by National Space Society | Jul 12, 2020 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space Authors: Gary Kitmacher, Ron Miller, and Robert Pearlman NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 240 Publisher: Smithsonian Books...
by National Space Society | Jun 20, 2020 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11 Author: James Donovan NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle Pages: 464 Publisher: Little, Brown and...
by National Space Society | Jun 6, 2020 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Rise of the Space Age Millennials: The Space Aspirations of a Rising Generation Author: Laura Forczyk NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 234 Publisher: Astralytical Date: January, 2020...
by National Space Society | May 24, 2020 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut’s Story of Invention Author: Kathryn D. Sullivan NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle/Audiobook Pages: 304 Publisher: The MIT Press Date:...
by National Space Society | May 17, 2020 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Proposal for Man-in-Space (1957-1958) Editor: Robert Godwin NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 159 Publisher: Apogee Books Date: 2019 Retail Price: $25.95 ISBN: 978-1989044063 For those old...
by National Space Society | Apr 22, 2020 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: John Houbolt – The Unsung Hero of the Apollo Moon Landings Author: William F. Causey NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 347 Publisher: Purdue University Press Date: March, 2020 Retail...
by Emily Carney | Apr 2, 2020 | Apollo, Astronauts, Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney This post will spotlight two books that defined one sub-genre in spaceflight literature – the astronaut autobiography. These autobiographies are listed in chronological order, by publication date. While it would be impossible due...
by Emily Carney | Mar 25, 2020 | Astronauts, Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney Books still matter. Throughout the last sixty-plus years of spaceflight, literature chronicling spaceflight history and heritage – which run the gamut from detailing hardware and rocketry to describing the features of the Moon and...
