
Book Review: Return to Launch
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Return to Launch: Florida and America’s Space Industry Author: Stephen C. Smith Format:
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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...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Pieces of Another World Author: Mara Rockcliff Illustrator: Salima Alikhan Reading Level: Ages 5-9 NSS Amazon link...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Journey Between Worlds Author: Sylvia Engdahl Ages: Young Adult to Adult NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert Z. Pearlman Reprinted from Ad Astra Spring 2006 Title: Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Return to Launch: Florida and America’s Space Industry Author: Stephen C. Smith Format:

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Dale Skran Title: Reality Check Authors: Brad Wieners and David Pescovitz Format: Paperback Pages: 161 Publisher:

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Mark Lardas Title: The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan’s Space Programs Author: Subodhana Wijeyeratne Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Space Shock: 18 Threats That Will Define Space Power Authors: Peter A. Garretson
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Return to Launch: Florida and America’s Space Industry Author: Stephen C. Smith Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 348 Publisher: University...
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