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Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Project Mars: A Technical Tale Author: Wernher von Braun NSS Amazon link for this book Bookfinder.com link for...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: Out of this World: The New Field of Space Architecture Editors: A. Scott Howe and Brent Sherwood NSS...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson From Ad Astra Summer 2009 Title: Look to the Stars Author: Buzz Aldrin Artwork: Wendell Minor Ages: 4-8...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Galileo’s Universe Author: J. Patrick Lewis Illustrator: Tom Curry, with paper engineering by Bruce Foster Ages: 9-12...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk Title: Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experience Author: Andrew Chaikin with Victoria Kohl NSS Amazon...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: The Mysterious Universe: Supernovae, Dark Energy and Black Holes Author: Ellen Jackson Graphics: Nic Bishop Ages: 8-12...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: License to Orbit Author: Joseph Pelton and Peter Marshall NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages:...

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Lightcraft Flight Handbook LTI-20 Author: Leik Myrabo and John S. Lewis NSS Amazon link for this book...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson From Ad Astra Spring 2009 Title: Planetology: Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System Author: Tom Jones and Ellen...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Talia Page From Ad Astra Spring 2009 Title: The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet Author: Neil...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy From Ad Astra Spring 2009 Title: Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story Author: David Hitt, Owen Garriott, and Joe Kerwin...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk Title: Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties Author: Ben Evans NSS Amazon link for this...

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