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  • The Rocket: The Nazi Scientists, the First Photograph from Space, and the Secret Race to Control the Future

    by Malcom Goode ...
    THE WEAPON THAT CHANGED THE FUTUREIn the closing years of World War II, Nazi Germany unleashed a weapon unlike anything the world had seen. It fell from the sky faster than sound, struck without warning, and killed from hundreds of miles away.But the V-2 was more than a weapon.Inside its guidance systems, fuel tanks, and engine was the beginning of a technological revolution that would outlive the ... Read more

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  • Apollo 11

    The Inside Story

    by David Whitehouse ...
    'Terrific and enthralling' New ScientistFifty years ago, in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the Moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man to step on to its surface. He and his crewmates, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, were the latest men to risk their lives in this extraordinary scientific, engineering and human venture that would come to define the era.In Apollo 11: ... Read more

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  • Breaking the Chains of Gravity

    The Story of Spaceflight before NASA

    by Amy Shira Teitel ...
    The incredible story of spaceflight before the establishment of NASA.NASA's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer.In the 1930s, rockets were all the ... Read more

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  • What Is NASA?

    by Sarah Fabiny, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Ted Hammond ...
    Series series What Was?
    Find out all about NASA in this out-of-this-world addition to the What Was? series.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, ... Read more

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  • Two Sides of the Moon

    Our Story of the Cold War Space Race

    by David Scott, Alexei Leonov ...
    Growing up on either side of the Iron Curtain, David Scott and Alexei Leonov experienced very different childhoods but shared the same dream to fly.Excelling in every area of mental and physical agility, Scott and Leonov became elite fighter pilots and were chosen by their countries' burgeoning space programs to take part in the greatest technological race ever-to land a man on the moon.In this ... Read more

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  • Little Blue Dot

    How GPS Shaped the Modern World

    by Katherine Dunn ...
    The unexplored history of GPS, a military technology turned daily necessity that impacts all aspects of our lives.Gone are the days when we pulled off to the side of the road, twisted a map this way and that, and squinted in exasperation before saying, “We're lost.” Now, a network of satellites that circles the earth points us in the right direction. The Global Positioning System is embedded not ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

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  • This New Ocean

    The Story of the First Space Age

    by William E. Burrows ...
    It was all part of man's greatest adventure--landing men on the Moon and sending a rover to Mars, finally seeing the edge of the universe and the birth of stars, and launching planetary explorers across the solar system to Neptune and beyond.The ancient dream of breaking gravity's hold and taking to space became a reality only because of the intense cold-war rivalry between the superpowers, with ... Read more

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  • One Small Step?

    The Great Moon Hoax and the Race to Dominate Earth from Space

    by Gerhard Wisnewski ...
    Is it possible that the famous American moon landings were nothing but an illusion - a fabrication? Could NASA have fooled the world by broadcasting simulations that had been filmed for training purposes? From the very first manned flight into orbit right up to the present day there have been serious anomalies in the official narrative of the conquest of space. Bestselling author Gerhard Wisnewski ... Read more

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  • Secret Wings of World War II

    Nazi Technology and the Allied Arms Race

    by Lance Cole ...
    The history of Germany's contributions to state-of-the art aviation engineering since World War II.There are many myths and legends surrounding the advanced German aeronautical technology of the Second World War. There are also facts and proven events. Yet within these stories and behind these facts lie conspiracy theories, mistaken assumptions and denials that seem to contradict the evidence. So ... Read more

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  • The Secret of Apollo

    Systems Management in American and European Space Programs

    by Stephen B. Johnson ...
    Series series New Series in NASA History
    "Skillfully interweaving technical details and fascinating personalities, Johnson tells the history of systems management in the U.S. and Europe." —Howard McCurdy, author of Space and the American ImaginationWinner of the Emme Award for Astronautical Literature from the American Astronautical SocietyHow does one go about organizing something as complicated as a strategic-missile or space ... Read more

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  • Captured Eagles

    Secrets of the Luftwaffe

    by Frederick A. Johnsen ...
    The growth in size, lethality, and technology of the German Luftwaffe was of concern to some defense planners in the United States before American entry into the war.Learning about the Luftwaffe became a significant effort once the conflict broke out in Europe. From defectors with German aircraft to battlefield trophies and combat crew reports, the race to understand German aero technology took on ... Read more

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  • Spyplanes

    The Illustrated Guide to Manned Reconnaissance and Surveillance Aircraft from World War I to Today

    by Norman Polmar, John F. Bessette ...
    A comprehensive history with descriptions of the world's most significant aircraft employed as "eyes in the sky."For as long as there has been sustained heavier-than-air human flight, airplanes have been used to gather information about our adversaries. Less than a decade after the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, Italian pilots were keeping tabs on Turkish foes in Libya. Today, aircraft with ... Read more

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