The Age of Space and Space Exploration


Non-Fiction

Armitage, A.  Sun, Stand Thou Still; The Life and Work of Copernicus, the Astronomer.  Call Number: 520 C782YA

Asminov, Isaac.  Exploring the Earth and the Cosmos: The Growth and Future of Human Knowledge.  Call Number: 550 A832E

Berman, Arthur I.  Space Flight.  Call Number: 629.41 B516S

Burrows, William E.  Deep Black: Space Espionage and National Security.  Call Number:  358.8 B972D

Calder, Nigel.  Spaceships of the Mind. Call Number: 629.4 C146S

Clarke, Arthur C.  Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations. Call Number: 629.4 C597r

Comins, Neil F.  Heavenly Errors: Misconceptions about the Real Nature of the Universe.  Call Number: 520 C733h

Cornell, James and Paul Gorenstein.  Astronomy from Space: Sputnik to Space Telescope.  Call Number: 522 A859

First Man in Space, The Record of Yuri Gagarin's Historic First Venture into Cosmic Space; A Collection of Translations from Soviet Press Reports. Call Number:  629.45 F527

Greeley, Ronald.  Planetary Landscapes. Call Number: 919.04 M981J

Hopping, Lorraine Jean. Sally Ride: Space Pioneer.  Call Number: B RIDE

Hough, Harold.  Satellite Surveillance.  Call Number:  621.3678 H838S

Hurwitz, Jane and Sue Hurwitz.  Sally Ride: Shooting for the Stars. Call Numer: CL RIDES

Lynch, David K. and William Livingston.  Color and Light in Nature. Call Number: 551.565 L987c 2001

McConnell, Malcolm.  Challenger: A Major Malfunction.  Call Number: 363.124 M129C

Murray, Bruce.  Journey into Space: The First Three Decades of Space Exploration.  Call Number: 919.04 M981J

O’Leary, Brian.  Project Space Station: Plans for a Permanent Manned Space Center.  Call Number:  629.442 O45P

Petersen, Carolyn Collins and John C. Brandt.   Hubble Vision: Astronomy with the Hubble Space Telescope.  Call NUmber: 522.2919 P484H

Reston, James, Jr. Galileo: A Life. Call Number: 520 G158Ys

Seeds, Michael A.  Foundations of Astronomy.  Call Number: 520 S451F1996

Sobel, Dava.  Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love.
Call Number: 520 G158Ys

Tucker, Wallace and Karen Tucker.  The Cosmic Inquirers: Modern Telescopes and Their Makers. Call Number:  522.2 T895C

Vanin, Gabriele.  Cosmic Phenomena: Comets, Meteors and Eclipses. Call Number: 520.905 B471o

Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff.  Call Number: 629.10973 W855R


Fiction
Adams, Douglas.  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.  Call Number:  823.914 A211H

Clarke, Arthur C. The Sands of Mars.  Call Number: 823.914 C597s, 1974

Clarke, Arthur C. Tales from Planet Earth.  Call Number: 823.914 C597t

Mailer, Norman.  Of a Fire on the Moon.  Call Number: 629.4 M219O
 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.  Directed by Stanley Kubrick.  2001, A Space Odyssey. Call Number: VIDEO 808.83 T974

Twentieth Century Fox.  Directed by Roland Emmerich.  Independence Day.  Call Number: VIDEO 791.437 I38


 Web Sites

Human Space Flight                                               http://www.spaceflight.nasa.com

NASA Homepage                                                 http://www.hq.nasa.gov

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs        http://www.oosa.unvienna.org

SpaceWeather.com                                               http://wwwspaceweather.com

Astronomy Picture of the Day                                http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Kennedy Space Center                                          http://www.ksc.nasa.gov

Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures                 http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pictures.html

Johnson Space Center                                            http://www.jsc.nasa.gov

MIR Space Station Homepage                                http:///www.cosmicimages.com/MIR/index.html

Smithsonian Institute Air and Space Museum          http://www.nasm.si.edu


           



Created 07 October, 2002 last modified 10 December, 2002 by Jennifer Paliatka, Assistant Reference Librarian
with special assistance from Tim O’Toole, Student Technology Assistant