$9.95

 This complex framework of technology is so thoroughly compounded it is all but impossible to isolate one event without accounting for innumerable others. Space travel would not have been possible without the endless chain of contributors dating back to the beginning of history, but there are clearly defined moments in the record when someone, or something, intervenes and provides the impetus to propel us to unforeseen heights. Such was the case with America’s Apollo program.

As has been outlined in this book’s companion volume (Project Apollo – The Test Program) the moon landings of the 1960’s and 70’s would not have been possible without an improbable chain of events culminating in the exhortation of a young President, calling his nation to greatness. Long after many of the 20th century’s great litany of achievements are forgotten, people will remember Tranquillity Base and they will recall the names of the heroes who risked their lives to make their species the first in four billion years to venture into the cosmos. In a very, very long list of human achievements, Apollo is extraordinary.

Facts and images for Apollo missions 12 through 17 are covered in this concise guide to the program's essentials—mission objectives, dates, flight plans, astronauts, space suits, and vehicles—for collectors, educators, space enthusiasts, and those just discovering the history of the space program

$21.95

The International Space Station is a unique exploit in international cooperation, an unparalleled technical and political achievement.  It is the latest step in humankind’s quest to explore and live in space. The results of research done on the ISS will enable us to improve life on Earth, and provide us with the knowledge and experience necessary before we can journey to other worlds.

As of mid-2006, the ISS has been continuously crewed for more than 5 years and is about 50 percent complete.  There are 16 station elements in orbit today, nine elements ready for launch at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and  another six elements in process at various international partner sites.  To date, there have been more than 50 flights to the ISS, including flights for assembly, crew rotation and logistical support.

The ISS is currently operating with a crew of three.  Its assembly will continue through the year 2010. and as it grows, its capabilities will increase, requiring a larger crew. Currently, 16 countries are involved designing, building, launching and manning the ISS.

This book is designed to provide a broad overview of the International Space Station’s complex configuration, design, and component systems.  As well, the sophisticated procedures required in the Station’s construction and operation are presented.

INCLUDES:
266 color photographs, 198 color Illustrations, 25 color tables, 2 color charts

SPACE SHUTTLE - Pocket Space Guide #10
by Robert Godwin

$9.95

The concept for a reusable winged space vehicle has been a dream since the early 20th century. In 1981 the United States launched the first such vehicle, Columbia, and proved that winged spacecraft could work. Now, due to political pressure, the Orbiter fleet is slated to be decommissioned, but not before it fulfills its original mandate—to build a permanent space station.

PROJECT CONSTELLATION - Pocket Space Guide # 9
by Tim McElyea

$9.95
ISBN 978-1-894959-49-0

Project Constellation is NASA's initiative to develop a replacement for the aging Space Shuttle. It's main goal is to provide spacecraft for returning to the Moon by the year 2020. This Pocket Space Guide, #9 in the series, gives the background information on how the program was formed and what it is destined to accomplish.

Details are given for all of the elements of the Project Constellation, from the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program to the Orion spacecraft, Ares launch vehicles, and the Lunar Surface Access Module. Project Constellation is realizing President Bush's "Vision" for space and this book chronicles the progress and outlines the plans for tomorrow.

By: Laura Woodmansee

200 Pages, 2006,

$17.95
ISBN 9781894959445

Sex in Space reveals the truth about romantic rendezvous in Earth orbit and beyond. Author Laura S. Woodmansee separates the hard facts from the sci-fi stories.

Has anyone "done it" in space? How would two people make love in zero gravity, or on our low-gravity Moon? Discover the physics and science of sex and reproduction in space. The age of space tourism is just beginning! Hotel suites are being designed for zero-g sex in Earth orbit and on the Moon. Earthlings will soon be able to join the "100-Mile High" club. Learn what the space agencies are too embarrassed to talk about. Find out if NASA and the Russian Space Agency have run secret sex experiments.

There are very serious consequences of biological reproduction in space; NASA is considering sending multi gendered crews to Mars for years at a time. What if a crew member becomes pregnant? Does NASA sanction an off world abortion, or even more serious, does the baby get born? If it is born off world, what are it’s chances of survival on the trip home? Could the foetus even develop properly in a different gravity regime? Could it survive living on Earth after the trip home?

What will happen to the first baby conceived in space? Future humans will be born in space or on colonies on the Moon and Mars. Discover how they might differ from Earth-born humans. Sex in Space balances the giggle factor with the more serious scientific questions that arise when we think about the possibilities of sexual reproduction in space. This book covers everything that you think it does, and a lot more! Learn what the space agencies are too embarrassed to talk about. How would two people make love in zero gravity? Discover the physics and science of sex in space and what devices might assist lovers in space.

Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide
by Lonnie Jones Schorer

$29.95, ISBN: 1894959426

 Based on an imaginary trip to space with America's school children, Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide is a comprehensive collection of children's questions about traveling to and living in space. From black holes to possible destinations, from group dynamics to weightlessness, from medical concerns to space communities, internationally recognized experts in each field provide answers to 100 different categories of student questions, making the book a fascinating space guide, not just for kids but for all who have ever wondered about the universe and dreamed of what it would be like to be a space traveler.

