Book Review: Gemini
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: John Vester Title: Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story Author: Jeffrey Kluger Format:
September 2009
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Sept. 24, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 [email protected] DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 [email protected] RELEASE: 09-222 NASA INSTRUMENTS REVEAL WATER MOLECULES
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The National Space Society has just released a position statement on the Human Spaceflight Committee’s Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee Summary Report.
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