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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century: Volume 2 (1948-1988): The Man Who Learned Better Author:...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Zero Phase: Apollo 13 on the Moon Author: Gerald Brennan NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Go for Orbit: One of Americas First Women Astronauts Finds Her Space Author: Margaret Rhea Seddon NSS Amazon...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Mike White From Ad Astra Fall 2016 Title: No Dream Is too High: Life Lessons from a Man Who Walked on...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee From Ad Astra Fall 2016 Title: Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA Author:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: Using Medicine in Science Fiction: The SF Writer’s Guide to Human Biology Author: Henry G. Stratmann, MD NSS...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee From Ad Astra Summer 2016 Title: The Complete Space Buff’s Bucket List Author: Loretta Hall NSS Amazon link...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Loretta Hall From Ad Astra Summer 2016 Title: Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969-1989 Author: Jay Gallentine NSS...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Nefertiti the Spidernaut: The Jumping Spider Who Learned to Hunt in Space Author: Darcy Pattison Illustrator: Valeria...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Footprints in the Dust: The Epic Voyages of Apollo, 1969-1975 Editor: Colin Burgess NSS Amazon link for this...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: Trajectories Editor: Dave Creek NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 206 Publisher: Hydra Publication...
Meyer’s academic textbook is loaded with numerous photographs, diagrams, charts, and graphs. There are chapters on subjects such as farm machines, animal and fungi production, plant and algae production, and space menus. The farming techniques outlined in the book can be applied to lunar, Martian, or rotating space settlements.
Apogee Books has reissued its volume on Surveyor for the program’s 60th anniversary. The book is a wonder, containing a veritable treasure trove of documents on every conceivable facet of the Surveyor program.
We are at the cusp of building an orbital industrial infrastructure and establishing human settlements in space. This book investigates what it takes to do that.
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, June 18, 2026, 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm EST NOTE NEW TIME! The...
