Though not indicated in the title, this biographical reference is in its third edition; the subtitle has changed with each one ( ...The First 25 Years , G.K. Hall &amp; Co., 1987; ...The International Space Year Edition , Macmillan, 1993). The new edition gives updated biographical information for people of every nationality who traveled in space from spring 1961 (Yuri Gagarin) to spring 1998, along with hundreds of others who underwent training to prepare for space flight a total of some 600 biographies of about 200 to 500 words, each with a small portrait b&amp;w photo. The volume includes essays on NASA astronauts, Russian cosmonauts, and Buran test-pilot cosmonauts; color depictions of NASA mission crew patches; and numerous appendices itemizing information connected with flight duration, missions and crews, journalist-in-space candidates and teacher-in-space candidates, and the world EVA log. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Who's Who in Space

Reference

Cassutt, Michael

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Macmillan Library Reference

Provides informative entries for over 600 individuals who have contributed to space travel, including astronauts, cosmonauts, and scientists

Who's Who in Space: The International Space Year Edition

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

An autobiography by one of America's original astronauts, who later headed the astronaut program, chronicles Slayton's life as a war hero and space shuttle pilot

Deke ! U.S. Manned Space From Mercury to the Shuttle

Biographies & Memoirs

Slayton, Deke

Professionals & Academics

Forge

Deke Slayton was one of the first seven Mercury astronauts--and he might have been the first American in space. Instead, he became the first chief of American Astronaut Corps. It was Deke Slayton who selected the crews who flew the Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab missions. It was Deke Slayton who made Neil Armstrong the first man on the moon.
Deke! is Deke Slayton's' story--told in his own words and in the voices of the men and women who worked with him and knew him best. Deke Slayton's knowledge of how the .S. manned space program worked is the missing piece of every space buff's puzzle. Now, after decades of silence, he tells his priceless stories of those years when American was engaged in the greatest voyage of exploration in human history.

Deke! U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury To the Shuttle

Slayton, Donald K.

Historical

Forge Books

When a veteran astronaut mysteriously dies during a routine training flight, survivor Mark Koskinen, a rookie astronaut, finds himself embroiled in a deadly conspiracy that high-ranking NASA officials will do anything to keep hidden. 10,000 first printing.

Missing Man

Literature & Fiction

United States

Red Moon

A suspenseful odyssey inside the Soviet space program follows one young man, Yuri Ribko, as he journeys from engineering student to Soviet cosmonaut, under the secret auspices of his KGB uncle. 15,000 first printing.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Rocked by civil wars, the collapse of the federal government, and the rise of independent confederacies, twenty-first-century America is visited by a defector from a highly and mysterious alien race

The Star Country

DOUBLEDAY

The competing teams of astronauts sent to explore the asteroid Keanu discovered it was, in fact, a giant spacecraft with an alien crew carrying a plea for help. A brave new frontier beckons. But it will come at a price. Without warning, the aliens transport small groups of humans to the vast interior habitats of Keanu. Their first challenge is to survive. Their second: discover why The Architects—the unseen aliens controlling the asteroid—brought them there. The third: find a way to take control of Keanu. Because the ship is moving again. The Architects are going home...

Heaven's War (Heaven's Shadow)

Goyer, David S.

Mankind’s first contact with extraterrestrial life led to an incredible revelation. Their last may lead them to extinction. Twenty years have passed since the mysterious Near-Earth Object nicknamed Keanu appeared in the night sky and transported humans from all over Earth into its interior. There they discovered that Keanu was a long-range spaceship—and they were not alone. They joined forces with the aliens called the Architects, who had come from a distant galaxy to seek help in fighting the vicious Reivers. And they defeated them. Or so they thought. For when Keanu reestablished contact with Earth, they learned that the Reivers have taken over the planet, placing most of the population under their dominion. But mankind’s last hope may yet be hidden inside the NEO. And if the men and women still in Keanu cannot find it, humanity will be finished. And the galaxy will be next.

Heaven's Fall (Heaven's Shadow)

Genre Fiction

The science fiction epic of our time has arrived. Three years ago, an object one hundred miles across was spotted on a trajectory for Earth's sun. Now, its journey is almost over. As it approaches, two competing manned vehicles race through almost half a million kilometers of space to reach it first. But when they both arrive on the entity, they learn that it has been sent toward Earth for a reason. An intelligent race is desperately attempting to communicate with our primitive species. And the message is: Help us.

Heaven's Shadow

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