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First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong

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First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong

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Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto

Into the Black

How Apollo Flew to the Moon

Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her

The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings into Space

Exploration and Engineering: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Quest for Mars

Roving Mars

Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module