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

Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto

Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

Into the Black

Of a Fire on the Moon

How Apollo Flew to the Moon

Creating a Rocket Industry

Countdown to a Moon Launch: Preparing Apollo for Its Historic Journey