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Photographing America'S First Astronauts - Project Mercury Through The Lens Of Bill Taub

by J.L. Pickering e John Bisney

48,67€ + 10% CARD

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 Featuring more than 600 photos, this book offers the most complete photographic account of Project Mercury ever published. It showcases hundreds of never-before-seen images of Americaâ€™s first manned space program by NASAâ€™s first staff photographer, Bill Taub.
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A Reluctant Icon - Letters To Neil Armstrong

28,38€ + 10% CARD

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 Artfully curated by James R. Hansen, A Reluctant Icon: Letters to Neil Armstrong is a companion volume to Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man from All Mankind, collecting hundreds more letters Armstrong received after first stepping on the moon until his death in 2012.
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British Imperial Air Power - The Royal Air Forces And The Defense Of Australia And New Zealand Between The World Wars

by Alex M Spencer

41,91€ + 10% CARD

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 Examines the air defense of Australia and New Zealand during the interwar period. The book also demonstrates the difficulty of applying new military aviation technology to the defense of the global Empire and provides insight into the nature of the political relationship between the Pacific Dominions and Britain.
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The Sky Above - An Astronaut'S Memoir Of Adventure, Persistence, And Faith

by John Howard Casper

29,73€ + 10% CARD

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 Looking up at the stars at the age of ten, John Casper dreamed of being a space explorer. The Sky Above tells how persistence and determination led to flying in space, after serving as a combat fighter pilot and test pilot. Despite life-threatening experiences and failures, his spiritual faith was pivotal in overcoming lifeâ€™s challenges.
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The Sky Above - An Astronaut’S Memoir Of Adventure, Persistence, And Faith

by John Howard Casper

26,88€ + 10% CARD

 Looking up at the stars at the age of ten, John Casper dreamed of being a space explorer. The Sky Above tells how persistence and determination led to flying in space, after serving as a combat fighter pilot and test pilot. Despite life-threatening experiences and failures, his spiritual faith was pivotal in overcoming lifeâ€™s challenges.
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Through Astronaut Eyes - Photographing Early Human Spaceflight

by Jennifer K. Levasseur

31,68€ + 10% CARD

 Featuring over seventy images from the heroic age of space exploration, Through Astronaut Eyes presents the story of how human daring along with technological ingenuity allowed people to see the Earth and stars as they never had before.
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Through Astronaut Eyes - Photographing Early Human Spaceflight

by Jennifer K. Levasseur

43,71€ + 10% CARD

 Featuring over seventy images from the heroic age of space exploration, Through Astronaut Eyes presents the story of how human daring along with technological ingenuity allowed people to see the Earth and stars as they never had before.
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A Reluctant Icon - Letters To Neil Armstrong

26,88€ + 10% CARD

 Artfully curated by James R. Hansen, A Reluctant Icon: Letters to Neil Armstrong is a companion volume to Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man from All Mankind, collecting hundreds more letters Armstrong received after first stepping on the moon until his death in 2012.
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Reluctant Icon - Letters To Neil Armstrong

37,09€ + 10% CARD

 Artfully curated by James R. Hansen, A Reluctant Icon: Letters to Neil Armstrong is a companion volume to Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man from All Mankind, collecting hundreds more letters Armstrong received after first stepping on the moon until his death in 2012.
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British Imperial Air Power - The Royal Air Forces And The Defense Of Australia And New Zealand Between The World Wars

by Alex M Spencer

52,99€ + 10% CARD

 Examines the air defense of Australia and New Zealand during the interwar period. The book also demonstrates the difficulty of applying new military aviation technology to the defense of the global Empire and provides insight into the nature of the political relationship between the Pacific Dominions and Britain.
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British Imperial Air Power - The Royal Air Forces And The Defense Of Australia And New Zealand Between The World Wars

by Alex M Spencer

38,40€ + 10% CARD

 Examines the air defense of Australia and New Zealand during the interwar period. The book also demonstrates the difficulty of applying new military aviation technology to the defense of the global Empire and provides insight into the nature of the political relationship between the Pacific Dominions and Britain.
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John Houbolt - The Unsung Hero Of The Apollo Moon Landings

by William F. Causey

24,00€ + 10% CARD

 In May 1961, President Kennedy announced that the United States would attempt to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth before the end of that decade. Yet NASA did not have a specific plan for how to accomplish that goal. This is the story of how John Houbolt convinced NASA to adopt the plan that made history.
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John Houbolt - The Unsung Hero Of The Apollo Moon Landings

