by National Space Society | Apr 10, 2020 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Children's Books
Category: Children’s Books Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: Welcome to the Moon Author: Marianne Dyson Illustrator: Lindsey Cousens, Alan Bean NSS Amazon link for this book Ages: Middle School Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 97 Publisher: Aldrin Family Foundation...
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...
by National Space Society | Mar 6, 2020 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Manned Lunar Landing and Return Author: Robert Godwin NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 132 Publisher: Apogee Books Date: July 2019 Retail Price: $25.95 ISBN: 978-1926837420 As stated by its...
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...
