First, the NASA History Division is pleased to announce the publication of Science in Flux: NASA's Nuclear Program at Plum Brook Station, 1955-2005 (NASA SP-2006-4317) by Mark D. Bowles. Please order by contacting the NASA Center for Aerospace Information at 7121 Standard Drive Hanover, Maryland 21076, (301) 621-0390 or order from https://www.sti.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ordersti.pl online. Please mention the title and Document ID # 20060027114. The price code is EA5 (Within U.S. $25; outside U.S. $40.00). Shipping and handling costs are additional and are as follows: Standard - U.S. only (UPS) - $2.00 per item; Federal Express: U.S. - $7.00/International - $17.00. The full text and accompanying images of this book are also available at http://history.nasa.gov/sp4317.pdf on the Web.

Second, the Societal Impact of Spaceflight conference is coming up on Sept. 19-21.  This free conference is open to the public, but registration is recommended because spots are filling up fast.  More information is available at http://history.nasa.gov/socimpactconf/index.html online.

Third, we expect a formal procurement Request for Proposals regarding the history of international relations at NASA to be released soon.  We will use this listserv to send out another notice when it actually is posted.  We recommend that interested bidders also sign up for the tailored procurement email notification service by following the instructions at  http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/nens/index.cgi on the Web.

Fourth, Rocco Petrone recently passed away.  This Apollo-era pioneer was 80 years old.  Information about him is available at http://history.nasa.gov/bioso-s.html#petrone and http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/features/rocco_petrone.html online.

Stephen Garber
NASA History Division
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NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC 20546
202-358-0385 phone
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http://history.nasa.gov