
Book Review: Return to Launch
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Return to Launch: Florida and America’s Space Industry Author: Stephen C. Smith Format:
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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Spring 2013 Title: But for the Grace of God: An Autobiography of an Aviator and...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Spring 2013 Title: The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk Title: Tragedy and Triumph in Orbit: The Eighties and Early Nineties Author: Ben Evans NSS Amazon link for this...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy From Ad Astra Winter 2012 Title: Colonizing Mars: The Mission to the Red Planet Authors: Robert Zubrin, Harrison Schmitt,...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Smoke Jumper, Moon Pilot: The Remarkable Life of Apollo 14 Astronaut Stuart Roosa Author: Willie G. Moseley...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Becoming Spacefarers: Rescuing America’s Space Program Author: James A. Vedda NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Mars and How to Observe It Author: Peter Grego NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk From Ad Astra Fall 2012 Title: At Home in Space: The Late Seventies Into the Eighties Author: Ben Evans...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Fall 2012 Title: Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet’s Twin Author: Michael D. Lemonick NSS...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: The Planet-Girded Suns: The History of Human Thought about Extrasolar Worlds Author: Sylvia Engdahl Ages: Young adult to...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Tierney O’Dea From Ad Astra Summer 2012 Title: Abundance: The Future Is Better than You Think Author: Peter Diamandis and Steven...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Summer 2012 Title: Megacatastrophes: Nine Strange Ways the World Could End Author: David Darling and Dirk...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Return to Launch: Florida and America’s Space Industry Author: Stephen C. Smith Format:

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Dale Skran Title: Reality Check Authors: Brad Wieners and David Pescovitz Format: Paperback Pages: 161 Publisher:

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Mark Lardas Title: The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan’s Space Programs Author: Subodhana Wijeyeratne Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Space Shock: 18 Threats That Will Define Space Power Authors: Peter A. Garretson
By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent (Updated post) I was at Jetty Park this morning with fellow NSS member Fred Becker to witness the...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Return to Launch: Florida and America’s Space Industry Author: Stephen C. Smith Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 348 Publisher: University...
By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent NSS Managing Director of Membership More than half a century after the last Apollo astronauts left the Moon’s...
Now we must focus on continued forward-looking goals In the evening of April 10, the Artemis 2 mission concluded with a flawless reentry and splashdown...
By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent Artemis II – By the Numbers Flight Day 10 — Friday, April 10, 2026 Status at Wake-Up The...
By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent THE FINAL FULL DAY IN SPACE Flight Day 9 – Almost Home On their last full day in...
By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent HEADING HOME Flight Day 8 in deep space The Artemis II crew began Flight Day 8 at 200,278...
By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent Image: On the first shift during the lunar flyby observation period, the Artemis II crew captured more than...