Sarah Keegan
Headquarters, Washington                Oct. 19, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-1902)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N01-59

NASA PUBLISHES FIFTH VOLUME OF "EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN"

     NASA has just published "Exploring the Cosmos," the 
fifth volume of "Exploring the Unknown," an ongoing series of 
reference books essential for anyone interested in the 
history and development of the U.S. civil space program.

Selected documents of interest to those involved in both 
space history and space policy are grouped into three 
thematic chapters with an introductory essay for each 
subject. Chapter one is devoted to the origins and early 
organization of space science; chapter two covers NASA's 
planetary exploration efforts; and the third chapter details 
space-based astronomy and astrophysics.

The book is for sale from the U.S. Superintendent of 
Documents and from the NASA Information Center. Details on 
ordering the volume are available at:

           http://history.nasa.gov/what.html

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