In his foreword, Gemini XII and Apollo XI Astronaut Buzz Aldrin encourages students to take advantage of opportunities, many of which are related to future space exploration and discoveries.

In a letter to teachers, Astronaut and Space Shuttle Commander Rick Searfoss lends his support, emphasizing that children's contributions are an important part of the dream.

In responding to "Would YOU go to space?" students provided insight into why they would or would not personally go to space. Statistical results will be included in the book.

Educators throughout the US who participated in the Kids to Space project were excited to get the kids thinking about tomorrow. Students, ages 5-18, were excited to be asked to participate in planning for humankind's future in space. The experts, including astronauts, educators, astronomers, doctors, engineers, scientists and architects were excited to be challenged, and sometimes stumped, by the questions. Sometimes they had to readjust their ideas of what they thought they knew in order to answer some of the students' questions.

Hundreds of student illustrations, brilliant depictions of what it would be like to live in or travel to space, will be included on an accompanying CD/ROM.

From science fiction to accessible reality, Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide serves as a timely message to children that the space future is in their hands, and we welcome their help in planning for it now.

ISSCAPADES, The Crippling of America's Space Program
by Donald A. Beattie (Former senior manager at NASA)

26 pages (232), all black & white, 19 drawings, 5 photos, 11 tables, 432 footnotes, includes an Index

$23.95 , ISBN 9781894959599, 232p

Donald A. Beattie, a former senior manager at the National Science Foundation, Energy Research and Development Administration, Department of Energy and NASA, served on the Space Station Advisory Committee from 1987 to 1994. He recounts the evolution of this troubled program from the perspective of a participant and close observer who worked side by side with many of the early NASA Space Station managers. He pulls no punches in describing the political and managerial conflicts that resulted in severely compromising a major international program that may never achieve the research goals envisioned when first announced by President Reagan in 1984. Beattie’s last book, Taking Science to the Moon (2001), is also a NASA insider’s account of the successful struggle in the 1960s to convince NASA management to include critical lunar science experiments on the Apollo missions.

Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction: “. . . the next logical step” (1982 - 1984)
Chapter 1: First Reality Check – Problems and Solutions (April 1984 - December 1985)
Chapter 2: The Baseline Configuration – Everyone on the Same Page? (January 1986 - April 1987)
Chapter 3: Replacing Challenger – More Studies – More Paper (April 1987 - January 1989)
Chapter 4: More Management Changes – Design Continues to Evolve (February 1989 - December 1990)
Chapter 5: Restructuring the Space Station (January 1991 - December 1992)
Chapter 6: New Administration – Back to Square One (January 1993 - March 1994)
Chapter 7: The International Space Station (Alpha) (April 1994 - December 1996)
Chapter 8: Assembly Begins – A New Star in the Evening Sky (January 1997 - January 1999)
Chapter 9: The Story Continues (1999 - 2005)
Chapter 10: Who Was in Charge? – No One!
Selected Bibliography
Index

ON TO MARS 2 - Exploration and Settling A New World
by Dr. Frank Crossman and Dr. Robert Zubrin

2005, p264, soft cover, Includes CD-ROM
ISBN 1-894959-30-2
$22.95

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In 1998 Dr. Robert Zubrin brought into being The Mars Society, and thousands of people from around the world have flocked to his red, green, and blue banner. People from all walks of life have shown support for the exploration and settlement of Mars.

Each year the Mars Society holds its annual conference, when experts and enthusiasts can meet to present and exchange ideas and information. This book and the included CD-ROM contain over 130 papers and essays that have been presented at these Mars Society Annual Conferences.

Increasingly in the last three years, the conference has served as a venue for reviewing the previous season's experience of about one hundred volunteers who have served as crew at the Mars Society's Analog Research Stations at Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada and at Hanksville, Utah, USA. The interaction of analog research station crews during the Mars Society Conferences has resulted in planning and execution of ever more realistic simulations of the habitat infrastructure, exploration techniques, and organization among the crew members. This iterative improvement process is documented in many of the papers in this second of the "On to Mars" series.

Although some aspects of exploring and colonizing Mars still need refining and fine tuning, the lion's share of the technology and the understanding of the human condition are already in existence. The major missing factor is simply the realization and the commitment necessary to begin. The people of the Mars Society are working to educate and convince the political powers, the industry leaders, and you and me. We all have a stake in this.

APOLLO 11 - First Men on the Moon
by Robert Godwin

DEEP SPACE The NASA REPORTS

2005, 468p., soft cover, ISBN 1894959159
$34.95

Continuing with Apogee’s acclaimed NASA Mission Reports Series this latest entry covers all of the unmanned deep space probes including Pioneer 10 & 11, Voyager 1 & 2, Galileo and Cassini, NEAR, Stardust and Deep Space One.

DVD video includes: And Then There Was Voyager, STS-34/Galileo Mission Launch Highlights, Mission Launch & Preflight, Deep Space I Mission Launch & Preflight, and Stardust Mission Launch & Preflight.

DVD-ROM includes publications about the Deep Space missions: full color NASA documents of the Pioneer II, Voyager I, Voyager 2, Galileo, Cassini-Huygens, and Deep Space I missions, and more….Hundreds of color pictures of the outer solar system. Complete Cassini-Huygens mission Press Release archive, and program updates.

