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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Christopher Skillman From Ad Astra Spring 2016 Title: Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age Editor: Doug Millard NSS Amazon link for...

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: Earth Unaware (The First Formic War) Author: Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston NSS Amazon link for...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Loretta Hall Title: Abandoned in Place: Preserving America’s Space History Author: Roland Miller NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Kindle...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Saving Mars Author: Cidney Swanson Ages: 10 to YA NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Bart Leahy From Ad Astra Winter 2015 Title: Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet Author: Buzz...

Category: Fiction/Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Intersection of Space Travel and Religion Editors: Paul Levinson...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Claire S. McMurray From Ad Astra Winter 2015 Title: Hubble’s Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images Author: Terence Dickinson NSS Amazon...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Dale L. Skran Title: Human Spaceflight: From Mars to the Stars Author: Louis Friedman NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Blast Off Doodle Book Author: Karen Romano Young Ages: Preschool to age 5 NSS Amazon link for...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of Shuttle Columbia and the Men Who...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: The Year in Space 2016 Wall Calendar Author: Planetary Society Format: Paperback Publisher: Starry Messenger Press Date:...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk Title: The Road to Modern Rocketry: Launch Bases, Centers, Museums, Memorials, and Monuments Author: Doug Gangler NSS Amazon link...

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