Book Review: Space Ace
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
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Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: The Comet’s Curse (Galahad Series Book 1) Author: Dom Testa Age Level: 10 to Young Adult NSS Amazon...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy and Michelle Abendschan From Ad Astra Fall 2010 Title: The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More Author: Charles T....
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ronald C. Thomas, Jr. From Ad Astra Fall 2010 Title: Rocketbelt Pilot’s Manual: A Guide by the Bell Test Pilot Author:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Summer 2010 Title: How to Find a Habitable Planet Author: James Kasting NSS Amazon link for...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Frederick I. Ordway III From Ad Astra Summer 2010 Title: 50 Years of Rockets & Spacecraft: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk From Ad Astra Spring 2010 Title: The Seventh Landing: Going Back to the Moon, This Time to Stay Author:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy From Ad Astra Spring 2010 Title: Paradise Regained: The Regreening of Earth Author: Les Johnson, Gregory L. Matloff, C...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Frederick I. Ordway III From Ad Astra Winter 2009 Title: Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957-1962 Author: Megan Prelinger...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Winter 2009 Title: Secrets of the Universe: How We Discovered the Cosmos Author: Paul Murdin NSS...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Astroblast: Moon Stone Mystery Author & Illustrator: Bob Kolar Ages: 4-8 NSS Amazon link for this book...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Deep Space Flight and Communications: Exploiting the Sun as a Gravitational Lens Author: Claudio Maccone NSS Amazon...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk Title: The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation Author: Frank O’Brien NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback...
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