Jeffrey Kluger
Author
Pub. Date
2017
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Description
In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankinds first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the Russians were winning the space race, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month, and President Kennedys promise to put a man on the moon by the end...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"When evil forces are going unchecked on earth, a principled astronaut makes a spilt-second decision to try and seek justice in the only place she knows how to--the international space station. Walli Beckwith is a model astronaut. She graduated at the top of her class from the naval academy, had a successful career flying fighter jets, and has spent over three hundred days in space. So, when she refuses to leave her post at the international space...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
" From an award-winning senior writer at Time, an eye-opening exploration of narcissism, how to recognize it, and how to handle it. The odds are good that you know a narcissist-probably a lot of them. The odds are also good that they are intelligent, confident, and articulate-the center of attention. They make you laugh and they make you think. The odds are also that this spell didn't last. Narcissists are everywhere. There are millions of them...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Explores what scientists and researchers are discovering about sibling bonds, the longest-lasting relationships we have in our lives. Nobody affects us as deeply as our brothers and sisters--not parents, not children, not friends. From the time we--and they--are born, our siblings are our collaborators and co-conspirators, our role models and cautionary tales. They teach us how to resolve conflicts and how not to, how to conduct friendships and when...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"In this brilliantly illustrated volume from the editors of TIME, the mysteries of space unfold in a journey from our solar system to the far reaches of the universe. We bring you the latest milestones in the exploration of the cosmos, including not just the big-picture stuff, but the people and the space agencies that are driving space exploration in the 21st century. And we include some of the latest and most dazzling images captured by the Hubble...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
This special edition, the companion piece to the TIME and PBS documentary series A Year in Space, provides exclusive coverage coupled with abundant photographs, many taken by Scott Kelly himself. Highlights include: An inside look at how Kelly conducted experiments aboard the ISS and how he spent his downtime. Landscape Mode: Breathtaking photographs taken by Scott Kelly from 250 miles above the Earths surface. In interview with Samantha Cristoforetti,...
13) Apollo 13
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Recounts the four-day ordeal of Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert and the dramatic struggle to bring back to Earth the tiny lunar module spacecraft into which they were forced to retreat when their main ship was damaged.
The best-selling book that inspired the blockbuster movie. A timeless tribute to the enduring American spirit, Apollo 13 tells the story of America's fifth mission to the moon, a mission that nearly ended...
15) Apollo 13
Pub. Date
[2005], c1995
Description
True story of how three astronauts, stranded 205,000 miles above the earth, fight a battle to survive while Mission Control works against time to bring them home.