by William F. Causey

33,11€ + 10% CARD

 It was a small group of engineers led by John Houbolt who came up with the plan that propelled human beings to the moon and back. Houbolt and his colleagues called it â€˜lunar orbit rendezvousâ€™, or â€˜LORâ€™. This is the story of how John Houbolt convinced NASA to adopt the plan that made history.
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Through Astronaut Eyes - Photographing Early Human Spaceflight

by Jennifer K. Levasseur

35,14€ + 10% CARD

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 Featuring over seventy images from the heroic age of space exploration, Through Astronaut Eyes presents the story of how human daring along with technological ingenuity allowed people to see the Earth and stars as they never had before.
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Dear Neil Armstrong - Letters To The First Man From All Mankind

33,60€ + 10% CARD

 In the years between the historic first moon landing by Apollo 11 and his death in 2002, Neil Armstrong received hundreds of thousands of cards and letters from all over the world. Dear Neil Armstrong publishes a careful sampling of these letters.
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Dear Neil Armstrong - Letters To The First Man From All Mankind

37,84€ + 10% CARD

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 In the years between the historic first moon landing by Apollo 11 and his death in 2002, Neil Armstrong received hundreds of thousands of cards and letters from all over the world. Dear Neil Armstrong publishes a careful sampling of these letters.
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Calculated Risk - The Supersonic Life And Times Of Gus Grissom

by George Leopold

20,27€ + 10% CARD

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 Drawing on extensive interviews with fellow astronauts, NASA engineers, family members, and friends of Gus Grissom, George Leopold delivers a comprehensive and corrective account of Gus Grissom's life that places his career in the context of the Cold War and the history of human spaceflight.
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Piercing The Horizon - The Story Of Visionary Nasa Chief Tom Paine

by Sunny Tsiao

24,96€ + 10% CARD

 Delivers new insights into the behind-the-scenes drama of the space race by examining the career of Thomas Paine. Piercing the Horizon provides provocative context to current conversations on the case for reaching Mars, settling our solar system, and continuing the exploration of space.
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Spacewalker - My Journey In Space And Faith As Nasa'S Record-Setting Frequent Flyer

by Jerry L. Ross e John Norberg

20,27€ + 10% CARD

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 From the age of ten, looking up at the stars, Jerry Ross knew that he wanted to journey into space. This autobiography tells the story of how he came not only to achieve that goal, but to become the most-launched astronaut in history, as well as a NASA veteran whose career spanned the entire US Space Shuttle program.
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Calculated Risk - The Supersonic Life And Times Of Gus Grissom, Revised And Expanded

by George Leopold

24,96€ + 10% CARD

 The international prestige of winning the Moon Race cannot be understated, and Gus Grissom played a pivotal and enduring role in securing that legacy for the US. Drawing on extensive interviews with fellow astronauts, NASA engineers, family members, and friends of Grissom, George Leopold places Grissom's life and career in the context of the Cold War and the history of human spaceflight.
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Spacewalker - My Journey In Space And Faith As Nasa’S Record-Setting Frequent Flyer

by Jerry L. Ross

14,40€ + 10% CARD

 From the age of ten, looking up at the stars, Jerry Ross knew that he wanted to journey into space. This autobiography tells the story of how he came not only to achieve that goal, but to become the most-launched astronaut in history, as well as a NASA veteran whose career spanned the entire US Space Shuttle programme.
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John Houbolt - The Unsung Hero Of The Apollo Moon Landings

by William F. Causey

28,26€

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 It was a small group of engineers led by John Houbolt who came up with the plan that propelled human beings to the moon and back. Houbolt and his colleagues called it â€˜lunar orbit rendezvousâ€™, or â€˜LORâ€™. This is the story of how John Houbolt convinced NASA to adopt the plan that made history.
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My Seven Lives - Jana Juranova In Conversation With Agnesa Kalinova

by Agnesa Kalinova

33,41€

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 The English translation of the best-selling memoir of Slovak journalist Agnesa Kalinova: Holocaust survivor, film critic, translator, and political prisoner. An oral history written with her colleague Jana Juranova, My Seven Lives provides a window into Jewish history, the Holocaust, and the cultural evolution of Central and Eastern Europe.
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In Their Own Words - Forgotten Women Pilots Of Early Aviation

by Fred Erisman

47,32€

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 Amelia Earhart's prominence in American aviation during the 1930s obscures a crucial point: she was but one of a closely knit community of women pilots. In Their Own Words takes up the writings of eight women pilots as evidence of the ties between the growth of American aviation and the changing role of women.
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