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by Thomas B Allen  Publisher Comments Now in paperback: first published in 1993. This book features breathtaking photographs of the United States as seen from space - a new way of seeing and understanding our country.... (read more)  List Price $24.95 Your price $3.25 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Y Ryabov Publisher Comments Accessible classic of gravitation theory and celestial mechanics explains methods used by physicists in studying celestial phenomena, including perturbed motion, satellite technology, planetary rotation, and motions of stars. 1959 edition.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mike Mullane Publisher Comments On February 1, 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts, twenty-nine men and six women, were introduced to the world. Among them would be history makers, including the first American woman and the first African American in space. This assembly... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Grego Publisher Comments "Collins Discover: The Universe" is your one-stop guide to the Universe and how it works This user-friendly, authoritative resource includes full-color charts, easy-to-follow guidance, and illustrations showing you everything you need to know about the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $11.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Belfiore Publisher Comments In the more than forty years since the first human left the atmosphere of Earth, no one had ever done so without the help of a government agency. That changed on June 21, 2004, when SpaceShipOne, built by aircraft designer Burt Rutan, entered space and... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price $14.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Tom Stafford Publisher Comments How Apollo commander Stafford defused the Cold War in space by leading the way to Soviet/U.S... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Arthur R Upgren Publisher Comments An enchanting look at the heavens that unlocks the sky's mysteries and celebrates the beauty of the universe. No matter where we travel on Earth, the sky is the one great constant, bearing extraordinary colors and images in every kind of weather. Modern... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $5.78 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Gribbin Publisher Comments Origins: Our Place in Hubble's Universe presents in stunning photographs events that previous generations of astronomers could only picture in their mind's eye - and which non-astronomers could not even imagine. In the 1990s new technology was applied to... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $6.58 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Walter Cunningham Publisher Comments The All-American Boys is a no-holds-barred candid memoir by a former Marine jet jockey and physicist who became NASA's second civilian astronaut. Walter Cunningham presents the astronauts in all their strengths and their weaknesses in this dramatically... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Nigel Hey Publisher Comments Even though no little men have been found on Mars (or goddesses on Venus), our celestial neighborhood is stranger than anyone ever imagined. New information from robot probes and telescopes has exploded ideas taken for granted for years. Recently... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $5.28 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by William R Pogue Publisher Comments Every question a young person wants to ask about what it might be like in outer space. With informative, authoritative answers from who someone who really knows: Astronaut Bill Pogue. What does it feel like to be weightless? Would a sneeze propel you... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $3.20 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Noble Wilford Publisher Comments Collected here at the most exciting moments of recent astronomical explorations, presented by the award-winning reporters of the "New York Times", conveying in detail the meaning and significance of what scientists have been learning about our universe... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $3.63 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Charles Laird Calia Publisher Comments In the winter of 2001, Charles Laird Calia lay down on the lawn in his front yard, looked up at the sky, and rediscovered a childhood passion. Part primer on the science and history of astronomy, part love poem to the night sky, The Stargazing Year is... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by W S Kals Publisher Comments Stars and Planets shows step by step how to locate bright stars, planets, and constellations with the naked eye; from anywhere on Earth. This easy-to-use handbook requires no astronomical equipment and is suitable for both beginning and advanced star... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Bob Berman Publisher Comments "Touches on a dizzying array of subjects, including UV rays, inert gases, fossils, meteorites, microwaves, rainbows . . . Like many a good teacher, Berman uses humor to entertain his audience and liven things up." —Los Angeles Times Bob Berman is... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Homer H Hickam Publisher Comments It's fall, 1959, and Homer "Sonny" Hickam and his fellow Rocket Boys are in their senior year at Big Creek High, launching handbuilt rockets that soar thousands of feet into the West Virginia sky. But in a season traditionally marked by celebrations of... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price $6.60 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ian Ridpath Publisher Comments The fifth edition of Ridpath and Tirion's famous guide to the night sky, updated to 2004.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $6.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robin Heath Publisher Comments Every organism on Earth responds to four major cycles: the solar and lunar day, the synodic month and the year. We all dance to these primary rhythms. This book reveals the poetic cosmology that lies within the cycles of the Sun and Moon as seen from the... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by David H Levy Publisher Comments The perfect introduction for the novice astronomer, this book stirs the imagination and puts observation in a framework of social activity and personal adventure. Written by an award-winning amateur astronomer and columnist, it is a technical guide to... (read more) List Price $70.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by National Research Co Publisher Comments For the first time since the Apollo program, NASA and space agencies abroad have plans to bring samples to Earth from elsewhere in the solar system. There are missions in various stages of definition to gather material over the next decade from Mars, an... (read more) List Price $37.00 Your price $9.60 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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