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Link to Catalog page for Assessment of Options for Extending the Life of the Hubble Space Telescope:  Final Report Assessment of Options for Extending the Life of the Hubble Space Telescope: Final Report (2005)

Committee on the Assessment of Options for Extending the Life of the Hubble Space Telescope, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Protecting the Space Shuttle from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris Protecting the Space Shuttle from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris (1997)
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS)
Committee on Space Shuttle Meteoroid/Debris Risk Management, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Orbital Debris: A Technical Assessment Orbital Debris: A Technical Assessment (1995)
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS)
Committee on Space Debris, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Post-Challenger Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Rates and Utilization Post-Challenger Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Rates and Utilization (1986)

Committee on NASA Scientific and Technological Program Reviews, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Post-Challenger Evaluation of Space Shuttle Risk Assessment and Management Post-Challenger Evaluation of Space Shuttle Risk Assessment and Management (1988)
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB)
Committee on Shuttle Criticality Review and Hazard Analysis Audit, Space Applications Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Reusable Launch Vehicle: Technology Development and Test Program Reusable Launch Vehicle: Technology Development and Test Program (1995)
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS)
Committee on Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology and Test Program, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for From Earth to Orbit: An Assessment of Transportation Options From Earth to Orbit: An Assessment of Transportation Options (1992)
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS)
Committee on Earth-to-Orbit Transportation Options, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Assessment of Directions in Microgravity and Physical Sciences Research at NASA Assessment of Directions in Microgravity and Physical Sciences Research at NASA (2003)
Space Studies Board (SSB)
Committee on Microgravity Research, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for An Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Processes An Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Processes (1993)
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS)
Committee for Review of Oversight Mechanisms for Space Shuttle Flight Software Processes, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Statistical Software Engineering Statistical Software Engineering (1996)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA)
Panel on Statistical Methods in Software Engineering, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for A Strategy for Research in Space Biology and Medicine into the Next Century A Strategy for Research in Space Biology and Medicine into the Next Century (1998)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA), Space Studies Board (SSB)
Committee on Space Biology and Medicine, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Engineering Challenges to the Long-Term Operation of the International Space Station Engineering Challenges to the Long-Term Operation of the International Space Station (2000)
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS)
Committee on the Engineering Challenges to the Long-Term Operation of the International Space Station, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Engineering Challenges to the Long-Term Operation of the International Space Station Engineering Challenges to the Long-Term Operation of the International Space Station (2000)
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS)
Committee on the Engineering Challenges to the Long-Term Operation of the International Space Station, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Readiness Issues Related to Research in the Biological and Physical Sciences on the International Space Station Readiness Issues Related to Research in the Biological and Physical Sciences on the International Space Station (2001)
Space Studies Board (SSB), Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB)
Task Group on Research on the International Space Station, Space Studies Board, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Future Biotechnology Research on the International Space Station
 Future Biotechnology Research on the International Space Station (2000)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA), Space Studies Board (SSB)
Task Group for the Evaluation of NASA's Biotechnology Facility for the International Space Station, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for The Human Exploration of Space The Human Exploration of Space (1997)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA), Space Studies Board (SSB)
Committee on Human Exploration, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals (1998)
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS)
Committee to Identify Potential Breakthrough Technologies and Assess Long-Term R&D Goals in Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Radiation and the International Space Station: Recommendations to Reduce Risk Radiation and the International Space Station: Recommendations to Reduce Risk (2000)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA), Space Studies Board (SSB)
Committee on Solar and Space Physics and Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Safe Passage:  Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions Safe Passage: Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions (2001)
Institute of Medicine (IOM)
John R. Ball and Charles H. Evans, Jr., Editors, Committee on Creating a Vision for Space Medicine During Travel Beyond Earth Orbit, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine

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Link to Catalog page for Factors Affecting the Utilization of the International Space Station for Research in the Biological and Physical Sciences Factors Affecting the Utilization of the International Space Station for Research in the Biological and Physical Sciences (2003)
Space Studies Board (SSB)
Task Group on Research on the International Space Station, National Research Council, National Academy of Public Administration

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Link to Catalog page for Upgrading the Space Shuttle Upgrading the Space Shuttle (1999)
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS)
Committee on Space Shuttle Upgrades, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Collected Reports of the Panel on Technical Evaluation of NASA's Redesign of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Collected Reports of the Panel on Technical Evaluation of NASA's Redesign of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (1988)

Panel on Technical Evaluation of NASA's Redesign of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster, Committee on NASA Scientific and Technological Program Reviews, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Institutional Arrangements for Space Station Research Institutional Arrangements for Space Station Research (1999)
, Space Studies Board (SSB)
Task Group to Review Alternative Institutional Arrangements for Space Station Research, National Research Council

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