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Mission to Mars : my vision for space exploration
by Buzz Aldrin
The history-making astronaut, aerospace engineer and respected advocate for space colonization outlines a plan for taking humans to Mars within the next quarter century, posing business-specific arguments while outlining practical strategies for travel and planetary homesteading.
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Neil Armstrong : a life of flight
by Jay Barbree
Published to coincide with the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, a definitive portrait of the pioneering astronaut draws on personal notes and interviews with the Armstrong family and includes previously unshared photos and mission details.
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Touching the Earth
by Roberta Bondar
The first Canadian woman to participate in a space shuttle mission describes her interest in the program and her impressions of the Earth from space.
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Carrying the fire : an astronaut's journeys
by Michael Collins
Reissued with a new preface by the author on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 journey to the moon. The years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in 1969, have done nothing to alter the wonder of the event: it remains one of the great events of our lifetime.
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An astronaut's guide to life on Earth
by Chris Hadfield
The author charts the course of his career as an astronaut, detailing how he overcame slim odds on account of his Canadian nationality to become one of NASA's most decorated astronauts while offering an intimate look at life in space.
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My remarkable journey : a memoir
by Katherine G. Johnson
The woman at the heart of the New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film "Hidden Figures" shares her personal journey from child prodigy in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia to NASA human computer and her role in the early years of the U.S. space program.
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Limitless : The Autobiography
by Tim Peake
In fascinating detail, and drawing on exclusive diaries and audio recordings from his mission, British astronaut Tim Peake takes readers closer than ever before to experience what life in space is really like: the sights, the smells, the fear, the exhilaration and the wonder of the view.
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