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First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong

James R Hansen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback

Soon to be a major motion picture, this is the first - and only - definitive authorized account of Neil Armstrong, the man whose "one small step" changed history.When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon's surface in 1969, the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First...
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First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience

Rod Pyle - Page Street Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A Behind-the-Scenes Look At NASA's incredible Journey to the MoonSpace journalist and insider Nancy Atkinson weaves together the riveting story of NASA's mission to complete "the greatest adventure on which humankind ever embarked."This incredible account is a keepsake celebrating...
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The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe - Picador
Format: Paperback

From "America's 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 Review)...
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

Gene Kranz - Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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 from the early days of the Mercury...
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Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11

James Donovan - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

"This is the best book on Apollo that I have read. Extensively researched and meticulously accurate, it successfully traces not only the technical highlights of the program but also the contributions of the extraordinary people who made it possible." --Mike Collins, Command module...
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Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race

Margot Lee Shetterly - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestseller-WINNER OF ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION-WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE COMMUNICATION AWARDThe phenomenal...
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Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon

Alan Shepard - Turner Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first moon landing, two former astronauts tell of the intense human drama behind the lunar race between two superpowers, and of the sacrifices and risks asked of the American crew.
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Breaking the chains of gravity : the story of spaceflight before nasa

Amy Shira Teitel - Bloomsbury Sigma

NASA's history is a familiar story, culminating with the agency successfully landing men on the moon in 1969, but its prehistory is an important and rarely told tale. America's space agency drew together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. At the end of World...
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Wally Funk's Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer

Sue Nelson - Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover

Wally Funk was among the Mercury 13, the first group of American pilots to complete NASA's 1961 Women in Space program. Funk breezed through the rigorous physical and mental tests, her scores beating those of many of the male candidates - even John Glenn. Just one week before Funk was to enter...
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The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight

Martha Ackmann

In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America's first female astronauts. They passed the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the Mercury 7 astronauts, but they were
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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

Andrew Chaikin - Novel Audio
Format: Paperback

Audie Award, History/Biography, 2016 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...
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Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

Robert Kurson - Random House
Format: Hardcover

NEW 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."Robert Kurson tells the tale of Apollo 8 with novelistic detail and immediacy."...
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Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon

Buzz Aldrin - Harmony Books
Format: Print book

Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. The event remains one of mankind's greatest achievements and was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. In the years...
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Apollo: VII XVII

Floris Heyne - teNeues Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

July 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first manned moon landing--a milestone in the history of humankind. Today, the adventure, courage, and ground-breaking accomplishment behind the NASA Apollo missions remains as compelling as ever.This thrilling photo book features previously-unpublished...
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Moonshots: 50 Years of NASA Space Exploration Seen through Hasselblad Cameras

Piers Bizony - Voyageur Press
Format: Hardcover

Moonshots presents stunning photos of space and Earth from NASA's archives - taken by Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle, and ISS astronauts using high resolution Hasselblad cameras. In December 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 captured images depicting Earth hanging like a lonely fruit in the vast...
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American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

Douglas Brinkley - Harper
Format: Hardcover

As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the 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 race to the moon."We choose to go to the Moon...
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Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects

TEASEL E MUIR-HARMONY - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

A celebration of the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon, this narrative uses 50 key artifacts from the Smithsonian archives to tell the story of the groundbreaking space exploration program.Bold photographs, fascinating graphics, and engaging stories commemorate the 20th...
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