| 词条 | Roger D. Launius |
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| name = Roger D. Launius | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1954|05|15}} | birth_place = Galesburg, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | residence = U.S. | nationality = United States | occupation = Historian and author | employer = NASA, National Air and Space Museum | alma_mater = Graceland College, Louisiana State University | awards = | website = https://launiusr.wordpress.com/ }}{{external media | width = 180px | align = right | headerimage= | video1 = Roger D. Launius, “How We Remember Apollo”, Philosophical Society of Washington}}Roger D. Launius (born May 15, 1954) is an American historian and author of Lithuanian descent, a former chief historian of NASA. He retired in 2016 as Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C..[1] Launius is a consulting historian in air and space history. He has written many books on space flight, and also published on the history of the Latter Day Saint movement.[2] Early life and educationLaunius was born in Galesburg, Illinois, and was raised in Greenville, South Carolina.[3] He graduated from Graceland College in 1976 and received a PhD in history in 1982 from Louisiana State University.[2] CareerFrom 1982 to 1990, Launius held several positions as a civilian historian with the United States Air Force.[2] Between 1990 and 2002, he was the chief historian for NASA. In 2001, he held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the Smithsonian.[4] From 2002-2006 he was Chair of the Division of Space History at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. From 2006-2013 he was Senior Curator, and from 2013-2016 Launius was Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs at the same institution.[5] Launius contributed space policy analysis in the wake of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board 2003 report.[6][7] He has been a regular commentator on space-related issues for the news media.[8][9][10] Launius is a member of the Community of Christ.[11] He was president of the Mormon History Association in 1993–94[12] and was president of the John Whitmer Historical Association in 1991–92.[13] Publications{{library resources box|by=yes|onlinebooksby=yes|viaf=34671725}}Launius has written more than twenty books and 100 articles on the history of aerospace.[2] Some titles include Historical analogs for the stimulation of space commerce (2014), Space shuttle legacy : how we did it and what we learned (2013), and Exploring the Solar System: The History and Science of Planetary Probes (2012). He has twice won the AIAA History Manuscript Award, forComing Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space in 2011,[14] and for Space Stations: Base Camps to the Stars in 2003.[15][16] Launius has published on the history of the Latter Day Saint movement. He won both the David Woolley Evans and Beatrice Evans Biography Award (1989) and the John Whitmer Historical Association Best Book Award for his work on Mormon history, Joseph Smith III: Pragmatic Prophet.[17] Launius studies the history of baseball in the United States, and published Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman with G. Michael Green.[2][18] Awards and honorsLaunius other awards include:
Launius is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007), the American Astronomical Society (2001), and the International Academy of Astronautics (2007).[5][4] He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (2008).[4] References1. ^[https://launiusr.wordpress.com/curriculum-vitae/ Curriculum vitae] Retrieved April 7, 2018 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Dr Roger Launius|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/roger-launius|website=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum|accessdate=31 March 2018|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705215601/https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/roger-launius|archivedate=5 July 2016|df=}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Roger Launius|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dLn2_vNbrx4J:www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/webcasts/history/rlaunius-bio.html|website=NASA|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|last1=Launius|first1=Roger D.|title=Curriculum Vitae|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/files/pdf/staff/rlaunius_cv.pdf|website=Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 5. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Bainbridge|first1=William Sims|title=Leadership in science and technology : a reference handbook|date=2012|publisher=Sage|location=Los Angeles|isbn=9781412976886|page=xxxiii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U_rDhH2gSTAC&pg=PR33|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 6. ^{{cite book|chapter=Chapter 8: A Failure of National Leadership": Why No Replacement for the Space Shuttle? |author-first= John M.