THE REAL SPACE COWBOYS

 2005, 200p., soft cover, ISBN 1894959213

$ 29.95

In 1959, seven U.S. military fighter pilots were selected to train as America's first astronauts. Alan Shepard, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra and Deke Slayton would become known as the Mercury Seven (M7). These men, who had jockeyed for the best flying jobs in the military, began competing for rides on rockets. Most would eventually vie for the ultimate ride to the moon.

The author Ed Buckbee, who has enjoyed a 40+ year association with the U.S. manned space flight program, follows these brave men who pioneered the U.S. space program. Through time and personal friendships, he captures dreams of flying higher, faster and farther than anyone in the known universe. Readers are invited behind the scenes to witness the competition between chimpanzees and astronauts, and the conflict between NASA engineers designing capsules and those who would pilot them. Through this book, readers feel the collective will of a nation to defeat the Russians in an all-out space race via an American team of 400,000 engineers, technicians, astronauts and support personnel who performed as if the country were at war.

The eras of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo-- these were times of nobility and humility, but also times of arrogance, tension, and from time-to-time, humor. "Gotcha's" were commonplace astronaut pranks and a dubious answer to the question, "Are you a turtle?" resulted in a healthy bar tab.

In Wernher von Braun, discover a man who was committed to living in a new frontier. His words, "late to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise," are a testament to multi-tasking. Von Braun, the German-born rocket scientist and visionary of space flight, convinced presidents and congressmen to spend millions exploring space for peaceful purposes.

But what of our first space heroes after the Apollo program was completed? Accepting the call of Project Mercury meant a lifetime commitment. Their work continued with motivational programs for youth through the U.S. Space Camp programs, public programs at institutions such as the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, and others. The author himself shared the task of motivating the next generation through creation of U.S. Space Camp and the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

Shepard is a prominent figure in the book. Together, he and the author prepared anniversary presentations, articles and TV interviews. They traveled to seven countries and more than twenty-five states marketing and opening Space Camps. They designed, developed and built the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. As Shepard proclaimed upon Buckbee's retirement from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, "He's a space relic. We need to keep him and put him on exhibit in that space museum and when he dies, bury him next to that damn monkey."

Includes bonus DVD-10 with rare film footage

by Chuck Walker with Joel Powell

Atlas - The Ultimate Weapon is the story of the Atlas rocket, Americas first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), and workhorse of the civil and military space programs since the late 1950s.

The book is written by Chuck Walker, a participant in the Atlas program starting in 1953 with the prime contractor, Convair-Astronautics. Mr. Walker began his career with Convair as a test engineer for Atlas, later moving to the Test Planning Group and then became manager of Program Control for Atlas. In his role of establishing the schedules of all work done at Convair-Astronautics, Mr. Walker came to know personally many of the people who were responsible for running the Atlas program. It was these people that Mr. Walker approached to tell the story of the Atlas program in their own words.

The book is divided into two parts. The first part covers the military career of Atlas from conception through to the costly development and deployment of the weapon system at bases scattered throughout the United States. Chapters 1 through 3 cover the genesis of the program through work on the MX-774 prototype missile. Chapters 4 through 12 discuss the Atlas design, its production and test facilities, and development testing to the point of Initial Operational Capability of the Atlas ICBM. Chapters 13 through 15 describe the activation of the initial Strategic Air Command squadrons, the training facilities that supported them, and the subsequent deactivation of the Atlas squadrons in 1965 when the Minuteman missile took over the nuclear deterent role from Atlas.

The second part of the book relates to the role of Atlas in Americas space programs from the late 1950s to the present day. Chapters 17 and 18 describe the high-performance Centaur upper stage used for communication satellite and space probe launches, as well as the versatile Agena stage. The Project Mercury manned space flights with Atlas are also covered in detail. Part Two closes with a look back on the Atlas program from the personal perspective of some of the key participants. The appendices list the flight history of the Atlas and also detail key program events and milestones. Biographies of prominent Atlas managers and the contributors to this book are also included. The book is profusely illustrated with over 100 black-and-white photographs from the Convair archives, many of which have never been published before, and there is also a section of spectacular color photographs. The original version of Atlas will be retired by the time this book is released, but parts of the Atlas legacy lives on in the form of the Centaur upper stage (and even its famous name) in the Atlas V replacement vehicle built by the Lockheed Martin Corporation.

If by some magic process humanity was able to go to the stars tomorrow and find habitable worlds we would probably want to design a society based upon modern technology. We can't do this but we can look at our Earthbound society and think about how to redesign it so that it will work better. It is like a giant game of the SIMS but in the real world. This book examines how the exploration of space, specifically a commercial base on the Moon and Mars would transform our economies on the Earth as surely as the discovery of the New World transformed the old world of Europe. From Platinum Group Metals for fuel cells, manufacturing high tech metals and robots to the building of a fusion reactor, the Moon holds great promise for a high tech manufacturing future.

This book takes a look and imagines how a world with such resources could be designed for our future. 260 pages.

"The Red Planet has been a beacon to every race of mankind since the dawn of history. Today, Mars stands as a symbol of the high frontier—the next logical step in our exploration of the universe around us.

