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Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson Publisher Comments Neil deGrasse Tyson is a rare breed of astrophysicist, one who can speak as easily and brilliantly with popular audiences as with professional scientists. Now that NASA has put human space flight effectively on hold — with a five- or possibly ten... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.87 Sale - Hardcover 
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach Publisher Comments Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Lost moon :the perilous voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell Publisher Comments In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon. Only fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a mysterious... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe Publisher Comments From "Americas nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. "Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz Publisher Comments Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Man on the Moon by Andrew L Chaikin Publisher Comments This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive account of their missions. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan Book News Annotation Sagan (astronomy, Cornell U.) continues the scientific voyage begun in his bestseller, Cosmos, suggesting that our survival depends on the exploration and settlement of other worlds, and advocating spending "billions and billions" on ditching this... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $15.50 Used - Hardcover
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Mining the Sky (Helix Book) by John S Lewis Publisher Comments While we worry over the depletion of the earth’s natural resources, the pollution of our planet, and the challenges presented by the earth’s growing population, billions of dollars worth of metals, fuels, and life-sustaining substances await... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War by Michael J. Neufeld Publisher Comments The first authoritative biography of Wernher von Braun, chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich (creator of the infamous V-2 rocket) who became one of the fathers of the U.S. space program. In this meticulously researched and vividly written life... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Rivalries That Ignited the Space Age by Matthew Brzezinski Publisher Comments In his exuberant narrative of the superpower space race . . . Brzezinski] tells the story of American and Soviet decisions with remarkable dramatic--even cinematic--flair.--The New York Times Book Review In Red Moon Rising, Matthew Brzezinski recounts... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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First Men on the Moon (07 Edition) by Harland Publisher Comments The First Men on the Moon offers a lively definitive account of the Apollo 11 mission based on the in-flight transcripts post-flight debriefing, with illustrative contextual pictures, especially featuring recent scans of the original Hasselblad film and... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Do Your Ears Pop in Space? And 500 Other Surprising Stories About Space Travel by R Mike Mullane Publisher Comments "An excellent reference. This book has to be on the shelf of every space buff." —James Lovell, Commander, Apollo 13. Get the inside story on outer space from three-time shuttle astronaut R. Mike Mullane. "A fascinating collection of honest, factual,... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Destination Mars: New Explorations of the Red Planet by Rod Pyle PW Review "As Pyle (Destination Moon) points out, Mars is a 'planet of dreams,' provoking fantasies about aliens and busy canals. Advances in technology over the past 50 years, however, have given us a more accurate if equally vivid insight into the red planet... (read more) Your price: $19.00 New - Trade Paper
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach Staff Pick If you haven't read Mary Roach's previous bestsellers Bonk and Stiff (shame on you!), Packing for Mars is as good an introduction to Roach as you'll find. Space travel hasn't been this funny or intriguing since Douglas Adams — and best of all, it's... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Sputnik: The Shock of the Century by Paul Dickson Publisher Comments On October 4, 1957, as Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launched the space age. Sputnik, all of 184 pounds with only a radio transmitter inside its highly polished shell, became the first man-made object in space... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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High Speed Flow (Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics) by C J Chapman Publisher Comments High-Speed Flow is a textbook suitable for undergraduates, postgraduates, and research- workers in fluid dynamics.... (read more) List Price $163.50 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts by Robert Jacobs Publisher Comments Apollo is a photographic commemoration of the Apollo lunar missions as seen through the eyes of the astronauts. Each of the surviving 21 astronauts from the Apollo missions has chosen a favorite photograph from his space flight especially for this book... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz Publisher Comments Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Homer Hickam Publisher Comments In 1957, when fourteen-year-old Homer Hickam, Jr. (aka Sonny) watches Sputnik fly over his hometown of Coalwood, West Virginia, his life is changed forever. Knowing he wants to be part of the space race, Sonny and his friends, set out to learn as much as... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Almost Heaven: Women on the Frontiers of Space by Bettyann Kevles Publisher Comments When we first blasted our way into space a generation ago, we did so with men from each of the superpowers. Women were excluded from one of the most exciting adventures of the century-and not because they weren't up to the challenge. In 1962, three... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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