A searing look at the birth of America's space program, and the men and women aviators who set its course. In the 1960s, locked in a heated race to launch the first human into space, the United States selected seven superstar test...
Astronautics
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Author:Siegel, RebeccaSummary: -
Author:Koppel, LilySummary:As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, TV cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty....
- Author:Dye, PaulSummary:
Paul Dye, NASA's longest-serving Flight Director, examines the split-second decisions that the directors and astronauts were forced to make in a field where mistakes are unthinkable, where errors led to the loss of national...
- Author:Fishman, CharlesSummary:
The remarkable story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic mission to reach the moon. President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress that the United...
- Author:Gerardi, KellieSummary:
Humanity is on an astronomical trajectory and according to aerospace professional and popular science communicator Kellie Gerardi, that future doesn't rest solely on the shoulders of rocket scientists. Gerardi's non-traditional path in...
- Author:Cherrix, Amy E.Summary:
The most ambitious race humankind has ever undertaken was masterminded in the shadows by two engineers on opposite sides of the Cold War: Wernher von Braun, a former Nazi officer living in the US, and Sergei Korolev, a Russian rocket...
- Author:Barton, ByronSummary:
A young child thinks about what it would be like to be an astronaut and go out on a mission into space.
- Author:Hadfield, ChrisSummary:
As Commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield captivated the world with stunning photos and commentary from space. Now, in his first book, Chris offers readers extraordinary stories from his life as an astronaut, and...