"In 1964, the United States of America launched Mariner 4 towards Mars in the hope that a handful of pictures returned by the spacecraft might answer some age-old questions. Was there an ancient Martian civilization? Would there be any signs of life? So began the first step in a close examination of our neighboring planet.

"Between Mariner 4 and Mars Global Surveyor in 1998 the United States has sent a fleet of robots to Mars with wildly varying degrees of success. Thanks to these versatile probes we now know almost as much about Mars on a global scale as we do about our own Earth.

"In Mars — The NASA Mission Reports the triumphs and tribulations of the American Mars program is gathered together in one place. Press Kits and Mission Reports from every Mars mission are collected together for the first time.

"Reading these documents—presented here in chronological order—gives a fascinating insight into how our understanding of the Red planet has grown over the past four decades. These robot voyages are the advance guard, scouting out the path for the day when men will launch a manned mission to Mars.

Also includes animations and a 360° Quicktime Panorama from Mars Pathfinder as well as hundreds of pictures from every NASA Mars mission."

"From 1959 to 1968 the three X-15s would carry twelve daring test-pilots to the fringes of space and bring them back nearly 200 times. With the notable exception of the Space Shuttle, the X-15 is the only manned, winged vehicle to go into space repeatedly and return to its point of origin.

"In X-15 – The NASA Mission Reports, extremely rare documents from this amazing program are brought together for the first time.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"Hundreds of images of the X-15 program. Hours of rare video, including footage of the "pink" X-15A-2, the dramatic explosion of the XLR-99 engine, comments from Joe Walker and Scott Crossfield. Pete Knight’s record-breaking high speed flight, Neil Armstrong’s final flight before joining the Astronaut corps, rare silent footage of the first six research pilots. An exclusive interview with X-15 pilot William Dana. The complete documentation of every X-15 flight including flight-plans, surface-to-air transcripts, and post flight reports in the pilots’ own words. A unique interactive Virtual Reality model of the X-15 and more..."

"Freedom 7 – The NASA Mission Reports gathers together in one place the rare documents and drawings of the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission – the flight of Freedom 7. Presented herein are transcripts and documents from the NASA archives, from a time before the assimilation and reporting of mission data was a developed process.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"The NASA video documentary Freedom 7, video from the Freedom 7 earth-sky camera, video of the Freedom 7 instrument panel, videos of post-flight press activities, and more.

From Back Cover:

"Friendship 7 – The NASA Mission Reports takes a look at the first flight of John Glenn through the eyes of the people who made his trip possible. It also includes Glenn’s own first-hand recollections of his journey as he reported them on his return.

"In the days before Press Kits, NASA issued news releases to the media, and so reproduced here in its entirety is the rare official News Release for January 21st 1962. Also included is a transcript of the entire ground-to-spacecraft communications, as well as dozens of diagrams and photographs of the Mercury-Atlas space vehicle.

"Friendship 7 – The NASA Mission Reports is taken directly from the NASA archives. It gives an unprecedented insight into the man, the team that supported him and the true nature of what it meant to have the ‘Right Stuff.’"

From Back Cover:

"Lost in the glare of Apollo’s success, the Gemini program is often forgotten. Without the ten successful manned Gemini missions NASA could not have accomplished Kennedy’s seemingly impossible goal of landing a man on the moon in the 1960s.

"Gemini 6 was the fifth manned flight of America’s two-man spacecraft. Aboard were Commander Wally Schirra and rookie pilot Tom Stafford. Their original mission flight plan was to attempt the first ever docking and rendezvous in space, an essential step if the pilots flying Apollo would ever be able to meet up in orbit around the moon.

"The Soviet Union had claimed the first space rendezvous but many felt that unless the pilot was in control and able to maneuver around the accompanying vehicle it could not truly be called a rendezvous.

"On October 25th 1965 the target vehicle, known as Atlas/Agena failed to make orbit and so the crew of Gemini 6 were suddenly presented with a totally revised and audacious flight plan. The long duration Gemini 7 mission was already scheduled for launch and so the crew of Gemini 6 were told that NASA would attempt a double manned mission and rendezvous.

"This was undoubtedly a risky proposition which would stretch the NASA infrastructure to its limits.

"On December 15th 1965 ace pilot Schirra and rendezvous maestro Stafford closed to within a meter of Gemini 7 and America was one step closer to the moon."

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:
Over 50 minutes of 16mm film footage of Gemini 6; over 180 still pictures from Gemini 6; two movies about the Gemini program in nearly one hour of MPEG video; an exclusive inteview with Gemini 6 Commander Wally Schirra.

From Back Cover:

"Some of the more essential facts of space flight were first explored on the 14-day mission of Gemini 7. The duration of the Gemini 7 flight was almost twice as long as the previous record time in orbit, and was calculated to be at least as long as a flight to the Moon, landing and return would require.

"The hardware and systems had already undergone extensive testing. Now it was time to test the men. What would be the medical effects of weightlessness and extremely confined conditions after two weeks in space – both physical and psychological? Would the astronauts be able to function normally for the two week period? Would there be any problems reacclimatizing to Earth conditions after the flight? Before Gemini 7 no one knew for certain.

"Commander Frank Borman and pilot James A. Lovell accomplished everything in their extensive and highly scheduled mission plan, and showed the world that men could function normally in space flight for the time required to fly an Apollo mission. Borman went on, in 1968, to command the first manned mission to orbit the Moon.

