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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: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Meet the Planets Author: John McGranaghan Illustrator: Laurie Allen Klein Ages: 5 and up NSS Amazon link

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk Title: Drifting on Alien Winds Author: Michael Carroll NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 254 Publisher:

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ariel I. Rayman From Ad Astra Spring 2012 Title: The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA’s First Space Plane Author:

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Mike White From Ad Astra Spring 2012 Title: Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon Author: Al

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon Author: Craig Nelson NSS Amazon link

For Christmas, get this book NOW for your space-obsessed buddy or family member. The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More, by Charles T. Bourland and

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer From Ad Astra Winter 2011 Title: Burt Rutan’s Race to Space: The Magician of Mojave and His Flying Innovations

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk From Ad Astra Winter 2011 Title: Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Author: Allen J.

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot Author: Margaret McNamara Illustrator: Mark Fearing Ages: preschool

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: Crossing the Threshold: Advancing into Space to Benefit the Earth Author: Paul O. Wieland, P.E. NSS Amazon link

Slayton: “Guys, if you can’t play nice together, WE WILL GO BACK INSIDE DAMMIT.” From left, Thomas Stafford, Deke Slayton, Gene Cernan and Buzz Aldrin

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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: John J. Vester Title: Nuclear Rockets: To the Moon and Mars Author: Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 270 Publisher:

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