About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Ira H. Abbott, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, Artemis, PLEXIL, European Remote-Sensing Satellite, Cosmic Vision, SERT-1, Art Stephenson, European Space Research and Technology Centre, European Space Astronomy Centre, James R. Thompson, Jr., Gene Porter Bridwell, Carolyn S. Griner, Pedro Duque, Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission, ADM-Aeolus, NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, Reinhold Ewald, Irene D. Long, David A. King, NASA Authorization Act of 2005, Living Planet Programme, European Launcher Development Organisation, Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, EarthCARE, SCOS 2000, T. Jack Lee, Gerhard Thiele, XEUS, AERONET, Proba-2, Rob Strain, Crawlerway, Beyond Einstein program, Eddington, Space Task Group, Donald L. Mallick, Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment, William W. Parsons, ESA Television, European Astronaut Centre, NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, Innovative Interstellar Explorer, Human Lunar Return study, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, Cos-B, Lesa Roe, Jean-Jacques Dordain, Space Power Facility, Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, ESA Centre for Earth Observation, Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond, Europa Orbiter, Scarab, Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle, Planetary Science Archive, Nickelodeon Launch Box, Mission Specialist, Orfeo Programme, NASA Astronaut Group 10, Sentry, NASA reentry prototypes, Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment, NASA FACTS, ATLO. Excerpt: Ira H. Abbott (July 18, 1906 - November 3, 1988) was an American aerospace engineer. A graduate of MIT, Abbott worked for Langley Aeronautical Laboratory in 1929. He was a Director of Aeronautical and Space Research at NASA during the middle of the twentieth century and before that was employed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Abbott supervised the X...