"In addition to their medical and scientific experiments, Gemini 7 also acted as the target vehicle for Gemini 6 in the first ever rendezvous of two manned spacecraft. This last-minute change in their mission plan allowed both Gemini 6 and 7 to perform close stationkeeping and fly-around of a manned spacecraft.

"In December 1965, Gemini 7 showed the world that man could live and work in space for extended periods without detrimental effects. Man could pursue his dream of a future in space.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"An exclusive interview with Captain James Lovell; A movie about the Gemini VII/VI mission; More than 400 high resolution images."

"October 1968 and the United States manned space program was about to be reborn. An entirely new space vehicle awaited its pilots at Pad 34.

"After 21 months the three-man Apollo space capsule had undergone a transformation. Over 1300 modifications had been made to the spacecraft following the tragic fire which had claimed the lives of the Apollo 1 crew.

"Now the three men who had lost their friends on that ill-fated mission were faced with the task of flying an all-new space vehicle. It was to be the first manned flight of America’s lunar spacecraft and it was to be the first manned launch of Wernher von Braun’s giant Saturn IB rocket.

"The prestigious task of commanding the first Apollo mission was given to Captain Walter M. Schirra, a veteran of America’s Gemini and Mercury programs. Accompanying him were Command Module Pilot, Major Donn Eisele, and physicist-civilian, Walter Cunningham – both were taking their first ride into space.

"Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham would be the first men to ride on a Saturn rocket and were then expected to fly the new spacecraft for the full length of a lunar mission. Every single onboard system would have to be tested and studied.

"Apollo 7 would be the longest first flight of any spacecraft or aircraft in the history of aviation.

"Incredibly, within nine months of this first manned Apollo mission, two Americans would fly the hardware to the Sea Of Tranquility.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"The Flight Of Apollo 7"; Wally Schirra Interview; Walt Cunningham Interview; Launch Footage and over 500 70 mm pictures taken by the crew of Apollo 7.

"On December 21st 1968 the National Aeronautics & Space Administration sent three men to orbit the moon.

"Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders were to be the first living creatures to enter deep space. It was the boldest step yet taken in the quest to fulfill President John Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

"To accomplish the task the world’s biggest and most complex machine was built by a syndicate of America’s leading aerospace manufacturers. The Apollo-Saturn V was a goliath and the flight of Apollo 8 proved it was an incredible vehicle.

"Capable of throwing over 100,000 pounds to the moon it was at that time the most complex machine ever devised by the hand of man.

"The Apollo 8 NASA Mission Reports finally puts in one place six of the most important documents from this triumphant odyssey, The Press Kit, The Pre-mission Report & Objectives, The Supplemental Technical Report, The Post Flight Summary, the Post Flight Mission Operation Report and the Crew Debriefing.

"These six documents show the staggering proportions of the undertaking required to send men into lunar orbit. It is a testament to the ingenuity of the American people and the bold courage of three men.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"Go For TLI", Jim Lovell Interview; over 850 pictures taken by the crew of Apollo 8.

"On March 3rd 1969 Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot Russell Schweickart would be the first people to fly in a true spacecraft. Although the insect-like Lunar Module had flown once before this was to be the first manned test. This would also be the first time that all of the Apollo hardware would be flown together and it would put many more pieces in place towards the goal of reaching the moon before the end of the decade.

"Fighting off pre-flight illnesses and a delayed launch the Apollo 9 crew flew a perfect 10 day mission, conducting important photographic research which returned some of the most beautiful pictures ever taken of the LEM floating above the blue oceans of Planet Earth.

"Apollo 9 The NASA Mission Reports finally puts in one place four of the most important documents from this auspicious flight, The Apollo 9 Press Kit, The Apollo 9 Preflight Mission Operation Report, The Apollo 9 Post Launch Mission Operation Report and The Apollo 9 Mission Operation Report Supplement.

"These four documents graphically illustrate the technology required to build a true space vehicle, a machine that can only perform its function in the harsh environment of space, and clearly illustrate the teamwork, dedication and professionalism of the flight crew and NASA support team.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"Three to Make Ready", and over 1300 pictures taken by the crew of Apollo 9.

"On May 18th 1969 NASA launched the last in a series of daring test flights of the Apollo hardware. Apollo 10 would follow swiftly on the heels of the successful flight of Apollo 9. The goal was to send a second crew into deep space but this time with the fully equipped hardware that would be required for a lunar landing. Veteran astronauts Commander Tom Stafford and Lunar Module Pilot Gene Cernan were to fly tantalisingly close to the barren lunar surface—a mere eight nautical miles, while Command Module Pilot John Young would be required to conduct the first rendezvous in lunar orbit to ensure the safe return of his crew mates.

"Apollo 10 The NASA Mission Reports finally puts in one place five of the most important documents from this auspicious flight, The Apollo 10 Press Kit, The Apollo 10 Pre-Launch Mission Operation Report, The Apollo 10 Post Launch Mission Operation Report, The Apollo 10 Post Launch Mission Operation Report Supplement and the Technical Debriefing.

