David M. Harland is an author and space historian. He lives in Scotland. Previously, he was a computer scientist at the University of Glasgow and worked on the Rekursiv project for Linn Products.

Publications

• Polymorphic Programming Languages : Design and Implementation (1984)
• Concurrency and Programming Languages (1986)
• REKURSIV: Object-oriented Computer Architecture (1988)
• The Space Shuttle: Roles, Missions and Accomplishments (1998)
• Jupiter Odyssey: the Story of NASA's Galileo Mission (2000)
• The Earth in Context: a Guide to the Solar System (2001)
• Creating the International Space Station (2002)
• Mission to Saturn: Cassini and the Huygens Probe (2002)
• The Big Bang: a View from the 21st Century (2003)
• The Story of the Space Shuttle (2004)
• The Story of Space Station Mir (2005)
• Water and the Search for Life on Mars (2005)
• Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook (2006) with Richard W. Orloff
• Apollo EECOM: Journey of a Lifetime Sy Liebergot (2006)
• Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rockets and Space Probes (2006)
• Cassini at Saturn: Huygen Results (2007)
• The First Men on the Moon: the Story of Apollo 11 (2007)
• Robotic Exploration of the Solar System: The Golden Era, 1957-1982 (2007) with Paolo Ulivi
• Exploring the Moon: the Apollo Expedition (2008)
• Robotic Exploration of the Solar System. Part 2, Hiatus and Renewal 1983-1996 (2009) with Paolo Ulivi
• How NASA Learned to Fly in Space: An Exciting Account of the Gemini Missions (2010)
• Apollo 12: on the Ocean of Storms (2011)
• Paving the Way for Apollo 11 (2011)
• Robotic Exploration of the Solar System: Part 3: Wows and Woes, 1997-2003 (2012) with Paolo Ulivi
• NASA Gemini, 1965-1966 (2015) with W. David Woods
• Enhancing Hubble's Vision: Service Missions that Expanded Our View of the Universe (2016) with David Shayler
• Moon: from 4.5 Billion Years Ago to the Present (2016)
• Universe: from 13.8 Billion Years Ago to the Infinite Future (2019)
• Mars: from 4.5 Billion Years Ago to the Present (2018)
• Robotic Exploration of the Solar System: Part 4: The Modern Era, 2004-2013 (2014) with Paolo Ulivi