A Grand and Bold Thing – An Extraordinary New Map of the Universe Ushering in a New Era of Discovery
A Grand and Bold Thing – An Extraordinary New Map of the Universe Ushering in a New Era of Discovery by Ann Finkbeiner; Free Press; New York, New York; $27.00 (hard cover); 2010. We’re all getting 3D this, 3D that. But now, turn your attention to the heavens. This...Book Review: The Fallen Sky – An Intimate History of Shooting Stars
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Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery by Stephen J. Pyne; Viking/Penguin Group (USA); New York, New York; (hard cover); $29.95; 2010. This is an exceptional book by an award-winning environmental historian and author – a volume that...Book Review: NASA’s First 50 Years – Historical Perspectives
Credit: NASA History Division NASA’s First 50 Years – Historical Perspectives by Steven Dick, editor; NASA Special Publication (SP-2010-4704); U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. ; (hard cover) ; $79.00; 2010 This impressive and scholarly volume is...Book Review: Moon Men Return: USS Hornet and the Recovery of the Apollo 11 Astronauts
Credit: Naval Institute Press Moon Men Return: USS Hornet and the Recovery of the Apollo 11 Astronauts by Scott W. Carmichael; Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland; (hardcover) $36.95; 2010. Just in time to retro-fire yourself back to the days of Apollo 11 –...Book Review: Live TV From the Moon
Live TV From the Moon by Dwight Steven-Boniecki; Apogee Books; Burlington Ontario Canada; (softcover) $29.95; 2010. When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin moonwalked into history back in 1969, a huge contingent of onlookers on Earth watched in amazement. That was made...Book Review: Me and The Biospheres – A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2
Me and The Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2 by John Allen; Synergetic Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico; (paperback) $39.95; 2009. The term “biosphere” was coined by geologist Eduard Seuss in 1875, which he defined as the place on Earth’s surface where...Book Review: Packing for Mars – The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Packing for Mars – The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach; W.W. Norton & Company, New York, New York; (hard cover) $25.95; August 2010. This is an appealing and original look at human space exploration. The author pulls back the Velcro to...Europa
Europa, Edited by Robert T. Pappalardo; William B. McKinnon; Krishan Khurana; The University of Arizona Press; Tucson, Arizona (hardcover); $85.00; 2009. This book serves up a heavy dose of scientific papers geared to unveiling mysterious Europa – an icy moon of...Space Talk
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#NASA estimates that a human mission to Mars could take months or years with current propulsion technologies. To accelerate this timeline, NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are exploring nuclear thermal propulsion.
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.@NASA_Langley is testing the Lightweight Surface Manipulation System AutoNomy capabilities Development for Surface Operations (LANDO), a robotic arm designed to lift payloads and place them on the #lunar surface.
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