"For the interest of collectors, students or historians alike ‘Apollo 10 – The NASA Mission Reports’ follows the final test flight of Apollo through a series of astonishing technological accomplishments including the accurate measurement of distortions in the moon’s gravitational field which would finally pave the way for man’s first landing on another world.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"To Sort Out the Unknowns", "Green Light for a Lunar Landing"; over 1400 70 mm pictures taken by the crew of Apollo 10.

"Standing on the shoulders of generations, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins heralded the arrival of a new era, an era in which the horizon of mankind’s dreams would be forever shifted.

"In Apollo 11 – The NASA Mission Reports some of the rare official documentation of this historic voyage is collected and made commercially available for the first time.
  
The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"Nearly 1400 - 70 mm images taken during the mission. Three unique interactive panoramic images of Tranquillity Base. Two movies of the voyage of Apollo 11 – over an hour of full screen, full color MPEG video.

APOLLO 11 — The NASA Mission Reports (Volume 2)
Compiled from the NASA archives and Edited by Robert Godwin, (Includes Exclusive Bonus CD-ROM and features recently declassified reports which have finally been released to the public)
1999, 168p., Soft Cover , ISBN 1-896522-49-1
$15.95

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From Back Cover:
"After the initial flurry of Press activity in 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 returned to their lives and interviews became less and less frequent.

"Journalists the world over followed Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins and tried to squeeze every last piece of information from them about their adventure but, as is often the case, some stories had to be withheld.

"Now Apogee Books is proud to announce the first ever publication which will take you inside Apollo 11 as it journeyed to the moon, as told by the men who made the trip.

"This is the real story, nothing held back, taken from transcripts on July 31st 1969. It is often technical, it is sometimes surprising and amusing — but it is always educational and inspiring.

"This is the story of three men who travelled into the unknown, relying on each other and the hard work of the people back on Earth. Three men who pushed the envelope to a new limit.

"Taken from the crew’s own words Apollo 11 - The NASA Mission Reports Volume 2 will be informing people for generations."

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:
"An exclusive inteview with Dr. Buzz Aldrin; a unique interactive panoramic image of Tranquillity Base; the entire unedited television broadcast from Tranquillity Base — over two and a half hours of MPEG video."
 

From Back Cover:

"On July 24th 1969 the crew of the historic first manned mission to the moon and their spacecraft Columbia arrived on the deck of the U.S.S. Hornet.

"The flight of Apollo 11 had been an unqualified triumph. The goals laid out by President John F. Kennedy had been attained. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had walked on the dusty plains of the Sea of Tranquillity and had returned safely to the Earth with a treasure trove of unparalleled scientific information.

"Now it was the turn of the world’s scientific community to try and place all of this new knowledge into perspective. Hundreds of people around the world jostled for access to scraps of the lunar rocks and dust.

"As always NASA’s own managers, engineers and scientists were the first to pore over the details in an effort to maximise the return from future missions.

"Just prior to the launch of Apollo 12, NASA issued the Apollo 11 Mission Report. The document contained everything from the crew’s observations about the reflection off their faceplates to the interaction between the Lunar Module’s footpads and the dusty lunar surface.

"In Apollo 11 - The NASA Mission Reports Volume 3 the first comprehensive study of man’s first mission to another world is revealed in all of its startling complexity.

The Bonus DVD Features:

"An exclusive new movie — Apollo 11 - Moon Walk — a 140 minute composition from two camera angles with unique panoramas and still images -  all in real time! Plus the landing of Eagle with stereo audio and subtitles. The 16mm onboard film and more!"
 

APOLLO 12 — The NASA Mission Reports
Compiled from the NASA archives and Edited by Robert Godwin
(Includes Exclusive Bonus CD-ROM) 
1999, 248p., Soft Cover , ISBN 1-896522-54-8
$18.95

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From Back Cover:

"When the crew of Apollo 11 returned to Earth in July 1969 they brought with them a wealth of new information about the moon. Now astronauts Charles (Pete) Conrad, Alan Bean and Richard Gordon would return to the moon and build on that knowledge.

"The real test for the crew of Apollo 12 was not to see if they could get to the moon, but to see if they could get to an exact place on the moon. Their target was in an area known as the Ocean Of Storms.

"On November 14 1969 the crew of Apollo 12 blasted off to their place in history. Not only would Conrad and Bean become the third and fourth men to walk on the moon but they would land the lunar module Intrepid within 600 feet of their designated target. Waiting for them was the unmanned space probe Surveyor 3 which had soft-landed in April 1967.

"The flight of Apollo 12, which began almost catastrophically when the huge Saturn V was struck by lightning just moments after lift off, went on to yield an enormous amount of valuable data collected during over seven and a half hours on the lunar surface.

"On their return home the crew of Apollo 12 became the first humans to witness an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth.

"In Apollo 12 – The NASA Mission Reports some of the rare official documentation of the voyage of Apollo 12 is collected and made commercially available for the first time.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"An exclusive interview with Astronaut Richard Gordon. Over 2100 - 70 mm images take during the mission. Several unique Quicktime panoramic images of The Ocean Of Storms. The Apollo 12 movie "Pinpoint For Science." The complete television broadcast of the EVA & the In-flight Press Conference – nearly two hours of full color MPEG video."
 

