Book Review: The People’s Spaceship
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement after Apollo
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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: The Music of Space: Scoring the Cosmos in Film and Television Author: Chris Carberry Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 307
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos Author: Lisa Kaltenegger Format: Hardcover, Kindle Pages:
Category: Children’s Books Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: An Unlikely Astronaut Author: Susan Kilrain with Francis French Illustrator: Becky Hardy Age Range: 5-8 years Format:
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Japan in Space: Past, Present and Future Author: Brian Harvey Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 448 Publisher: Springer Date: November
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Mark Lardas Title: The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of Our Solar System Author: Dante S. Lauretta Format:
Category: Children’s Books Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Star Sailor: The Overview Effect Chronicles Authors: Annahita Nezami and Frank White Format: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Pages:
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Space Shuttle Stories: Firsthand Astronaut Accounts from All 135 Missions Author: Tom Jones Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 320 pages
Category: Children’s Books Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Goodnight Moon Base Author: Brett Hoffstadt Illustrator: Steve Tanaka Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle Pages: 32 Publisher: Aero Maestro Date:
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: How to Be a Rocket Scientist: 10 Powerful Tips to Enter the Aerospace Field and Launch the Career
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: The New World on Mars: What We Can Create on the Red Planet Author: Robert Zubrin Format:
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Loretta Hall Title: Space Bites: Reflections of a NASA Food Scientist Author: Vickie Kloeris Format: Paperback Pages: 141 pages Publisher: Ballast
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space: The Human Story Author: Tim Peake Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle Pages: 330 Publisher: Century Date: October 2023 Retail
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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Hidden in the Heavens: How the Kepler Mission’s Quest for New Planets
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Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: In the Belly of the Whale Author: Michael Flynn Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages:
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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space
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