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Team Moon
“This behind-the-scenes look at the first Apollo moon landing has the feel of a public television documentary in its breadth and detail” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Here is a rare perspective on a story we only thought we knew. For Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story that belongs to many, not just the few and famous. It belongs to the seamstress who put together twenty-two layers of fabric for each space suit. To the engineers who created a special heat shield to protect the capsule during its fiery reentry. It belongs to the flight directors, camera designers, software experts, suit testers, telescope crew, aerospace technicians, photo developers, engineers, and navig...
Safely to Earth
National Federation of Press Women National Communications Contest, First Place for Autobiography/Memoir Delaware Press Association Communications Contest, First Place for Autobiography/Memoir In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons—a former lead engineer in support of NASA—takes readers behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years. Discover the people, the events, and the risks involved in one of the most important parts of space missions: bringing the astronauts back home to Earth. Clemons joined Project Apollo in 1968, a young engineer inspired by science fiction and electrified by John F. Kennedy’s challe...
I'll Catch the Moon
A child imagines going into outer space, catching the moon, and taking it on an around-the-world adventure.
Heart of War
Captain Parker declares war on a politically powerful traitor to England. Immediately, Parker becomes a marked man. All hell is visited upon him, but Parker has been fighting battles since he was seven years old and is not easily daunted. To survive, he fights one brutal battle after another, descending into war's inexpressible darkness. The author of this well-crafted thriller stages his war from a perspective that sheds light on our post 9/11 experiences. We observe the overextended British Empire fighting two wars amidst the corruption resulting from war's confusion and excess. This is an 18th century sea story. It is, however, more than just a sea story-in the way that Heart of War is mo...
Discovering The Moon
Experience the wonder of the moon landing with Discovering Planets and Moons: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Edition! Learn about the technology that propelled us to the moon, and all about the ups and downs of one of history's most watched events. With a stunning cover and packed with breathtaking imagery from the moon landing and exciting scientific facts, aspiring astronauts of all ages will learn about how our solar system works and how we continue to discover amazing new information about our universe.
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It's Not Rocket Science
Share the author's amazing journey of being asked to become a flight controller at NASA when he didn't even apply, being in NASA Mission Control when man landed on the moon, being a business owner during good and hard times, being the father of a son desperately needing a liver transplant, and then wanting to share all that the Lord offers. The author received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for being part of the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team that rescued the Apollo 13 astronauts. "Bob Nance ... is mentally integrating throttle usage by the crew and giving .. his best guesstimate of the hover time remaining before the fuel runs out. During training, he got pretty good at it and could h...
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