, 4th edition, 1926. 18 pages plus card-stock cover stapled together. Item has cellophane tape marks on the spine. No author specified. Item is in average condition.

Barcode 31315006311109

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 11.25" X 10.5" X 1.25" Hardcover book. Bizony, Piers., Book, Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-7603-3941-1. Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315005773192

Provenance Book purchased for researching artifacts for the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection.

Purpose This volume is used for NASA Special Collection research and for display purposes. Some volumes held by the collection may also be available in the main collection for circulation. Check online or with library staff for availability.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 8.5" X 11" spiral bound tour book. It is printed in color and features high resolution images. It is 43 pages long and also contains a section for taking notes. It was published by the United Space Alliance. Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315005275081

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center in Houston, Texas. Currently held at the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection.This is a book intended for educational purposes. Not Flown. Part of Order 9-2.

Purpose As referenced on the inside of this book, the United Space alliance Flight Crew Equipment and Extra-Vehicular Lab processes the hardware, equipment, and food used by the astronauts on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. It further explains that the tour book is meant to be a short reference guide to the labs and what is processed in the labs.