NASA's ambitious but essential Gemini Program was culminated in November 1966 with the launch of Gemini 12 from Kennedy Space enter's Launch Comple...

The first manned Gemini mission was flown by Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young and was an important step towards America moving ahead in the spac...

Book & DVD. From the official files of NASA, this book gives the complete account of the first American spacewalk, which took place on 3 June 1...

CD-ROM and Book. Lost in the glare of Apollo's success, the Gemini program is often forgotten. Without the ten successful manned Gemini missions NA...

On 4 December 1965 NASA launched the Gemini 7 spacecraft, on a Titan II booster, putting Frank Borman and James A Lovell Jr into Earth orbit. Befor...

From the first Bumper V-2 launch in1950 to the Atlas V vehicles of today, over 55 years of Cape Canaveral history is captured in this exhaustive co...

CD-ROM and Book. Man's on-going conquest of the solar system has been much publicised for its miraculous accomplishments. What is generally less pu...

NASA learned to fly in space in a time when the agency was young and lean, and had an explicit mandate of staggering audacity set against a tight d...

The dazzling vistas that the Hubble Space Telescope has recorded since its launch in 1990 are presented, along with explanations of what exactly Hu...

The International Space Station (ISS) program began in 1993, with Russia joining the United States, Europe, Japan, and Canada. Crews have occupied ...

From this book, the reader will gain an insight into one of the most creative minds in the history of space exploration. Krafft Ehricke's contribut...

Space junkies and armchair astronauts are provided with comprehensive, handy references for a variety of space-related missions, vehicles, and conc...

A NASA-funded team of scientists has announced that there is evidence of previous life on Mars. This book analyses the results from the meteorite A...

This book describes the exploration of two unique and dangerous environments, space and underwater, and how the paths of two men, one living and on...

In 1877 the famed Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli used his brand-new 8.6 inch telescope to study the planets. To his great surprise he sus...

CD-ROM and Book. The Red Planet has been a beacon to every race of mankind since the dawn of history. Today Mars stands as a symbol of the high fro...

If by some magic process humanity was able to go to the stars tomorrow and find habitable worlds we would probably want to design a society based u...

The author has the distinction of being the only wife of a European astronaut who has also worked in the area of human spaceflight. Her story is to...

Around the world, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is synonymous with air and space flight. This book covers NASA's aerospacere...

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (Nasa) Background, Issues, Bibliography

This book looks at the inside deliberations that led to President George W Bush's space exploration initiative. The author team has been granted un...

This book is dedicated to important issues concerning Space Shuttle retirement and transition to the next generation of human space flight systems....

This book presents a fundamentally different way of thinking about the space program and the role of nuclear rockets in it, arguing they require an...

The exploration and colonisation of Mars, as discussed in the more than 130 papers and essays from the Mars Society's annual conferences, is presen...

The Pocket Space Guide© concept is based around the idea of providing the space aficionado with a series of books covering the entire gamut of spac...

The compact and concise design of this guide to the Apollo missions belies its enormous content, with pertinent facts and colour images for each mi...

Facts and images for Apollo missions 12 to 17 are covered in this concise guide to the program's essentials, mission objectives, dates, flight plan...

In spite of the recent loss of the space shuttle Columbia, there are those who believe in the seemingly routine nature of space flight. The author'...

In this volume of essays, the top experts and major players behind the United States's recently renewed push to the moon fuel a growing debate over...

Rocket Science. Two words which are synonymous with complexity. Two words which for many people signify the zenith of human genius. A phrase which ...

Complete with photographs and drawings from Russia's Rocket & Space Corporation Energia, this Pocket Space Guide is a condensed history of the ...

Book & DVD. Saturn V was the largest, most powerful rocket ever produced. Developed in the 1960s, in response to President Kennedy's call for a...

Book & DVD. In this companion volume to Saturn V -- the complete manufacturing and test records, the complete life history of each Saturn I/IB ...

For the first time the inside story of Russia's marketing of their space program to the West is chronicled by one who was there. The colourful tale...

As hoteliers design zero-gravity hotel suites for out-of-this-world unions and with the first honeymoon in space already scheduled, this provocativ...

At 7:15 a.m. on October 3, 1962, Project Mercury Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr., in his Sigma 7 spacecraft, was launched into space and orbited t...