|author-last= Logsdon |publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration|title=Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight|date=2013|isbn=978-1493716630|chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4702.pdf|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 7. ^{{cite news|last1=Leusner|first1=Jim|title=Report Names Few But Finds Fault With Top Managers|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2003-08-27/news/0308270258_1_shuttle-program-management-team-mission-management|accessdate=1 June 2016|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=August 27, 2003}} 8. ^{{cite journal|last1=Schulz|first1=William|title=Columbia Lost: Humans in Space|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/topstory/8106/print/8106notw2.html|accessdate=1 June 2016|journal=Chemical & Engineering News|issue=6|volume=81|page=7|date=February 10, 2003|doi=10.1021/cen-v081n006.p007}} 9. ^{{cite news|last1=Roylance|first1=Frank D.|title=Space telescope faces setback|url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20111009/news/110090374|accessdate=1 June 2016|work=South Coast Today|date=October 9, 2011}} 10. ^{{cite news|last1=Campo-Flores|first1=Arian|last2=Hotz|first2=Robert Lee|title=One Last Spin Around the Planet|work=Wall Street Journal|date=July 9, 2011|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303544604576433822383063538|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 11. ^{{cite journal|last1=Launius|first1=Roger D.|title=Is Joseph Smith Relevant to the Community of Christ?|journal=Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought|date=2006|volume=39|issue=4|pages=58–67|url=https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V39N04_70.pdf|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 12. ^{{cite journal|last1=Launius|first1=Roger D.|title=Presidential Address: Mormon Memory, Mormon Myth, and Mormon History|journal=Journal of Mormon History|date=1995|volume=21|issue=1|url=http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=mormonhistory|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 13. ^{{cite journal|title=Past Presidents|journal=The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal|date=2014|volume=34|issue=2|page=vii|url=http://www.mormonstudiespodcast.com/podcast/Brent-Lee-Metcalfe_The-Curious-Textual-History-of-Egyptus-the%20Wife%20of%20Ham_article_JWHA-Journal_14-2.pdf|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 14. ^{{cite web|title=Are We Alone in the Universe?|url=https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/NE/Greater_Philadelphia/Lists/Announcements/Attachments/65/AIAA_Distinguished_Lecture_Rev0.pdf|website=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 15. ^{{cite book|editor-last1=Pursell|editor-first1=Carroll W.|title=A companion to American technology|date=2008|publisher=Blackwell|location=Oxford|isbn=978-1405179942|pages=viii–ix|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=48YOVXgkq8QC&pg=PR8|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 16. ^{{cite web|title=History Manuscript Award Recipients|url=https://www.aiaa.org/HonorsAndAwardsRecipientsList.aspx?awardId=e4bf4104-3bb9-4b01-9b88-cb4fd7202f88|website=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 17. ^{{cite web|title=Joseph Smith III Pragmatic Prophet|url=http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/88cft3sr9780252065156.html|website=University of Illinois Press|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 18. ^{{cite web|last1=Weingarden|first1=Steve|title=Review: Charlie Finley|url=http://sabr.org/research/charlie-finley|website=Baseball Research Journal|date=2010|accessdate=June 1, 2016}} 19. ^{{cite journal|title=AAS Annual Awards Recipients|journal=Space Times: The Magazine of the American Astronautical Society|date=2009|volume=48|issue=5|page=20|url=http://dev.astronautical.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/spacetimes_48-5.pdf|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 20. ^{{cite web|title=Smithsonian Congress of Scholars Secretary's Research Awards, 2009|url=https://www.si.edu/scholars/awards2009|website=Smithsonian|accessdate=2 June 2016}} 21. ^{{cite journal|last1=Launius|first1=Roger D.|title=Federal History and National Identity: Reflections from the Trenches|journal=Federal History|date=2010|issue=2|url=http://shfg.org/shfg/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/6-design6-Launius_Layout-1.pdf|accessdate=2 June 2016}} 22. ^{{cite web|last1=Launius|first1=Roger D.|title=The Forty-ninth Harmon Memorial Lecture in Military History: National Security: Space and the Course of Recent U.S. History|url=http://www.usafa.edu/df/dfh/docs/Harmon49.pdf|website=United States Air Force Academy|date=2006}} 23. ^{{cite website|title=Past Award Winners: Charles Thomson Prize|website=Society for History in the Federal Government|url=http://shfg.org/shfg/awards/past-winners/|accessdate=2 June 2016}} External links
13 : 1954 births|Air force historians|21st-century American historians|American members of the Community of Christ|Graceland University alumni|Historians of aviation|Historians of the Latter Day Saint movement|Living people|Louisiana State University alumni|NASA people|Writers from Greenville, South Carolina|Smithsonian Institution people|United States Air Force personnel |
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