BOOKS BY ROGER D. LAUNIUS
As of December 4, 2012
WRITTEN
1. Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space. Washington, DC: NASA SP-2011-593,
2012. With Dennis R. Jenkins. Recipient of the 2011 AIAA History Manuscript Award.
2. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball’s Supershowman. New York: Walker and
Co., 2010. With G. Michael Green.
3. Smithsonian Atlas of Space Exploration. New York: HarperCollins, 2009. With Andrew K.
Johnston.
4. Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel. Baltimore, MD: Johns
Hopkins University Press, 2008. With Howard E. McCurdy. Paperback reprint, 2012.
5. Space: A Journey to Our Future. San Diego, CA: Tehabi Books, 2004.
6. Space Stations: Base Camps to the Stars. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2003. Revised
edition, 2009. Recipient of the 2003 AIAA History Manuscript Award.
7. Seasons in the Sun: The Story of Big League Baseball in Missouri. Columbia: University of
Missouri Press, 2002.
8. Imagining Space: Achievements, Possibilities, Projections, 1950-2050. San Francisco:
Chronicle Books, 2001. Co-authored with Howard E. McCurdy.
9. The C-5 Galaxy History: Crushing Setbacks, Decisive Achievements. Paducah, KY: Turner
Publishing Co., 2001. Co-authored with B.I. Dvorscak.
10. NASA & the Exploration of Space. New York: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, 1998. Co-authored
with Bertram Ulrich.
11. Frontiers of Space Exploration, “Critical Events in the Twentieth Century” series. Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 1998, Second Edition, 2003.
12. Alexander William Doniphan: Portrait of a Missouri Moderate, “Missouri Biography Series.”
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1997.
13. NASA: A History of the U.S. Civil Space Program. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Co.,
1994, 2d printing 1995, simultaneous hardcover and paperback editions, second edition 2000.
The Anvil Series, Louis L. Snyder, General Editor.
14. Anything, Anywhere, Anytime: An Illustrated History of the Military Airlift Command. Scott
AFB, IL: Office of MAC History, 1991, simultaneous hardcover and paperback editions.
Co-authored with Coy F. Cross II, Betty R. Kennedy, John W. Leland, Jeffrey S. Underwood,
and Robert C. Williford.
15. Father Figure: Joseph Smith III and the Creation of the Reorganized Church. Independence,
MO: Herald Publishing House, 1990. Recipient of the 1990 Best Book in Mormon History
Award presented by the Mormon History Association and the 1990 Best Book Award of the
John Whitmer Historical Association.
16. Joseph Smith III: Pragmatic Prophet. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988, paperback
reprint, 1996. Recipient of the 1989 Evans Biography Award presented by the Mountain
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West Center for Regional Studies at Utah State University and the 1989 Best Book Award
from the John Whitmer Historical Association.
17. Invisible Saints: A History of Black Americans in the Reorganized Church. Independence,
MO: Herald Publishing House, 1988. Recipient of the 1988 Best Book Award from the John
Whitmer Historical Association.
18. The Kirtland Temple: A Narrative History. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House,
1986, 2d edition 1990.
19. Zion’s Camp: Expedition to Missouri, 1834. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House,
1984. Recipient of the 1984 Best Book Award from the John Whitmer Historical
Association.
EDITED
1. Exploring the Solar System: The History and Science of Planetary Exploration. New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, December 2012. “Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and
Technology.”
2. The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor. By Herman Noordung. Ljubljana, Slovenia:
Cultural Centre of European Pace Technologies (KSEVT), 2011. Co-edited with J.D. Hunley
and Frederick I. Ordway III.
3. Globalizing Polar Science: Reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical Years.
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, November 2010. Co-edited with David H. DeVorkin and
James Rodger Fleming. “Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology.”
4. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program,
Volume VII, Human Spaceflight: Projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. Washington, DC:
NASA SP-2008-4407, 2008. Co-edited with John M. Logsdon.
5. Societal Impact of Spaceflight. Washington, DC: NASA SP-2007-4801, 2007. Co-edited with
Steven J. Dick.
6. Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight. Washington, DC: NASA SP-2006-4702, 2006.
Edited with Steven J. Dick.
7. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program,
Volume VI: Space and Earth Science. Washington, DC: NASA SP-2004-4007, 2004. Edited
with John M. Logsdon, General Editor, Stephen J. Garber, and Ray A. Williamson.
8. Flight: A Celebration of 100 Years in Art and Literature. New York: Welcome Books, 2003.
Co-edited with Ann Collins Goodyear, Anthony M. Springer, and Bertram Ulrich.
9. Taking Off: A Century of Manned Flight. Reston, VA: American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, 2003. Co-edited with Jonathan Coopersmith.
10. Reconsidering a Century of Flight. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003.
Co-edited with Janet R. Daly Bednarek.
11. To Reach the High Frontier: A History of U.S Launch Vehicles. Lexington: University Press
of Kentucky, 2002, 2d edition 2006. Co-edited with Dennis R. Jenkins.
12. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program,
Volume V: Exploring the Cosmos. Washington, DC: NASA SP-2001-4407, 2001. Edited with
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John M. Logsdon, General Editor, and Amy Paige Snyder, Stephen J. Garber, and Regan Anne
Newport.
