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Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, Paperback/Allan J. McDonald
What they didn't want you to know "We all watched in shock and disbelief when Challenger was lost. Probably no one felt more disappointment and regret than Allan McDonald, who…Catre Magazin
Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986-2011, Hardcover/Rick Houston
Humanity's first reusable spacecraft and the most complex machine ever built, NASA's Space Shuttle debuted with great promise and as a dependable source of wonder and national pride. But with…Catre Magazin
Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel, Paperback/Joseph Gies
An illuminating look at the monumental inventions of the Middle Ages, by the authors of Life in a Medieval Castle .Catre Magazin
Abandoned in Place: Preserving America’s Space History, Hardcover/Roland Miller
Stenciled on many of the deactivated facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the evocative phrase abandoned in place indicates the structures that have been deserted. Some structures, too solid…Catre Magazin
Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries That Ignited the Space Age, Paperback/Matthew Brzezinski
``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…Catre Magazin
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts, Paperback/Andrew Chaikin
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…Catre Magazin
Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992, Paperback/Rick Houston
The talented men (and later women) who worked in mission control at what is now Johnson Space Center occupied a room located on the third floor of Building 30, a…Catre Magazin
Moonshots and Snapshots of Project Apollo: A Rare Photographic History, Hardcover/John Bisney
In this companion volume to John Bisney and J. L. Pickering s extraordinary book of rare photographs from the Mercury and Gemini missions, the authors now present the rest of…Catre Magazin
Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965, Paperback/Francis French
It was a time of bold new technology, historic moments, and international jousting on the final frontier. But it was also a time of human drama, of moments less public…Catre Magazin
Outposts on the Frontier: A Fifty-Year History of Space Stations, Hardcover/Jay Chladek
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest man-made structure to orbit Earth and has been conducting research for close to a decade and a half. Yet it is only…Catre Magazin