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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: A History of Near-Earth Objects Research Authors: Erik M. Conway, Donald K. Yeomans, and Meg Rosenburg NSS Amazon...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Far Side of the Moon: Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman and the Woman Who Gave Him Wings...

This Space Available, by Emily Carney. To celebrate twelve years of This Space Available, here are twelve spaceflight books – in no particular order, some...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Back to the Moon: The Next Giant Leap for Humankind Author: Joseph Silk NSS Amazon link for...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: John J. Vester Title: A Portrait of the Scientist as a young Woman: A Memoir Author: Lindy Elkins-Tanton NSS Amazon link...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: John J. Vester Title: SpaceX: Starship to Mars – The First 20 Years Author: Erik Seedhouse NSS Amazon link for this...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: Life in Space: NASA Life Sciences Research During the Late Twentieth Century Author: Maura Phillips Mackowski NSS Amazon...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The Big Book of Mars Author: Marc Hartzman NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 253...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Wild Ride: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships Author: Hayley Arceneaux NSS Amazon link for this...

This is a riveting biography of the first astronaut, Soviet Lt. Yuri Gagarin, to orbit the Earth in 1961. The author has an exceptional ability...
A former Executive Director of NSS and Deputy Administrator of NASA, Garver has been a pivotal force in modern spaceflight, and the ups and downs...
Of the 24 men who flew to the Moon in Project Apollo, almost all the still-surviving astronauts have published autobiographies. Fred Haise is one of...
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