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Rocket Boys
by Homer Hickam
Rocket Boys (also known as October Sky) is the first memoir in a series of three, by Homer Hickam, Jr. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in a pure company mining town. It won the W.D. Weatherford Award in 1998, the year of its release. Today, it is one of the most often picked community/library reads in the United States. It is also studied in many school systems around the world.
A Brief History Of Time
by Stephen W Hawking
A Brief History of Time is a popular science book written by Stephen Hawking and first published by the Bantam Dell Publishing Group in 1988. It became a best-seller and has sold more than 9 million copies. It was also on the London Sunday Times best-seller list for more than four years. There is also a documentary by the same name, directed by Errol Morris and released in 1991. Unlike the book, the documentary is primarily a biography of Stephen Hawking.
Rocket Boys
by Homer H, Jr Hickam
Rocket Boys (also known as October Sky) is the first memoir in a series of three, by Homer Hickam, Jr. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in a pure company mining town. It won the W.D. Weatherford Award in 1998, the year of its release. Today, it is one of the most often picked community/library reads in the United States. It is also studied in many school systems around the world.
Cosmos
by Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University; Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; and the cofounder and President of the Planetary Society, the largest space-interest group in the world. For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, he was an adviser on the Mariner, Voyager, and Viking unmanned space missions, and he briefed...
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Space Books & Ephemera
Off the Planet -- Inscribed By Author -- Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir
by Linenger, Jerry M
Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes
by Michael Benson
Harry N. Adrams Inc, 2003. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition. Michael Benson has spent years compiling images collected by the unmanned probes that NASA has been sending into space to explore the solar system. These images provide a visual tour of the solar system and are accompanied by essays that explain the history of the journeys of the probes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Space Exploration; Science & Technology; Science. ISBN: 0810945312....
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£15.87
A Brief History of Time from the Big Bang to Black Holes
by Hawking, Stephen W
New York: Bantam Books, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Second state of the first printing with contents page present. Quarter black cloth with black paper-covered boards, SWH blind-stamped on front board, x, 198 pp, 35 figures, glossary, index. Damp stain (1 X 3 cm) at bottom of cloth on rear board (near spine); dye from this spot has bled onto bottom edge of last twenty leaves, otherwise book is very good with a bumped corner, slight edge wear, and a...
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£21.04
You Are Here : Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station
by Chris Hadfield
Little Brown & Company, 2014. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.02
Pioneers of Rocket Technology: Selected Works / Translation of "Pionery raketnoy techniki - Kibal'chich, Tsiolkovskiy, Tsander, Kondratyuk - Izbrannyye trudy."
by Mel'kumov, T. M. (Editor in Chief); Kibal'chich, Tsiolkovskiy, Tsander, Kondratyuk
Washington, D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Softcover. Original Soviet publication Izdatel'stvo "Nauka," Moscow, 1964, pp. 1-20; 501-669. Translated for NASA by Stemar Engineering, Long Beach. Technical translation into English issued as NASA TT F-9285. White wraps, perfect bound, typescript text, illustrations, equations. ; 8" x 10-1/2"; 162 pp; Light soiling to wraps, prior owner stamp to front cover, publication...
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£60.71
Voyager Bulletin: Mission Status Report No. 74 (January 13, 1986)
by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA: NASA and JPL, 1986. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This issue contains a single glossy sheet measuring 8-1/2" by 11" printed on both sides. Topics in this issue: A Sixth Moon Discovered; Uranus Science Experiments - Planetary Radio Astronomy; and Plasma Waves. With a Voyager 2 photograph of Uranus, "the first picture to show clear evidence of latitudinal banding in the planet's atmosphere." In pristine condition..
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£12.14
The Practical Astronomer
by Gater, Will and Anton Vamplew
Little wear other than minor bends at the lower right corners and a front cover that likes to curl a little. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Filled with color illustrations. Will ship at about two pounds.
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£6.88
Space Physiology and Medicine (NASA SP-447)
by Nicogossian, M.D., Arnauld and James F. Parker, Jr., Ph.D
Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Slight bump lower corners, clean copy throughout. A general reference manual on space medicine dealing with the unique environment of space and its physiological effects and the medical/health concerns of space travel on astronauts. 324 pages, illustrated with numerous photos, figures, and tables. NASA.
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£28.33
Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir
by Jerry Linenger, U.S. Astronaut/ MIR Cosmonaut
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHORon front end page, a warm full page inscription- " To Tom - Great 'hanging out' with you 'back on the planet' - keep reaching for the stars, Jerry" and additionally SIGNED BY AUTHOR in Apr. 2002 on front pastedown. Near Fine, a stray ink mark fore edge of page block, in a Fine dust jacket. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Later Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£36.43
Comet
by Sagan, Carl, and Druyan, Ann
New York: Random House. Hardcover. 1985. 1st Edition. 4to 398pp . Very Good+ in Very Good DJ. B&W and Color Illustrations. Front edges lightly foxed. DJ rear inner flap creased. A discussion of comets and especially Halley's comet, informed by the authors' unique blend of science, poetry and imagination .
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£9.52
Colonies in Space
by Heppenheimer, T.A
Warner Books, 1980. Very Good softcover introduction by Ray Bradbury. Paperback. Very Good.
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£36.43
The Astronauts : The First 25 Years of Manned Space Flight
by Yenne, Bill
Exetera Books, 1988. Very Good Hardcover with Very good dustjacket, large book with photographs throughout . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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£19.43
Australia's First Astronaut Paul Scully-Power's Voyage On the Challenger as told exclusively to Tim Dare
by Paul Scully-Power
Weldon's Pty Ltd, Australia, 1986. Softcover. Good Condition. 96 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Space Exploration; Science & Technology; Inventory No: 268188..
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£7.94
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF NASA SHUTTLE AND SKYLAB ASTRONAUT BRUCE McCANDLESS, II
by McCandless, Bruce
Washington D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1971. Astronaut Autograph with Provenance. A veteran of two shuttle missions, Bruce McCandless was the first U. S. astronaut to have an untethered "spacewalk" during which he reportedly said to his wife who was at Mission Control, "It may have been a small step for Neil, but it's a heck of a big leap for me." SIGNED and inscribed, "With best wishes to Lee Saegesser. Bruce McCandless II NASA astronaut." Provenance: from the collection of Lee...
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£80.95
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys: 50th Anniversary Edition
by Michael Collins
Paperback / softback. New.
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£19.20
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen W. Hawking
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1989. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£6.45
Lost Moon : The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
by Jeffrey Kluger; Jim Lovell
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1994. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£4.94
Uncovering The Secrets of the Red Planet Mars
by Raeburn, Paul
Washington DC: National Geographic Society. F. 1998. 1st Printing. Padded Leather. Stated first printing. Deluxe edition bound in padded simulated leathe r with a ribbon marker and two pairs of 3-D glasses in a holder at rea r. A fine copy. Shipping weight is approximately four pounds. Additio nal shipping charges will apply to international orders. .
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£20.24
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys (Adventure Library)
by Collins, Michael
Paperback. Good.
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£49.26
Moon Shot ( The Inside Story Of America's Race To The Moon )
by Alan Shepard And Deke Slayton ( Intro By Neil Armstrong )
Turner, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine. Not Ex-Library Copy. Hardcover Edition With Dustjacket.Good Copy.Binding Is Solid.Text Unmarked.Not Ex-Library Copy.Corners Slightly Bumped.
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£5.63