13. Reconsidering Sputnik: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite. Amsterdam, The Netherlands:
Harwood Academic, 2000. Edited with John M. Logsdon and Robert W. Smith.
14. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program,
Volume IV, Accessing Space. Washington, DC: NASA SP-4407, 1999. Edited with John M.
Logsdon, General Editor, and Ray A. Williamson and Ray Auger.
15. Innovation and the Development of Flight. College Station: Texas A&M University Press,
1999.
16. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program,
Volume III, Using Space. Washington, DC: NASA SP-4407, 1998. Edited with John M.
Logsdon, General Editor, and David H. Onkst and Stephen J. Garber.
17. Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership. Urbana: University of Illinois Press,
1997. Edited with Howard E. McCurdy.
18. “The Aerospace Industry in the West,” special issue of Journal of the West 36 (July 1997).
Editor.
19. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program,
Volume II, External Relationships. Washington, DC: NASA SP-4407, 1996. Edited with
John M. Logsdon, General Editor, and Dwayne A. Day.
20. Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited: Nauvoo in Mormon History. Urbana: University of
Illinois Press, 1996, simultaneous hardcover and paperback editions. Edited with John E.
Hallwas.
21. Organizing for the Use of Space: Historical Perspectives on a Persistent Issue. San Diego,
CA: Univelt, Inc., 1995, simultaneous hardcover and paperback editions. AAS History
Series, Volume 18. Editor.
22. Cultures in Conflict: A Documentary History of the Mormon War in Illinois. Logan: Utah
State University Press, 1995, paperback edition 1999. Edited with John E. Hallwas. Recipient
of the 1995 Steven F. Christensen Award for Best Bibliographic/Documentary work from the
Mormon History Association. Recipient of 1995 Best Book Award, presented by the John
Whitmer Historical Association.
23. History of Rocketry and Astronautics: Proceedings of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth History
Symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics. San Diego, CA: Univelt, Inc., 1994,
simultaneous hardcover and paperback editions. American Astronautical Society History
Series, Volume 11, editor.
24. Differing Visions: Dissenters in Mormon History. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994,
paperback edition 1997. Edited with Linda Thatcher. Recipient of 1994 Best Edited Work
Award, presented by the John Whitmer Historical Association.
25. Let Contention Cease: The Dynamics of Dissent in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints. Independence, MO: Graceland/Park Press, 1991, 2d edition 1993.
Edited with W.B. Spillman.
26. Missouri Folk Heroes of the Nineteenth Century. Independence, MO: Independence Press,
1989. Edited with F. Mark McKiernan.
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27. An Early Latter Day Saint History: The Book of John Whitmer. Independence, MO: Herald
Publishing House, 1980. Edited with F. Mark McKiernan.
MONOGRAPHS
1. National Space Policy: Does it Matter? Washington, DC: The George Marshall Institute,
2006. With Richard H. Buenneke, Richard DalBello, and R. Cargill Hall.
2. An Annotated Bibliography of the Apollo Program. Washington, DC: Monographs in
Aerospace History, Vol. 2, 1994. Compiled with J.D. Hunley.
3. Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis. Washington, DC: Monographs in Aerospace History, Vol.
3, 1994, 2d edition 2004.
4. Toward a History of the Space Shuttle: An Annotated Bibliography. Washington, DC:
Monographs in Aerospace History, Vol. 1, 1992. Compiled with Aaron K. Gillette.
5. Significant Airlift Events of the Korean Conflict, 1950-1953: A Brief Chronology. Scott AFB
IL: Office of MAC History, 1990.
6. Consolidation by Decree: The Air Force and Navy Strategic Airlift Merger of 1948. Scott
AFB, IL: Office of MAC History, 1989.
7. MAC and the Legacy of the Berlin Airlift. Scott AFB, IL: Office of MAC History, 1989.
Co-authored with Coy F. Cross II.
8. The Military Airlift Command: A Short History. Scott AFB, IL: Office of MAC History,
1989.
9. The Berlin Airlift: A Brief Chronology. Scott AFB, IL: Office of MAC History, 1988.
10. A Handbook for MAC Historians. Scott AFB, IL: Office of MAC History, 1988.
11. A Brief History of the Essex House. Scott AFB, IL: Office of MAC History, 1988.
Co-authored with Betty R. Kennedy.
12. A Case Study in Civil-Military Relations: Hill Air Force Base and the Ogden Business
Community, 1934-1945. Hill AFB, UT: Office of History, Ogden ALC, 1986.
13. An Illustrated History of the Kirtland Temple. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House,
1986, 2d edition 1989, 3d edition 2001.
14. Joseph Smith, Jr.'s, Red Brick Store. Macomb: Western Illinois University Monograph
Series, 1985, 2d edition 1993. Co-authored with F. Mark McKiernan.
15. A Guide to Memorializations, Place Names, and Monuments at Hill Air Force Base. Hill
AFB, UT: Office of History, Ogden ALC, 1985.
16. The United States Air Force in Utah: The Case of Wendover Field. Salt Lake City: Fort
Douglas Military Museum Monograph Series, 1985.
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