"Homer himself could not have written a more captivating story than the flight of Apollo 13. On April 11, 1970 veteran astronaut Jim Lovell and his crewmates Jack Swigert and Fred Haise rode atop the eighth launch of the Saturn V juggernaut to begin their ill-fated journey to the moon.

"The aptly named Command Module Odyssey and the reluctant Lunar Module - lifeboat Aquarius were to take the three men to a date with the lunar highland area known as Fra Mauro but fate and a faulty circuit in one of the vehicle’s oxygen tanks would irrevocably alter their plans and turn the flight of Apollo 13 into an epic to rival the original Odyssey.

"After an explosion in the Service Module crippled the spacecraft while it was still outward bound the crew would spend several harrowing days in near frigid temperatures while the technicians at home worked around the clock to devise new and ingenious ways to keep them alive and bring them home safely.

"In 1970 some considered Apollo 13 a catastrophic failure but it has since been recognised as one of NASA’s truly great moments, when the spirit of daring and ingenuity came to life in the team at Mission Control as they successfully brought the crew home.

"In Apollo 13 – The NASA Mission Reports some of the rare official documentation of the voyage of Apollo 13 is collected and made commercially available for the first time.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"The NASA video documentary Houston We’ve Got A problem. The pre-explosion in-flight Television broadcast from Apollo 13. An exclusive video interview with Commander James Lovell. Video of the launch of Apollo 13. The Post-flight Apollo 13 Press Conference video. Nearly 600 Hasselblad photographs taken by the Apollo 13 crew. An extensive NASA acronym database. The 198 page technical document ‘Separation Procedures/Alternate & Abort Missions for Apollo 13.’"  
 

From Back Cover:

"After the unfortunate accident which befell Apollo 13 the job of getting NASA back to the moon fell on the shoulders of America’s oldest astronaut Alan B. Shepard.

"Shepard had been grounded since the flight of Freedom 7 in 1961 due to an inner ear disorder. After undergoing treatment the ‘Icy Commander’ was bumped to the top of the flight roster and appointed to command the flight of Apollo 14 to the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon.

"Spending nearly 10 hours on the moon in February 1971 Shepard and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell conducted a wide range of scientific experiments including Shepard’s unplanned test of the flight of a golf ball in lunar gravity.

"Once more the world sat and watched in awe as the United States successfully put two more men on the moon’s surface while Stuart Roosa orbited above in the Command Module Kitty Hawk.

"Shepard and Mitchell hiked almost to the top of a 400 foot crater before running out of time and returning to the Lunar Module Antares.

"Apollo 14 returned to the Earth with a treasure trove of lunar data and over 100 pounds of moon rocks.

"In Apollo 14 – The NASA Mission Reports some of the rare official documentation of the voyage of Apollo 14 is collected and made commercially available for the first time.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"Rarely seen EVA television footage from Apollo 14, an exclusive new interview with Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell, over 1300 still images, QTVR images of the landing site and more!"
 

From Back Cover:

"The legacy of the United States Apollo programme is rich in outstanding achievements but none more so than the first fully equipped lunar landing mission.

"Apollo 15 was the first moon landing to venture into the treacherous terrain of a lunar mountain range. After a perfect pin-point landing astronauts David Scott and James Irwin explored the mysterious Hadley Rille with the benefit of their electric lunar rover.

"Scott and Irwin had undergone extensive training in the science of geology and were to find the oldest rock ever to be brought back from the moon. The so-called ‘Genesis’ rock would answer many of man’s age-old questions about the origins of the moon.

"While the two men drove their remarkable vehicle through the lunar foothills their companion Alfred Worden spent several days running a battery of experiments from low lunar orbit, mapping the lunar terrain in unprecedented detail.

"In Apollo 15 – The NASA Mission Reports the amazing fourth lunar landing is explained in great depth with documents rarely seen by the public.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"Rarely seen EVA television footage from Apollo 15, over 2500 still images, QTVR images of the landing site and more!"

"The landing site selected for the crew of Apollo 16 was in the lunar highland area of Descartes. NASA chose to send John Young to command the fifth lunar landing mission. Young had as much or more flight experience than any other member of the astronaut corps. He had circumnavigated the moon on Apollo 10 and he had flown two Gemini missions. Young would later go on to be the first commander of the Space Shuttle.

"The Descartes landing site was chosen because it appeared to be of volcanic origin. If it was, it might reveal secrets about the origins of the Earth.

"For three days Young and Duke embarked on their rover, away from the Lunar Module ‘Orion’, through rugged landscapes, in search of the origins of our world. Meanwhile Ken Mattingly shot hundreds of photographs and probed the moon’s magnetic field from the Command Module ‘Casper’.

"Back on Earth the political climate was beginning to turn against NASA and the remarkable risks and exploits undertaken by the crew of Apollo 16 went almost unnoticed by the American public.

"The three intrepid explorers and their spacecraft harvested a wealth of new data about the Earth-Moon system in an almost flawless performance of skill and bravado. Compiled here are many important documents about the mission including the complete debriefing in the crew’s own words.

The Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"The complete footage shot at Descartes as well as thousands of still pictures and an exclusive interview with Commander John Young. Over ten hours of video!"

"It was just past midnight in the early morning hours of December 7th 1972 when the last manned Saturn V roared from the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. Strapped into the crowded Command Module were Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ron Evans and Lunar Module Pilot/Geologist Harrison Schmitt. Their destination was a steep sided lunar valley on the edge of the Sea of Serenity, known as Taurus-Littrow.

