Astronauts

In the first and only definitive, authorized biography of the first man to walk on the moon, Hansen chronicles the life of Armstrong, from the heights of honor and recognition earned as a naval aviator, test pilot, and astronaut to the personal price Armstrong paid for his dedication to his vocation... More

One man, more than any other, created the giant space agency we know today as NASA: James E. Webb. The Man Who Ran the Moon explores a time when Webb and an elite group of charismatic business associates took control of America's Apollo moon project, sometimes with disturbing results. In 1967, NASA ... More

What is it like to fly the space shuttle and work on and in the International Space Station? Veteran NASA astronaut Tom Jones is uniquely qualified to give the details--he flew four shuttle missions and helped to build the station while it was in space.Most books about the saints are thin on women, ... More

Inspiring letters of an embattled astronaut in space to his young son on Earth.. . In January 1997, astronaut Dr. Jerry Linenger embarked on a "routine" five-month mission to the Russian space station "Mir," leaving behind his pregnant wife and 14-month-old son, and the everyday pleasures of planet ... More

The Right Stuff is the best, the funniest, and the most vivid book ever written about America's manned space program. What is it, I wondered, that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle, such as a Redstone, Atlas, Titan, or Saturn rocket, and wait for someone to light the fuse... More

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