Aeronautics & Astronautics
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
$28.00 Add to cartSpace 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… [more below]
- Author: Roach, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0393068471
- Language: English
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My Big Silver Rocket Ship
$29.99 Add to cartBlast off with this incredibly innovative novelty book that contains puzzle pieces young readers can use to build their own rocket ship–from bestselling and Caldecott Honor artist Stephen T. Johnson!… [more below]
- Series: My Big Books
- Author: Johnson, Stephen T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 16
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1442421428
- Language: English
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Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man’s First Journey to the Moon
$23.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind’s historic first mission to the Moon, from the bestselling author of Shadow Divers… [more below]
- Author: Kurson, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 081298871X
- Language: English
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Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons
$19.95 Read moreIn his short 37 years, John Whiteside “Jack” Parsons embodied at least several different roles in one tormented but glorious life.
By day, Parsons’ unorthodox genius created a solid rocket fuel that h… [more below]- Author: Carter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 239
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0922915970
- Language: English
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The Edge of Reality: Two Scientists Evaluate What We Know of the UFO Phenomenon
$19.95 Add to cartFrom the outset, Hynek and Vallee make their position clear: UFOs represent an unknown but real phenomenon. The far-reaching implications take us to the very edge of what we consider known and real in… [more below]
- Series: Mufon
- Author: Hynek, J. Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1590033094
- Language: English
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Secrets of Antigravity Propulsion: Tesla, Ufos, and Classified Aerospace Technology
$26.00 Add to cartA complete investigation of the development and suppression of antigravity and field propulsion technologies
– Reveals advanced aerospace technologies capable of controlling gravity that could revolut- Author: LaViolette, Paul A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 10 2008
- ISBN10: 159143078X
- Language: English
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Leadership Moments from NASA: Achieving the Impossible
$24.95 Read moreThe NASA way: lessons on leadership, teamwork, and corporate culture. How does NASA take on seemingly insurmountable challenges, recover from tragedy and continue to attract the best and brightest ta
- Author: Williams, Dave
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1770416048
- Language: English
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Aircraft Performance and Sizing, Volume II: Applied Aerodynamic Design
$49.95 Add to cartThis book is a concise practical treatise for the student or experienced professional aircraft designer.
This volume comprises key applied subjects for performance based aircraft design: systems engine
- Author: Takahashi, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: December 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1606509454
- Language: English
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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew
$25.99 Read moreVoted the Best Space Book of 2018 by the Space Hipsters, the dramatic inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia space shuttle disaster.
On February 1, 2003, Columbia di- Author: Leinbach, Michael D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 23, 2018
- ISBN10: 1628728515
- Language: English
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How to Astronaut: An Insider’s Guide to Leaving Planet Earth
$27.95 Add to cart“There’s something intriguing to be learned on practically every page… How to Astronaut] captures the details of an extraordinary job and turns even the mundane aspects of space travel into somethi… [more below]
- Author: Virts, Terry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1523509619
- Language: English
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The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at Nasa, Enlarged Edition
$46.67 Add to cartThe original publication of The Challenger Launch Decision occurred on January 28th, 1996, the 10th anniversary of that catastrophe. That very morning, a Sunday, the book was features in the New York … [more below]
- Author: Vaughan, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 620
- Publish Date: January 04 2016
- ISBN10: 022634682X
- Language: English
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Apollo Expeditions to the Moon: The NASA History 50th Anniversary Edition
$45.00 Add to cartThis special edition of Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, an official NASA publication, commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the July 20, 1969, Moon landing with a thrilling insider’s view of the s… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Astronomy
- Author: Cortright, Edgar M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 17 2019
- ISBN10: 0486836525
- Language: English
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Gateway to the Moon: Building the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex
$28.00 Add to cartGateway to the Moon presents the definitive history of the origins, design, and construction of the lunar launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center, the terrestrial site of one of the greatest achieve… [more below]
- Author: Benson, Charles D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 414
- Publish Date: March 07 2001
- ISBN10: 0813020913
- Language: English
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Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey
$29.95 Add to cart“The extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon”–
- Author: Haise, Fred
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1588347133
- Language: English
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Photographing America’s First Astronauts: Project Mercury Through the Lens of Bill Taub
$44.99 Add to cartFeaturing more than 600 photos, Photographing America’s First Astronauts: Project Mercury Through the Lens of Bill Taub is the most complete photographic account of Project Mercury ever published. Pre
- Series: Purdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Author: Pickering, J. L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1612498566
- Language: English
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How Space Works: The Facts Visually Explained
$27.99 Add to cartEmbark on an awe-inspiring and informative journey through our Solar System and beyond in this illuminating astronomy book!
Discover how big the Universe is, why our view of the sky is constantly chan… [more below]- Series: How Things Work
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0744027489
- Language: English
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Space Atlas, Second Edition: Mapping the Universe and Beyond
$50.00 Add to cartSpace Atlas combines updated maps, lavish photographs, and elegant illustrations to chart the solar system, the universe, and beyond. For space enthusiasts, science lovers, and star gazers, here is th… [more below]
- Author: Trefil, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1426219695
- Language: English
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American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
$23.99 Add to cartNow in paperback, an award-winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy’s inspiring challenge, and America’s rac
- Author: Brinkley, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 14, 2020
- ISBN10: 0062655078
- Language: English
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Apollo 13
$28.00 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER. Astronaut Jim Lovell and coauthor Jeffrey Kluger’s harrowing account of the Apollo 13 disaster. Serving as the basis for Ron Howard’s blockbuster Apollo 13, the book reveals true … [more below]
- Author: Lovell, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 11 2000
- ISBN10: 0618056653
- Language: English
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Picturing Apollo 11: Rare Views and Undiscovered Moments
$45.00 Add to cartJuly 16, 1969. Nearly one million spectators flock to Cape Canaveral to witness the largest rocket ever built send three Americans to the Moon. Four days later, two step onto the lunar surface. The ex… [more below]
- Author: Pickering, J. L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 0813056179
- Language: English
