A SET OF 17 BOOKS FROM DR. FAGET'S PERSONAL LIBRARY.

Dr. Maxime "Max" A. Faget (1921–2004) received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1943, then served as a U.S. Navy submarine officer in the South Pacific during World War II. After the war, he joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1946. When NACA became NASA in 1958, he was heavily involved in Project Mercury as the lead spacecraft designer and developed the concept for the Mercury escape rocket which was later applied during the Apollo Program. His next work was in the development of the Space Shuttle during the very late 1960's and early 1970's. During his career he wrote or co-author dozens of technical papers and books on many topics relating to aircraft, rocketry, spacecraft design and reentry. Dr. Faget retired from NASA in 1981.
This collection includes:

1. CARPENTER, M. SCOTT, ET AL. We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. 375 pp. 6 by 8½ inches. Original cloth. Book club edition.
SIGNED by SCOTT CARPENTER, WALLY SCHIRRA, and GORDON COOPER on the front endpapers which illustrate a Mercury Atlas launch. Schirra and Cooper have added their individual Mercury spacecraft names.
Each of the Mercury astronaut has written multiple chapters on his program development support assignment and personal training experiences. Shepard, Grissom, Glenn, and Carpenter have chapters on their actual space flights.

2. ALDRIN, BUZZ with Wayne Warga. Return to Earth. New York: Random House, 1973. 338 pp. 6 by 8 ½ inches. Original quarter cloth.
SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN on the title page.
Aldrin describes the Apollo 11 flight and the difficulties of his "return to earth."

3. BENFORD, TIMOTHY B. & Brian Wilkes. The Space Program Quiz and Fact Book. New York: Harper and Row, 1985. 257 pp. 6 by 9 inches. Paper wraps.
SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS & INSCRIBED by Brian Wilkes on the half title page: "To Max Faget, One of the unsung heroes of America's space programs - ." Includes signed manuscript letter by Brian Wilkes which reads: "Dr. Faget, Best success in your new ventures. Any comment would be greatly appreciated." A fact-filled illustrated book on space exploration in a question and answer format.

4 & 5. FAGET, MAX. Los Vuelos Espaciales Tripulados. Santiago De Chile: Editorial Pomaire, 1968. 191pp. 5 ½ by 8 inches. Wraps. Two copies of the Spanish translation of Dr. Faget's 1965 book: Manned Space Flight. Contains all the illustrations as in his original work.

6. NASA SP-12, Results of the Third United States Manned Orbital Space Flight, October 3, 1962. Washington: GPO, 1962. 120pp. 8 by 10 ½ inches. Original blue wrappers. A detail review with graphs and illustrations of Wally Schirra's Mercury Sigma 7 flight.

7. NASA SP-4201. This New Ocean. Washington: GPO, 1966. 511pp. 7 by 10 inches. Original blue wrappers. An extensive history of the Mercury Program with additional data found in seven appendices.

8. NASA SP-4402. Origins of NASA Names. Washington: GPO, 1976. 227pp. 7 by 10 inches. Original wrappers. Describes and illustrates the origins and history of many NASA programs including launch vehicles, satellites, manned space flight, sounding rockets, and NASA facilities.

9. NASA EP-25. Space Exploration – Why and How. Washington: GPO, 1964. 8 by 10 ½ inches. 20pp. Original wrappers. Focus is on space around the earth, the earth's atmosphere and weather, the moon, and the planets. Extensively illustrated.

10 & 11. The Apollo Saturn 6 flight. NASA MSC Internal Note 66-FM-67. AS 502 Spacecraft Reference Trajectory. Houston, TX: NASA/MSC, 7 July 1966. Vol. I and II. 72 and 237 pp. 8 by 10 ½ inches. Stock covers with stapled bindings. Details of the second Saturn V flight. Volume I describes the purpose and scope of the flight, mission description, test objectives, and performance of the Command and Service Modules. Includes numerous charts and graphs. Volume II tabulates the AS-502 nominal mission trajectory

12. Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Mission Press Kit. Washington: GPO, 1969. 250pp. 8 by 10 ½ inches. Original wrappers. Ten anniversary souvenir edition, July 20, 1979. Identical to the original July 6, 1969 release covering all aspects on the Apollo 11 lunar landing flight. Extensively illustrated.

13. NASA EP-95. On the Moon with Apollo 16, A Guidebook to the Descartes Region. Washington: GPO, 1972. 290pp. 8 by 10 ½ inches. Original wrappers. Contains extensive details for the fifth lunar landing mission of the Apollo Program. Includes landing site description, the lunar rover, lunar surface science, orbital science, and flight crew information.

14. A Shuttle Chronology 1964 --- 1973. Abstract Concepts to Letter Contract. Volume I, Abstract Concepts to Engineering Data, Defining the Operational Potential of the Shuttle. Houston, TX: NASA/JSC, December 1988. 289 pp. 8 ½ by 11 inches. Card stock with stapled binding. An exhaustive compilation of early Space Shuttle information.

15. COVINGTON, JAMES W. History of Apollo Launch and Support Facilities. Part I. Loose leaf comment edition, copy number 60. Labeled: "For Internal Use Only, Not For Public Release or Citation." 70 pp.
Describes the history associated with Apollo launch complex 34, 37, and 39 at the Kennedy Space Center.

16. United Press International. Gemini, America's Historic Walk in Space. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1965. 98pp. 9 by 11 inches. Original pictorial boards with dust jacket.
A photo-filled book featuring all aspects of the Gemini 4 flight and the first United States spacewalk by Ed White.

17. WINTER, FRANK H. Prelude to the Space Age. The Rocket Societies: 1924-1940. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983. 207pp. 8 ½ by 11 inches. Original illustrated wrappers. An extensive history of early rocketry.