History
Hornet Plus Three: The Story of the Apollo 11 Recovery
by Bob Fish Foreword by Richard Gordon, Gemini 11 & Apollo 12 . Most of us know a lot about Apollo 11 , the first time humans walked on the Moon. It started with heroic astronauts with the right stuff, teamed with NASA engineers who made the mission possible. We all recall the rocket arcing into the sky, the grainy black and white TV pictures of the first steps on the Moon, and the president greeting the astronauts on their return. What many don’t know is how Columbia and the three astronauts were recovered after the mission. That took many U.S. . . . .
Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars
by Mabel Armstrong WINNER Reader Views Book Award . Winner SILVER Moonbeam Book of the Year Award . Finalist ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award . Selected for the Amelia Bloomer List . The judge said: "[O]ne of the best books I've seen this year." To be published in Russia by Dodeka in 2010. Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars by Mabel Armstrong is the first in a planned series of "Discovering Women in Science" books for Young Adults. . . . .
