James R. Hansen Explained

James R. Hansen should not be confused with James E. Hansen.

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Occupation:	Academic, historian
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Indiana University Ohio State University

James R. Hansen (born 1952) is Professor Emeritus of history at Auburn University in Alabama.^[1] His book From the Ground Up won the History Book Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1988. For his work, The Wind and Beyond (NASA) - (six-volume series), he was awarded the Eugene Ferguson Prize for Outstanding Reference Work by the Society for the History of Technology in 2005.

Biography

Hansen is from Fort Wayne, Indiana.^[1] He received his B.A. from Indiana University.^[1] He also received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State University.^[1] Hansen serves on the Leadership Board of For All Moonkind, Inc., a nonprofit organization committed to developing a legal framework to manage and protect human cultural heritage in space.

Books

Books of non-fiction.

Biographies:

• From the Ground Up: The Autobiography of an Aeronautical Engineer (1988), with Fred E. Weick
• (Simon & Schuster, 2005, 2012), authorized biography of Neil Armstrong,^[2] received the American Astronautical Society's Prize for Astronautical Literature.^[3]
• Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space (2012), with John W. Young
• A Difficult Par: Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf (Gotham Penguin, 2014).^[4] The book was awarded the Herbert Warren Wind Award by the United States Golf Association as the best golf book of the year.^[5]
• Completely Mad: Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic (2023)

Science:

• The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane (Texas A&M University Press, 2003)^[6]

History:

• Engineer In Charge: A History Of The Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917 1958 (1987)
• Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (University Press of Florida, 2009), with Allan J. McDonald^{[7] [8] [9]}
• Enchanted Rendezvous: John C. Houbolt and the Genesis of the Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous Concept (1995), with National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Monograph in Aerospace History series #4
• Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley Research Center from Sputnik to Apollo (2013)

Adaptations

• First Man (2018), film directed by Damien Chazelle, based on book

Notes and References

1. Web site: James R. Hansen - Department of History - College of Liberal Arts . Auburn University . April 12, 2016 . May 19, 2016.
2. Web site: James R. Hansen papers on Neil Armstrong, 1955-2011 . Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections . . 2016-05-18.
3. Web site: Richelson . Jeffrey T. . Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Awards . American Astronautical Society . 2016-03-02 . 2016-05-18.
4. Web site: 'A Difficult Par' by James R. Hansen . Cybergolf . April 29, 1912 . . May 18, 2016 .
5. Web site: Herbert Warren Wind Book Award Winners . USGA . 2016-02-20 . . 2016-05-18.
6. Book: Hansen, J.R. . The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane . Texas A&M University Press . Centennial of flight series . 2004 . 978-1-58544-243-0 . May 19, 2016.
7. Web site: NSS Review: Truth, Lies, and O-Rings . National Space Society . January 28, 1986 . . May 19, 2016 . June 17, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160617072611/http://www.nss.org/resources/books/non_fiction/NF_111_truthliesorings.html . dead .
8. Web site: Becker . Michael . Service . MSU News . Engineer who warned of trouble before Challenger disaster to sign books today . Montana State University . May 8, 2009 . May 19, 2016.
9. Web site: Engineer Who Opposed Challenger Launch Offers Personal Look at Tragedy . NASA . January 28, 1986 . . May 19, 2016.