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Alleati competitivi
Origni e sviluppo della cooperazione spaziale fra Europa e Stati Uniti 1957-1973
Lorenza Sebesta
Editori Laterza 2003
ISBN 88-420-6938-8

Ariane, une épopée européenne
William Huon, ETAI 2007
208 pages
ISBN: 978-2-7268-8709-7 €48.00

Cap sure les etoiles. L'aventure spatiale francaise.
Pierre Chiquet. Editeur: JML 2005
ISBN: 2-84928-087-9 €24.00

La contribution de la Belgique à l’aventure spatiale européenne Des origins à 1973
Dawinka Laureys
Beauchesne, Paris 2008*

Cooperating for Success: 200 Meetings of the ESA Council 1975-2008
Edited by C. Walker
ESA BR-272
(May 2008)

Europe in Space 1960-1973
John Krige and Arturo Russo
ESA SP-1172
(September 1994)

Le Général Robert Aubinière
Propos d'un des pères de la conquête spatiale française
Robert Aubinière et André Lebeau
L’Harmatton, Paris 2008

Geschichte der deutschen Raumfahrtpolitik
Konzepte, Einflußfaktoren und Interdependenzen 1923-2002
Niklas Reinke
Schriften des Forschungsinstituts der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.
1. Auflage
2004. 602 S., Abb.: 73, bound
ISBN 3-486-56842-6

The History of the European Space Agency
Proceedings of an International Symposium
London, 11-13 November 1998
ESA SP-436
(June 1999)

The History of German Space Policy:
Ideas, influences, and interdependence 1923-2002
Niklas Reinke
Translated by Barry Smerin and Barbara Wilson
Beauchesne, Paris 2007*

International Cooperation in Space: The Example of the European Space Agency
Roger-M. Bonnet, Vittorio Manno
Frontiers of Space series Harvard University Press, 1994
163 pages ISBN: 0674458354, 9780674458352

Italy in Space:
In search of a strategy 1957-1975
Michelangelo de Maria and Lucia Orlando
Beauchesne, Paris 2008*

Making Sense of Space:
The history of Norwegian space activities
Edited by John Peter Collett
Scandinavian University Press
Oslo-Stockholm, Copenhagen, Boston (1995)

A Nordic Satellite Project Understood as a Trans-national Effort.
Nina Wormbs
In: History and Technology Vol. 22, No. 3, September 2006, pp.257-75

A Place in Space
The history of Swiss participation in European space programmes 1960-1987
Stephan Zellmeyer
Beauchesne, Paris 2008*

Proceedings of the Workshop on the History of Spacelab
ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL
22-23 April 1997
ESA SP-411
(July 1997)

A Short History of Irish Space Activities
Paul Clancy
ESA HSR-40

The Skylark Rocket
British Space Science and the European Space Research Organisation 1957-1972
Matthew Godwin
Beauchesne, Paris 2008*

Spain and the European Space Effort
Edited by José María Dorado Gutiérez
Beauchesne, Paris 2008*

The Story of ESRO's Sounding Rocket Programme:
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the
first ESRO Sunding Rocket launch
ESA BR-60
(September 1989)

La Suisse, l'Europe et l'Espace
Fondation Jean Monnet pour l'Europe
Centre de recherches européennes
Lausanne
(December 2000) German version also available.

Suomalaisen Avaruustutkimuksen Historia
Ilkka Seppinen
Helsinki University Press 2004
ISBN 951-570-573-8

Sweden in Space:
Swedish space activities 1959-1972
Jan Stiernstedt
ESA SP-1248
(March 2001)

La Terra Vista Dall’alto
Breve storia della militarizzazione dello spazio
Lorenza Sebesta and Filippo Pigliacelli
Carocci editore, Rome 2008

Twenty Years of the ESA Convention
Proceedings of an International Symposium
Munich, Germany
4-6 September 1995
ESA SP-387
(November 1995)

The 20 Years of the Ariane Programme
Proceedings of a colloquium held on 30 July 1993, at the Palais d'Egmont-Arenberg
Place du Peti Sablon 8
1000 Bruxelles
Published by ESA

Der Wissenschaftsmacher
Reimar Lüst im Gespräch mit Paul Nolte
C.H. Beck, Munich 2008

Spaceplane Hermes: Europe's Dream of Independent Manned Spaceflight
Luc van den Abeelen
Springer Praxis Books, December 2016
ISBN-10: 3319444700

Europe's Space Programme: To Ariane and Beyond
Brian Harvey, Springer Praxis Books, 2003
ISBN-13 978-1852337223
Recollections
Roy Gibson, Edite, 2011

The Spacelab Story: Science aboard the Shuttle
Ben Evans, Springer Praxis Books, 2024

Spacelab Payloads:
Prepping Experiments and Hardware for Flight
Michael E. Haddad & David J. Shayler
Springer Praxis Books, 2022

European-Russian Space Cooperation:
From de Gaulle to ExoMars
Brian Harvey, Springer-Praxis Books, 2021

Rosetta: The Remarkable Story of Europe's Comet Explorer
Peter Bond
Springer Praxis Books, 2020

European Missions to the International Space Station:
2013 to 2019
John O'Sullivan, Springer Praxis Books, 2020

Tim Peake and Britain's road to space
Erik Seedhouse, Springer Praxis Books, 2017

In the Footsteps of Columbus:
European missions to the International Space Station
John O'Sullivan, Springer Praxis Books, 2016

L'espace, du rêve à la réalité : un grand bon pour l'Europe spatiale
Marius Le Fèvre, Edite, 2010

Giotto to the Comets
Nigel Calder, Presswork, 1992 
ISBN 0 952011506

Spacelab, an International Success Story
Douglas Lord, NASA Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1987

Spacelab: Research in Earth Orbit
David Shapland and Michael Rycroft, Cambridge University Press, 1984

Titan from Cassini-Huygens
Robert H. Brown, Jean-Pierre Lebreton, J. Hunter Waite
Springer Nature, 2010

*These books are part of the Explorations, Studies in Modern Science and Technology series from the International Academy of the History of Science (Director: Robert Halleux).

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