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"The saga of SpaceX is the story of a diverse cadre of true believers in the limitless potential of space travel. For the first time, Reentry relates the definitive chronicle of how this daring team of risk-takers was able to redefine what it takes to reach the stars"--

(Hardback, First Edition, New Edition)

Spacecraft takes a long look at humankinds attempts and advances in leaving Earth through incredible illustrations and authoritatively written profiles on Sputnik, to the ISS, and beyond.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

Recent advances and setbacks have included the new discoveries from the Galileo mission, the Mars Global Surveyor's revelation that water once existed on the Red Planet, the International Space Station, the advent of space tourism, and the devastating Space Shuttle disasters.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

An examination of the state of the U.S. space program as a whole. Part of the authors' treatise is that the two communities must stop ignoring each other if the space program is to become more than just a science project, a jobs program, or a political football.

(Paperback)

The authors consider the various criteria applied in selecting astronauts from among military test pilots, scientists, and mission specialists, and demonstrate the scientific and social concerns which led to the policy changes that brought scientific specalists, women, and minorities into the space program.

(Hardback, Enlarged Edition)

From Sputnik 1 to the International Space Station, this revised and expanded edition of Spacecraft examines a vast array of groundbreaking capsules, spaceplanes, rockets, robotics, and stations from throughout aerospace history.

(Hardback)

The story of the legendary supersonic passenger jet, told through a series of contemporary documents and records.

(Hardback)

The development of deep space surveillance technology and its later application to near-Earth surveillance, covering work at Lincoln Laboratory from 1970 to 2000.

(Paperback)

How the twenty-one-layer Apollo spacesuit, made by Playtex, was a triumph of intimacy over engineering.

(Paperback)

The weird and wonderful life of John Whiteside Parsons - a pioneering rocket scientist who also delved into the occult
'Forget geek stereotypes. Parsons' life seems straight out of a Hollywood thriller ' Los Angeles Magazine

(Hardback)

Covers various aspects of the field of spacecraft charging, ranging from secondary and backscattered electrons, spacecraft charging in Maxwellian plasmas, effective mitigation techniques, and potential wells and barriers to operational anomalies, meteors, and neutral gas release.

(Paperback)

National Geographic recaptures this gripping moment in the human experience with a lively and compelling new account.

(Paperback)

"Simple text and full-color illustrations describe the true story of Laika, the first dog in outer space"--