by National Space Society | Sep 22, 2019 | Apollo, Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Children's Books
Category: Children’s Books Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon Author: Suzanne Slade Illustrator: Thomas Gonzales NSS Amazon link for this book Ages: 9 to 14 Format: Hardcover Pages: 144 Publisher: Peachtree Publishing Company...
by National Space Society | Aug 11, 2019 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft Author: Jay Gallentine NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 544 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Date: June...
by National Space Society | Jul 9, 2019 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon Author: Charles Fishman NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle/AudioCD Pages: 480 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Date:...
by Emily Carney | Jun 23, 2019 | Apollo, Book Reviews, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney This anniversary year has turned up a wealth of Apollo 11-related content, some wholly original, some not. It would be easy for writers and filmmakers to simply rehash the general story, just like it has been told scores of times...
by National Space Society | May 30, 2019 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Greg Autry Title: The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility Author: Robert Zubrin NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 240 Publisher: Prometheus Books...
by Emily Carney | Apr 28, 2019 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Fiction, This Space Available
Sometimes, young adult novels from the past define the desired values and “pulse” of an entire era. One book series, very aggressively marketed to teenage boys in the early 1960s, is the “Mike Mars” series written by science fiction author Donald A. Wollheim, and...
by National Space Society | Apr 28, 2019 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Children's Books
Category: Children’s Books Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Daring Dozen: The Twelve who Walked on the Moon Author: Suzanne Slade Illustrator: Alan Marks NSS Amazon link for this book Ages: 5 to 9 Format: Hardcover, Kindle Pages: 48 Publisher: Charlesbridge Date:...
by National Space Society | Apr 8, 2019 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Fiction
Category: Fiction Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray Title: Blue Darker than Black Author: Mike Jenne NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle, audiobook Pages: 556 Publisher: Yucca Date: January 2016 Retail Price: $24.99/16.99/12.99...
