Does NASA yet have an official history of the Shuttle?

Question

NASA has official "histories" of many of their past programs. These are more about people and decisions, not technical details.

• This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury
• On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini
• Stages to Saturn
• Chariots for Apollo

Is there a similar treatment of the Shuttle program?

Answer 1

For the very early part of the shuttle program, leading up to the awarding of contracts, there's The Space Shuttle Decision (SP-4221).

The same author wrote a Volume II, Development of the Space Shuttle 1972-1981, sponsored by the NASA History Office but published by the Smithsonian Institution; unlike Volume I, it does not appear to be available on the NASA website.

Searching NASA History's full book list for shuttle yields only a handful of titles:

• Shuttle-Mir: The United States and Russia Share History's Highest Stage
• The Space Shuttle Decision
• The Spoken Word III: Recollections of Dryden's History; The Shuttle Years
• Toward A History Of The Space Shuttle: An Annotated Bibliography Part I
• Toward A History Of The Space Shuttle: An Annotated Bibliography Part II