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  • Project Vanguard

    The NASA History

    by Constance McLaughlin Green, Milton Lomask ...
    Series series Dover Books on Astronomy
    This is the inside story of one of the earliest successful U.S. satellites, a fascinating Cold War–era chronicle of the nation's earliest battles and triumphs in the Space Race. It recounts the origins, development, and results of Project Vanguard, a pioneering venture in the exploration of outer space. Primarily an analysis of the project's scientific and technical challenges, this volume ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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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

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Paul Andrews Presents - THE UFOs are Real

    by Paul Andrews ...
    Series Book 2 - Paul Andrews Presents
    This gripping read is based on an original report by Donald Keyhoe a former USA serviceman, charged by a magazine to investigate the reports of UFO activity. It documents the unexplained encounters between aircraft and military personnel in the mid and late forties. The book explores whether aliens have been visiting the Earth for centuries and if the military was actively investigating and ... Read more

    $4.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Jet Propulsion, Including Rockets

    by Raymond Friedman ...
    Both Jet-engine propelled aircraft and long-range rockets were first successfully flown during World War II. This led 10 rapid post-war improvements in both, and within two decades we had supersonic airplanes, communication satellites, and trips to the moon. Unmanned probes to Mars and the outer planets followed, as well as the International Space Station. The technology behind these advances is ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey

    1957 - The Space Race Begins

    by Michael D'Antonio ...
    A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey tells the remarkable story of America's first efforts to succeed in space, a time of exploding rockets, national space mania, Florida boomtowns, and interservice rivalries so fierce that President Dwight Eisenhower had to referee them.When the Soviet Union launched the first orbital satellite, Sputnik I, Americans panicked. The Soviets had nuclear weapons, the Cold War ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Project Blue Book

    The Top Secret UFO Files that Revealed a Government Cover-Up

    by Brad Steiger ...
    Series series MUFON
    A new edition of the blockbuster book that revealed the top-secret findings of the US government about UFOs.Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, while publicly dismissing the existence of UFOs, the United States Air Force was engaged in a secret program for evaluating every report of unidentified flying objects. Under the code name, Project Blue Book, the Air Force analyzed over 13,000 incidents. The ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • 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

    $15.99 USD

  • U.F.O. CONTACTEES and REPORTS

    Vol. One

    by Various, Donald Keyhoe ...
    Here is Volume One of U.F.O. CONTACTEES and REPORTS, read complete books. Donald Keyhoe's famous book FLYING SAUCERS ARE REAL This e-book is the FIRST in-depth, authoritative look at the flying saucer phenomenon and is considered to this day to be one of the best books on the subject ever written. Extremely well researched work with facts that were documented, containing none of the ... Read more

    $2.95 USD

  • This Is Rocket Science

    True Stories of the Risk-taking Scientists who Figure Out Ways to Explore Beyond

    by Gloria Skurzynski ...
    ..three, two, one... we have liftoff! From the award-winning author of Are We Alone? comes a title to propel young imaginations far into space. This Is Rocket Science explores the past, present, and future of space travel.The compelling text—vetted by NASA scientists—is a combination of history, science, human drama, and future challenges. Readers learn how fireworks in ancient China developed ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Milestones of Space

    Eleven Iconic Objects for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

    by Michael J. Neufeld ...
    A history of exploration through eleven objects from the Air and Space Museum: "Takes you behind the scenes with firsthand stories and rare photos." —William F. Readdy, former NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle commanderThroughout human history, across cultures and landscapes, countless individuals have gazed with wonder in the same direction: upward. Getting to space was no easy task, and our quest ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete History of Aviation

    From Ballooning to Supersonic Flight

    by Robert Curley ...
    Series series Transportation and Society
    Humans have long dreamt of communing with the skies and acquiring the ability to fly. The first experiments with balloon flight through the development of the Concorde and everything in between, aviation has transformed the way humans travel, especially over vast distances. This penetrating volume examines the various technologies and aircraft that have enabled human flight and includes a ... Read more

    $36.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Aerodynamics

    And Its Impact on Flying Machines

    by John D. Anderson, Jr ...
    Series Book 8 - Cambridge Aerospace Series
    From the Foreword: 'John Anderson's book represents a milestone in aviation literature. For the first time aviation enthusiasts - both specialists and popular readers alike - possess an authoritative history of aerodynamic theory. Not only is this study authoritative, it is also highly readable and linked to the actual (and more familiar) story of how the airplane evolved. The book touches on all ... Read more

    $95.99 USD