"What the crew hoped to do was increase man’s store of knowledge about our nearest celestial neighbor by taking along a trained scientist for the first time.

"Harrison ‘Jack’ Schmitt was a fully qualified geologist who had been the man who contributed to all of the Apollo astronaut’s geological training. Now it would be his turn to witness first-hand the geology of another world. Accompanying Schmitt was another astronaut ‘rookie,’ CMP Ron Evans, who would be left in lunar orbit to map out the moon in unprecedented detail.

"Presiding over this highly trained crew was veteran Gemini and Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan, returning to the moon for a second time this time with the intention of living there for three days.

"Apollo 17 was the culmination of man’s greatest program of exploration. An unparalleled triumph of planning and technology flown by a team of professionals with expert precision.

"This book contains many of the internal NASA documents from this extraordinary voyage mad commercially available for the first time.

"This book explores the Space Shuttle through the test flight stage and on to its first operational flight. Comprising rare NASA documents never before released to the public the reader is taken inside this remarkable machine in the words of some of the men who flew it.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

"Rarely seen documentary footage of the first five Space Shuttle flights. Hours of video.
 

THE HIGH FRONTIER — Human Colonies in Space
(3rd Edition), by Gerard K. O’Neill, with contributions by David P. Gump, Margo R. Deckard, Peter E. Glaser, John S. Lewis, Rick N. Tumlinson and George Friedman. Presented by the Space Studies Institute, The Space Frontier Foundation and Apogee Books, Includes Exclusive Bonus CD-ROM of Presentations by Gerard O’Neill and the Space Studies Institute with more than an hour of MPEG video
2000, 184p., Soft Cover , ISBN 1-896522-67-X
$21.95

From Back Cover:

This expanded third edition features a preface by Roger O’Neill, an introduction by Freeman Dyson, and essays by top experts in the field of space research (listed as contributors above).

"In the mid-1970s the late physics Professor Gerard K. O’Neill published his book The High Frontier. In it he laid out a possible road map for human settlement beyond the Earth. To O’Neill the future was positive and exciting, and his astronauts looked like you and me. He believed in the power of individuals carving out pockets of life in a largely dead Solar System and he basically told us how to do it..."

"The pages within contain a pictorial record encompassing the entire history of the Russian space program, from its inception at the end of World War II to the present day.

"Published for the first time completely in English, Rocket and Space Corporation Energia features rare pictures and diagrams including: Sputnik, Yuri Gagarin’s Vostok capsule, the world’s first Space Stations, the enormous lunar rocket N1, Russia’s interplanetary probes and the Buran shuttle. Includes many full color photos."

"Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an astronaut? To blast-off into space and float above the Earth? Women Astronauts is a must for any girl, young woman, or anyone else who wants to learn about women astronauts, what they do, and how they got to where they are today.

"How did other women become astronauts? Read about every woman who has ever flown into space. This book is packed with exciting stories, photos, and interviews with many past and current women astronauts. Read about their childhood, training, everyday lives, and of course, their actual missions into space!

"How can I become an astronaut? Is your future in space? Find out what it takes to become an astronaut, about the selection process, training, and what it’s like to live and work as an astronaut in space, and here on Earth.

"How can I feel like an astronaut now? Find out where you can train like an astronaut and learn about space. A guide to books, web sites, space stuff, and space places you can visit.

"What’s the history of Women Astronauts? In 1963, Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. But few people know that several American women also tried to get into space in the early 1960’s but never became NASA astronauts. Read their story and how attitudes towards women in space changed with the 1978 selection of six women astronauts, including Astrophysicist Sally Ride, and Biochemist Shannon Lucid.

"Women Astronauts is a fun, inspirational book for girls, young women, and anyone interested in space exploration and what it’s like to be an astronaut."

From Back Cover:

"Creating Space takes us on a journey through the history of the space age, up to the present and beyond. From the advent of the ‘space race’ with the V-2 rocket of World War II to the International Space Station and the future, a complete and detailed chronicling of vehicles is given, side by side with pictures and details of models that depict the multitude of aircraft and spacecraft developed throughout the world.

"In addition, extensive appendices provide details of all of the space-related models ever made and the many manufacturers and distributors who have supplied them - all in the words of an experienced professional insider. Mat Irvine worked in the BBC Visual Effects Department for 20 years, contributing to many projects including Doctor Who, Blake’s 7, Edge of Darkness, the various NASA flights, and many science and space-oriented documentaries and programmes.

"Creating Space is presented in 12 chapters which logically group together the history, the vehicles and the models into logical and meaningful categories. This book will be equally valuable to space enthusiasts, modellers, and space historians."
 

"Guenter Wendt’s autobiography, The Unbroken Chain, is a ground shaking, fumes in your nostrils documentary of the glory days of manned spaceflight.

"It is described in graphic detail by the one man who worked side by side with every astronaut that left the Cape bound for space.

"Because of his unique perspective from the launch pad, his story is filled with important accounts and rich anecdotes, many of which have never been published until now.

"From the altitude chamber, to the simulators, to the white room itself, follow The Unbroken Chain to the moon and beyond. There is no other story like it."