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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Category: Children’s BookReviewed by: Gina HaglerTitle: Team MoonAuthor: Catherine ThimmeshIllustrations: Full-color photographsReading Level: Ages 10+NSS Amazon link for this bookFormat: HardcoverPages: 80Publisher: Houghton Mifflin CompanyDate:
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert Z. Pearlman Ad AstraSummer 2006 Title: Apollo Moon Missions: The Unsung Heroes Author: Billy Watkins NSS Amazon link for this
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen Title: Halfway to Anywhere: Achieving America’s Destiny in Space Author: G. Harry Stine NSS Amazon link for this book
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Saturn Author: Alan Lawrie (with Robert Godwin) NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 328
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: Red Mars Author: Kim Stanley Robinson NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 592 Publisher: Bantam
Category: Non-FictionReviewed by: Masse BloomfieldTitle: The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, 3rd EditionAuthor: Gerard K. O’NeillFormat: PaperbackPages: 232Publisher: Apogee BooksDate: 2000Retail Price: $19.95ISBN: 189652267XFind
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: To Rise From Earth: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Spaceflight, 2nd Edition Author: Wayne Lee NSS Amazon link for
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Fred Bortz, Ph.D. Reprinted from www.fredbortz.com with permission Title: Life as We Do Not Know It: The NASA Search for (and
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert Z. Pearlman Ad AstraWinter 2005 Title: The Space Tourist’s Handbook Author: Eric Anderson and Joshua Piven NSS Amazon link for
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Earth to Stella Author: Simon Puttock Illustrator: Philip Hopman Reading Level: Ages 4-8 NSS Amazon link for
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Max Goes to the Moon Author: Jeffrey Bennett Illustrator: Alan Okamoto Reading Level: Ages 4-8 NSS Amazon
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Robots Slither Author: Ryan Ann Hunter Illustrator: Julia Gorton Reading Level: Ages 4-8 NSS Amazon link for
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