Book Review: Mission: An American Congressman’s Voyage to Space
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Mission: An American Congressman’s Voyage to Space Author: Bill Nelson Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages:
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By Jim PlaxcoChicago Society for Space Studies (an NSS Chapter)NSS Board of Directors One hundred years ago, on March 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. Goddard
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Submitted by Lynne F. Zielinski, NSS VP of Education Emerita, and Frances Dellutri, NSS Director of Education Image: ispace HAKUTO-R M1 lander photography, April 20,
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