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  • Riding Rockets

    The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut

    de Mike Mullane ...
    NASA astronaut Mike Mullane delivers a hilariously candid and often raw astronaut memoir of life in the Space Shuttle era. Selected in 1978 as part of the groundbreaking astronaut class—the first to include women—Mullane exposes the unfiltered reality behind the heroic veneer of NASA.His stories bounce between bawdy military-flyboy antics, interactions with feminist pioneers and post-doc ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

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    Riding Rockets

    The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut

    de Mike Mullane ...
    Narrado por Joel Richards ...

    Completo

    18 hora 32 minutos

    In 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts was introduced to the world—twenty-nine men and six women who would carry NASA through the most tumultuous years of the space shuttle program. Among them was USAF Colonel Mike Mullane, who, in his memoir Riding Rockets, strips the heroic veneer from the astronaut corps and paints them as they are—human.Mullane's tales of arrested development ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

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    Magnificent Desolation

    The Long Journey Home from the Moon

    Narrado por Patrick Egan ...

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    14 hora 1 minutos

    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 since, millions more have had their Earth-centric perspective unalterably changed by the iconic photograph of Aldrin ... Leer más

    $18.00 USD

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    Packing for Mars

    The Curious Science of Life in the Void

    de Mary Roach ...
    Narrado por Sandra Burr ...

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    10 hora 28 minutos

    The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity.Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

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    Moon Shot

    The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

    Narrado por Christopher Grove ...

    Completo

    13 hora 55 minutos

    On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975. They spent the 1960s at the ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

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    A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey

    1957---The Space Race Begins

    Narrado por Alan Sklar ...

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    10 hora 52 minutos

    Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael D'Antonio captures the wackiness of the first year of the space race as the Americans scrambled desperately to match the Soviets and President Eisenhower intervened to guarantee that the space program would not be run by the military.On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite into orbit around the earth ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Falling to Earth

    An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon

    As command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission to the moon in 1971, Al Worden flew on what is widely regarded as the greatest exploration mission that humans have ever attempted. He spent six days orbiting the moon, including three days completely alone, the most isolated human in existence. During the return from the moon to earth he also conducted the first spacewalk in deep space, becoming ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Thirteen

    The Apollo Flight That Failed

    An "exciting" minute-by-minute account of the Apollo 13 flight based on mission control transcripts from Houston ( The New York Times).On the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through space, two hundred thousand miles from Earth, an explosion badly damaged their spacecraft. With compromised ... Leer más

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  • We Have Capture

    Tom Stafford and the Space Race

    What an amazing career. Tom Stafford attained the highest speed ever reached by a test pilot (28,547 mph), carried a cosmonaut’s coffin with Soviet Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, led the team that designed the sequence of missions leading to the original lunar landing, and drafted the original specifications for the B-2 stealth bomber on a piece of hotel stationery. But his crowning achievement was ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Flying to the Moon

    An Astronaut's Story

    In this entrancing account, space traveler Michael Collins recalls his early days as an Air Force test pilot, his astronaut training at NASA, and his unparalleled experiences in orbit, including the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar landing. The final chapter to his autobiography, revised and updated for this edition of Flying to the Moon, is an exciting and convincing argument in favor of ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • Moon Lander

    How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module

    Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, “an aerospace engineer’s dream job of the century.” Kelly’s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical challenges with an emphasis on safety, reliability, and maintainability. He catalogs numerous test ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Moon Shot

    The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

    New York Times bestseller for fans of First Man: A "breathtaking" insider history of NASA's space program—from astronauts Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton ( Entertainment Weekly).On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to ... Leer más

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