Recommended Reading List
Pro-Space Magazines
- Ad Astra
published by The National Space Society. 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE,
Suite 201, Washington, DC 20003-4316. Annual membership $35, $20 for
students. Web Site: National Space Society.
- The Planetary
Report published by The Planetary Society. 65 N. Catalina Avenue,
Pasadena, CA 91106. Annual membership $25, $15 for students. Web Site:
Planetary Society.
- Final Frontier
published by ATG Media. P.O. Box 16179, North Hollywood, CA 91615-6179.
Annual subscription $17.95.
U.S. Space Program
The U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington, DC is the best source of excellent
books on the U.S. space program. They are published by NASA and are all well-written, detailed, and full of stunning color
and black & white photographs. Below is a sample of other books you might want to look for, but because many of them are over
10 years old, you may have to look for them in your local library.
- NASA 1958-1983:
Remembered Images by NASA. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington,
DC: 1984. No. NASA EP-200.
- NASA: A Quarter
Century of Space Achievement by Howard Benedict. Pioneer Publications.
Houston, TX: 1984.
- LIFE in Space
Edited by Robert Grant Mason. Little, Brown and Co. Boston, MA: 1983.
- History of NASA:
America's Voyage to the Stars by E. John and Nancy Deward. Exeter
Books. New York, NY: 1984.
- The Illustrated
History of NASA by Robin Kerrod. Gallery Books. New York, NY: 1988.
- The Encyclopedia
of U.S. Spacecraft by Bill Yenne. Exeter Books. New York, NY: 1985.
- The Astronauts:
The First 25 Years of Manned Space Flight by Bill Yenne. Exeter
Books. New York, NY: 1986.
- An Illustrated
History of the Space Shuttle by Melvyn Smith. Haynes Publishing
Group. Somerset, England: 1985.
- Space Shuttle
Story by Andrew Wilson. Hamlyn Publishing. Middlesex, England: 1986.
- The Space Shuttle
Operator's Manual by Kerry Mark Joels and Gregory P. Kennedy. Ballantine
Books. New York, NY: 1982.
- Living in Space
by Peter Smolders. Tab/Aero Books. Summit, PA: 1986.
Russian Space Program
- Soviet Space
Exploration: The First Decade by William Shelton. Washington Square
Press. New York, NY: 1968.
- Soviets in Space
by Peter Smolders. Taplinger Publishing Co. New York, NY: 1974.
- The New Race
for Space by James E. Oberg. Stackpole Books. Harrisburg, PA: 1984.
- Almanac of Soviet
Manned Space Flight by Dennis Newkirk. Gulf Publishing Company.
Houston, TX: 1990.
- The Encyclopedia
of Soviet Spacecraft by Douglas Hart. Exeter Books. New York, NY:
1987.
- The Soviet Manned
Space Program by Phillip Clark. Salamander Books. New York, NY:
1988.
- Cosmonautics:
A Colorful History Edited by Dr. Wayne R. Matson. Cosmos Books.
Washington, DC: 1994.
- The Soviet Reach
for the Moon by Nicholas L. Johnson. Cosmos Books. Washington, DC:
1994.
General References
- The Illustrated
Encyclopedia of Space Technology by Kenneth Gatland. Salamander
Books. New York, NY: 1981.
- The Complete
Encyclopedia of Space Satellite by Giovanni Caprara. Portland House.
New York, NY: 1986.
- The Pictorial
History of World Spacecraft by Bill Yenne. Exeter Books. New York,
NY: 1988.
- The Illustrated
History of Man in Space by Robin Kerrod. Mallard Press. U.S.A.:
1989.
- The History of
Space Vehicles by Tim Furniss. Thunder Bay Press. San Diego, CA:
2001.
- The Planets:
A Journey into Space by Eric Flaum. Crescent Books. New York, NY:
1988.
- The Atlas of
the Solar System by Bill Yenne. Exeter Books. New York, NY: 1987.
Video Histories
- Spaceflight
4-videocassette set based on a series aired on PBS. Pacific Art Video.
Los Angeles, CA: 1992.
- NOVA: Russian
Right Stuff based on an episode of NOVA aired on PBS. Vestron Video.
Van Nuys, CA: 1991.
- Dreams of Flight:
To the Moon and Beyond 2-videocassette set produced in association
with Air and Space Smithsonian Magazine. SunWest Media Group. U.S.A.:
1994.
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