Astrophysics Space Science category: 1588 books
Neil Armstrong
A Life of Flight
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Much has been written about Neil Armstrong, America's modern hero and history's most famous space traveler. Yet shy of fame and never one to steal the spotlight Armstrong was always reluctant to discuss his personal side of events. Here for the first time is the definitive story of Neil's life of...
Endurance
My Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
**NATIONAL BEST SELLER
A stunning, personal memoir from the astronaut and modern-day hero who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station—a message of hope for the future that will inspire for generations to come.**
The veteran of four spaceflights and the American...
Hidden Figures
The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
The #1 New York Times bestseller
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst,...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
This is the main report (Volume One) issued by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (also known as the Rogers Commission after its chairman, William Rogers). The report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction.
On...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
The oral histories of twenty Space Shuttle program officials and managers - converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - provide new insights into this extraordinary program, with important discussions of lessons learned, including unique information about the Challenger and Columbia...
Picturing the Cosmos
Hubble Space Telescope Images and the Astronomical Sublime
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2012
The vivid, dramatic images of distant stars and galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope have come to define how we visualize the cosmos. In their immediacy and vibrancy, photographs from the Hubble show what future generations of space travelers might see should they venture beyond our solar system....
Neutrino Hunters
The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Winner of the Canadian Science Writers Association 2014 Science in Society Book Award
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Science Book of the Season
A Book to Watch Out For, The New Yorker's Page-Turner Blog
A Los Angeles Times Gift Guide Selection
One of the Best Physics Books of 2013, Cocktail Party Physics...
Confronting Space Debris
Strategies and Warnings from Comparable Examples Including Deepwater Horizon
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Orbital space debris represents a growing threat to the operation of man-made systems in space. With the goal of guiding future mitigation or remediation efforts, this monograph examines nine comparable problems that share similarities with orbital debris: acid rain, U.S. commercial airline security,...
Moonshots and Snapshots of Project Apollo
A Rare Photographic History
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
Winner of the Bronze Medal for Science in the 2016 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book AwardsIn 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 the Golden Age of US manned...
by Imagine Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
From the Sun and the Moon to black holes and faraway galaxies, the Book Of Space takes you through the wonders of the solar system and beyond. If you want to discover how the International Space Station was built or what happens when a star dies, then this is the book for you. Packed with amazing facts...
Epic Rivalry
Inside the Soviet and American Space Race
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2007
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, they personified an almost unimaginable feat-the incredibly complex task of sending humans safely to another celestial body. This extraordinary odyssey, which grew from the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during...
Mission to Mars
My Vision for Space Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Can astronauts reach Mars by 2035? Absolutely, says Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon. Celebrated astronaut, brilliant engineer, bestselling author, Aldrin believes it is not only possibly but vital to America’s future to keep pushing the space frontier outward for the sake of...
Bold They Rise
The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
After the Apollo program put twelve men on the moon and safely brought them home, anything seemed possible. In this spirit, the team at NASA set about developing the Space Shuttle, arguably the most complex piece of machinery ever created. The world’s first reusable spacecraft, it launched like...
by Stuart Clark
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
A groundbreaking guide to the universe and how our latest deep-space discoveries are forcing us to revisit what we know—and what we don't.
On March 21, 2013, the European Space Agency released a map of the afterglow of the Big Bang. Taking in 440 sextillion kilometres of space and 13.8 billion...