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John Glenn
by John Glenn
John Glenn has spent most of his life in public service, as a distinguished U.S. Senator and a veteran of twenty-three years in the Marine corps, during which time he was awarded numerous medals for his achievements, as well as the NASA Distinguished Service medal and the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. He and his wife of fifty-six years, Annie, have two grown children and two grandchildren.Nick Taylor is the author of seven nonfiction books and collaborated with John Glenn on his memoir. He lives in...
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First Man
by James R Hansen
On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Perhaps no words in human history became better known than those few he uttered at that historic moment. In a penetrating exploration of American hero worship, Hansen addresses the complex legacy of the First Man, as an astronaut and an individual.
Moon Shot the Inside Story Of America's Race To the Moon
by Alan and Deke Slayton and Jay Barbree and Howard Benedict and Neil Armstrong Shepard
A Day's Work
by Eve Bunting
Francisco, a young Mexican-American boy, helps his grandfather find work as a gardener, even though the old man cannot speak English and knows nothing about gardening.
To Rule the Night the Discovery Voyage Of Astronaut Jim Irwin
by James B and Emerson, William A Irwin
Space Travel Books & Ephemera
Apollo 13 (SIGNED by Jim Lovell)
by Lovell, James; Kluger, Jeffrey
SIGNED BY JIM LOVELL and briefly inscribed as shown. Book is near-fine and appears unread. Mild wear only on dust jacket, which remains very attractive and is now in new archival mylar. 4th printing. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.
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$89.50
FIRST ON THE MOON A Voyage with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
by Armstrong, Neil & Michael Collins & Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Little, Brown & Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0316051608 . ; Black cloth cover is rubbed on spine caps otherwise pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket has modest wear along top and bottom edge but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Publisher's price of $7.95 on DJ flap with crease on front flap. DJ protected by a brand new,...
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$300.00
Space for Mankind's Benefit: The Proceedings of a Space Congress Held November 15-19, 1971... NASA SP-313
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Near Fine. 1972. FIRST EDITION. Soft Cover. Near Fine condition thick quarto in illustrated paper covers. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" .
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$200.00
Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations (NASA SP-4204)
by Benson, Charles & William Barnaby Faherty
NASA. 1978. FINE condition. Thick Quarto Softcover. ***Scanned Image Available*** .
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$145.00
First Man : The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
by James R. Hansen
Simon & Schuster, Incorporated, 2005. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.61
John Glenn: A Memoir
by Glenn, John; Taylor, Nick
Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. The image provided is the actual book I'm offering for sale. No markings or damage to any pages. No sunning. No clips. Structure of the book (covers, binding, spine, hinges) is tight and free of damage. Page block is nice and square. Cut pages. Additional photos will be provided upon request to ensure the quality and integrity of your book purchase.
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$12.99
Signed Uncirculated Dollar Bill
by APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT
1969. framed. very good. Exceptional signed uncirculated "short snorter", 1969 series C, One Dollar Bill, in ball point pen, by the Russian and American crews of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, includes: Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand, Donald "Deke" Slayton, Alexei Leonov, and Valeri Kubasov. In a simple gold frame with green matte. This item should not be confused with similar items signed in black felt-tip that were accomplished later-in-life to meet demands of the...
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$900.00
Lost Moon: The Perilous Flight of Apollo 13
by Jim Lovell; Jeffrey Kluger
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. SIGNED. NF/NF. First Edition. Second printing with number line ending in 2. Signed by Jim Lovell on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding and good tips. Spine ends gently pushed. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. 20 pages of B&W photos associated with the mission. "The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13" endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($22.95) with a hint of...
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$150.00
Typed Note Signed "J.S. Powers" on personal stationery
by POWERS, John Anthony "Shorty" (1922 - 1979)
1975. unbound. 1 page, 5.5 x 4 inches, no place, no date, circa 1975. In this letter, Powers responds to a collector, in full: "Your cards, signed as you requested are enclosed as is a copy of a brochure outlining, at least in part, my participation in America's man-in-space program. I am honored to be able to respond to your very thoughtful request." One horizontal fold; fine condition.<br/><br/> American public affairs officer for NASA from 1959 to 1963 during Project...
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$150.00
Lunar Topographic Orthophoto Map; BEER
by Defense Mapping Agency for NASA
1974. Orthophotograph. 27 x 25 inches.<br/> <br/> Early large format map of Beer crater taken on Apollo 15 in 1971. Beer is a circular, cup-shaped crater with a sharp-edged rim. It is a relatively small lunar impact crater located on the Mare Imbrium (a vast lava plane on the moon). It was named after German astronomer Wilhelm W. Beer who was from Berlin. An orthophotograph is an aerial satellite image geometrically corrected ("orthorectified") such that the scale is uniform: this...
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$350.00
Wege zur Raumschiffahrt
by Oberth, Hermann
Munich: R. Oldenbourg, 1929. Oberth, Hermann (1894-1989). Wege zur Raumschiffahrt. xi, 431pp. 4 plates. Munich & Berlin: R. Oldenbourg, 1929. 236 x 163 mm. Original cloth, front cover slightly warped. Fine copy. Publisher's blurb for Die Möglichkeit der Weltraumfahrt (1928), ed. Willy Ley, tipped to the front free endpaper.
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$1,250.00
Failure is not an Option
by Gene Kranz
Soft-cover book Simon & Schuster trade paperback 2009 reprint edition. 415pp with pictures. Epilogue. Appendix: Foundations of Mission Control. Near Fine condition. "A rich, behind-the-scenes account of the experts who held the lives of American's first space explorers in their hands." --- Mark Carreau.
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$8.50
Failure Is Not an Option (Signed by Gene Kranz)
by Kranz, Gene
SIGNED BY GENE KRANZ along with "Aim High" on inside half-title page. Also briefly inscribed as shown. A beautiful 6th printing in apparently unread like-new condition; looks terrific in new mylar. Expedited shipping is welcome. Inv 1A, signed by author.
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$120.00
Living in Space: Operation Liftoff. Elementary School Space Program. Book II. (EP-223)
by Andrews, Sheila Briskin & Audrey Kirschenbaum
Washington DC. Washington DC: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Fine with no dust jacket. 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. No defects. Materials are new and unused; original shrinkwrap was removed to obtain publication information. . This is Part Two of a teaching unit designed for elementary school students, presenting exercises, activities, vocabulary, motivation, questions, lab experiments and more on: food, clothing, health, housing, communication and working. Loose pages are...
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$31.00
Off the Planet Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station MIR
by Linenger, Jerry M
New York: Mcgraw Hill. As New in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. 007136112X . Color Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. x, 259 pp .
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$20.00
Prescription for Disaster
by Trento, Joseph J. & Susan B. Trento
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, black cloth spine with blue foil titles, red endpapers, [viii], 312 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. In the wake of the 1986 Challenger disaster, "Trento interviewed every single administrator of NASA as well as more than seventy of its key officials, scientists, and major players in government, industry, and the Pentagon....
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$26.99
RACE TO THE STRATOSPHERE Manned Scientific Ballooning in America
by Devorkin, David H
Springer. VG+. 1989. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.4 inches. 420 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .
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$24.95