Space Flight

 
 

Space Flight by Giles Sparrow Paperback from DK ADULT

Space Flight: History, Technology, and Operations by Lance K. Erickson Paperback from Government Institutes

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover)) by Brian Floca Hardcover from Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron Paperback from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Countdown: A History of Space Flight by T. A. Heppenheimer Paperback from Wiley

The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives and Legacies (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) by Colin Burgess, Rex Hall Paperback from Praxis 2010-06-02

Basics of Space Flight Black & White Edition by Dave Doody Paperback from Bluroof Press

Deep Space Craft: An Overview of Interplanetary Flight (Springer Praxis Books / Astronautical Engineering) by Dave Doody Paperback from Springer

The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA's First Space Plane by Piers Bizony Hardcover from Zenith Press Availability: Not yet published

International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems (Library of Flight Series) by S. Isakowitz, J. Hopkins, J. Hopkins Jr. Paperback from AIAA

Bold Endeavors: Lessons from Polar and Space Exploration
by Jack Stuster
Hardcover from United States Naval Inst.

The Adventures of Sojourner : The Mission to Mars That Thrilled the World
by Susi Trautmann Wunsch, Fpl, Susi Trautmann Wunsch
Paperback from Mikaya Pr

Beyond the Moon: Golden Age of Planetary Exploration 1971-1978 (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series)
by Robert S. Kraemer, Roger D. Launius 
(Hardcover)

Apollo : An Eyewitness Account By Astronaut / Explorer Artist/Moonwalker
by Alan Bean, John Glenn
Hardcover from Greenwich Pr Ltd

Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon
by David Reynolds, Wally Schirra, Von Hardesty
Book Description: NASA's Apollo answered President Kennedy's 1961 directive to land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth by the end of the decade. The astronauts, scientists, and mission control operators who took part in the fifteen manned Apollo missions not only accomplished this memorable triumph of courage and technical ingenuity, they stirred the world's imagination and redefined the notion of what is truly possible.In this captivating story of adventure and exploration, expert David West Reynolds presents a complete and engaging reconstruction of all the key events and personalities in the Apollo program. From the thrilling experiences of the astronauts to the men of extraordinary vision and skill who built a reality out of a dream, Reynolds captures the drama of this epic journey.Rendering complex and technical material into accessible terms for the uninitiated reader, while providing unusual details for the aficionado, Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon takes you along on the most unforgettable ride of the twentieth century. 
Hardcover from Harcourt

Apollo 13: The NASA Mission Reports
by Robert Godwin
Listed under NASA Mission Reports

The CASE FOR MARS
by Robert Zubrin
Paperback from Free Press

Countdown : A History of Space Flight
by T. A. Heppenheimer
Paperback from John Wiley & Sons

Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization
by Robert Zubrin
Paperback from J. P. Tarcher

Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
by Gene Kranz
Paperback from Berkley Pub Group

Introduction to Space: The Science of Spaceflight (Orbit, a Foundation Series)
by Thomas Damon
Paperback from Krieger Publishing Company

Managing Martians
by Donna Shirley et al.
Donna Shirley dreamed of going to Mars since she was a starstruck kid in Oklahoma, reading science fiction and staring up at the big Western sky. Managing Martians chronicles her life from flight-obsessed childhood to the realization of her dream as manager of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Exploration Program--the people who sent Pathfinder and the rover Sojourner to the red planet in 1997.
Listed under Women in Space

Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series)
by Thomas J. Kelly 
(Hardcover)

Space and the American Imagination (Smithsonian History of Aviation Series)
by Howard E. McCurdy 
(Paperback)

Space Mission Analysis and Design, 3rd edition (Space Technology Library)
by James R. Wertz
Paperback from Microcosm, Inc
1992

Memories of the Space Age
by J. G. Ballard
Prophetic science fiction by the author of Empire of the Sun
Hardcover from Arkham House Pub

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The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight
by Martha Ackmann, Lynn Sherr
Hardcover from Random House

Modern Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
by Marshall H. Kaplan
Hardcover from John Wiley & Sons
1976

Project Mercury: Nasa's First Manned Space Programme (Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences)
by John Catchpole
Hardcover from Springer Verlag

Full Moon
by Michael Light, Andrew Chaikin
Hardcover from Knopf

Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960-1990
by Andrew J. Dunar, Stephen P. Waring
Hardcover from US Government Printing Office

Availability: Special Order

Introduction to Space Flight
by Francis J. Hale
Paperback from Prentice Hall
1993
Availability: Special Order

Journey to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Guidance Computer
by Eldon C. Hall
Paperback from American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

The Moonlandings : An Eyewitness Account
by Reginald Turnill
Hardcover from Cambridge University Press

Project Apollo (Out of This World)
by Ray Spangenburg, Kit Moser, Diane Moser
School & Library Binding from Franklin Watts, Incorporated

 

Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship by George Dyson Like cheap, shiny space suits and bug-eyed rubber monsters, nuclear-powered spaceships today seem like little more than laughably naïve 1950s science fiction tropes. It might have been otherwise--and still could be. George Dyson, son of supergenius physicist Freeman Dyson, wrote Project Orion to share some of his father's amazing research with the world. Much had been kept secret for years, but Dyson's unique insider status permits great depth and breadth on this important tale. Conceived in the wake of Sputnik, Project Orion was a true vision of '50s engineering: a huge 40-person ship powered by hundreds of tiny atomic bombs, capable of much greater lift and efficiency than chemically driven rockets. Struggles between NASA, the military, Congress, and other parties doomed Orion, but Dyson has gathered hundreds of documents and interviewed most of the researchers and engineers who worked together, trying to reach "Saturn by 1970." His knack for storytelling makes the book a quick, delightful read; even the staunchest anti-nuke activist has to admit that lighting a cigarette off a parabolic mirror facing a bomb test is pretty cool. By the end of the 20th century, technology had caught up with the vision of Orion--it's considered one of our best bets for long-distance space transit. Whether or not that could ever happen politically, Project Orion is a compelling exploration of scientific imagination. --Rob Lightner - Amazon.com Hardcover: 320 pages Henry Holt & Company, Inc.; ISBN: 0805059857; (April )

The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space
by Eugene Cernan, Don Davis
Hardcover from St. Martin's Press

Interstellar Travel: Past, Present, and Future
by John W. MacVey
Paperback from Scarborough House
1991

The Rocket Men : Vostok and Voskhod, the First Soviet Manned Spaceflights
by Rex Hall, David J. Shayler
Paperback from Springer Verlag

Russian Spacesuits
by Isaac Abramov, A. Ingemar Skoog, Isaak P. Abramov, Ingemar Skoog
Paperback from Springer Verlag

Space Shuttle: The First 20 Years -- The Astronauts' Experiences in Their Own Words
by Tony Reichhardt, Smithsonian Institution, Dorling Kindersley Publishing
Hardcover from DK Publishing

Mars on Earth: The Adventures of Space Pioneers in the High Arctic
by Robert Zubrin
Hardcover from J. P. Tarcher

 
 

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