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|  | | Miguel & Michell Visit Spaceport America
See Spaceport America through the eyes and imaginations of two children on a school field trip. For grades 1-5.
| |  | | Out of this World: New Mexico's Contributions to Space Travel
Eighty years of space-related research in New Mexico that brought the US space program from the infancy of rocketry to the verge of space tourism flights, told through the experiences of people who made it happen.
Jules Verne, a favorite author of early rocketeers, sent adventurers around the world in 80 days in one of his novels. i>Out of this World: New Mexico's Contributions to Space Travel/i> tells how, in 80 years, researchers and adventurers in New Mexico brought America's space program from Robert Goddard's development of liquid-fuel rockets to Richard Branson's space tourism flights and other activities at Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport.
The 2026 revised edition /b>includes information about the first 20 years of Spaceport Ame | |  | | Space Pioneers: In Their Own Words
Annotated excerpts from oral history interviews of 90 men and women who worked in some type of space research from 1945 through the space shuttle era.
span style="font-size: larger;">span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Ninety space pioneers describe their experiences while working on space research and exploration from the 1940s through the space shuttle program. Some of these men and women were well known as astronauts or members of Mission Control for Apollo flights to the Moon, and some were minor players in the programs—people like lab technicians, weather forecasters, welders, and helicopter pilots who supported rocket tests. Their stories disclose events and behind-the-scenes details available nowhere else. They reveal the hum | |  | | The Complete Space Buff's Bucket List
Descriptions of 100 space things to do before you die.
An informative and entertaining guide to participating in the excitement of space exploration.
| |  | | Underground Buildings: More than Meets the Eye
Underground Buildings explains the advantages and challenges of earth-sheltered design and construction by describing more than 100 examples in the United States.
Unusual as they seem, underground buildings are surprisingly common. Every day, millions in North America work, shop, dine, study, and play in the more than three hundred public and commercial structures and five thousand private homes nestled in the earth. Underground buildings are safe, attractive, useful, and comfortable places to frequent and live. Unlike a common misconception, most are dry and warm, and they are often sun-filled. More than one hundred underground buildings are included in this fascinating subterranean tour. These buildings range from the |
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