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Asimov, Isaac, and Francis Reddy. Exploring Outer Space: Rockets, Probes, and Satellites (Isaac Asimov's New Library of the Universe). Gareth Stevens, 1995. A general work that provides an effective overview to space exploration. Day, Dwayne A., and others, eds. Eye in the Sky: The Story of the Corona Spy Satellites (Smithsonian History of Aviation Series). Smithsonian Institution, 1998. A volume that will remind readers of how really important and serious the stakes were geopolitically when these satellites were the secret, high-tech ""saviors"" of the intelligence community. Gavaghan, Helen. Something New Under the Sun: Satellites and the Beginning of the Space Age. Copernicus, 1998. The story of the history and development of satellite technology. Parker, Steve. Satellites (20th Century Inventions). Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1997. An introduction to the history, development, and uses of satellites, for younger readers. Burrough, Bryan. Dragonfly: Nasa and the Crisis Aboard the Mir. HarperCollins, 1998. An account of the 11 persons aboard Mir from 1995 to 1998 and the crises encountered on the spacecraft. Burrows, William E. New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age. Random House, 1998, 1999. Excellent history of the men and women who have explored space. Collins, Michael. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Sunburst, 1976. 1994. For younger readers, the story of the first manned space flight to the moon, told by one of the participants. Cooper, Henry S.F., Jr. Thirteen: The Apollo Flight That Failed. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1970, 1995. A riveting account. Heppenheimer, T. A. Countdown: A History of Space Flight. Wiley, 1997. A comprehensive, detailed history of how humans got into space. Kluger, Jeffrey. Journey Beyond Selene: Remarkable Expeditions Past Our Moon and to the Ends of the Solar System. Simon & Schuster, 1999. An account of the exciting discoveries of unmanned space missions Kraemer, Robert S., and Roger D. Launius. Beyond the Moon: Golden Era of Planetary Exploration, 1971-1978. Smithsonian Institution, 2000. History of the U.S. spaceflights and the U.S. space program during this landmark decade; for a general audience. Lattimer, Dick. All We Did Was Fly to the Moon. Whispering Eagle, 1985. One of the most complete histories covering the early space flights up through the shuttle missions. Owen, David. Into Outer Space. Lowell House, 2000. Photographic history of space exploration. Wunsch, Susi Trautmann. Mission to Mars That Thrilled the World. Mikaya, 1998. The story of the mission that placed the Sojourner remote-control rover on Mars, for younger readers. Zimmerman, Robert. The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space. Oryx, 2000. Chronological reference with details on spacecraft and their missions; for a general audience.
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