July 29, 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act which created NASA. So being a "spacey" I volunteered to do this display (okay, I ran over little children and tripped old ladies to get to the front of the sign-up line for this one).The Architects
Aiming for the Stars: The Dreamers and Doers of the Space Age by Tom D. Crouch
Blueprint for Space: Science Fiction to Science Fact, Video
Countdown: A History of Space Flight by T.A. Heppenheimer
October Sky, DVD (based on Homer Hickam's book, Rocket Boys)
The Rocket Team: From the V-2 to the Saturn Moon Rocket – The Inside Story of How a Small Group of Engineers Changed World History by Frederick I. Ordway III and Mitchell R. Sharpe
Wernher Von Braun by Christopher Lampton
Wernher Von Braun: The Man Who Sold the Moon by Dennis Piszkiewicz
The Astronauts
Deke! By Donald K. Slayton and Michael Cassutt
For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut by Scott Carpenter and Kris Stoever
Friendship 7: The First Flight of John Glenn - The NASA Mission Reports edited by Robert Godwin
Heroes in Space: From Gagarin to Challenger by Peter Bond
The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight by Martha Ackmann (I didn't know!)
We Seven by the Astronauts Themselves: M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr, John H. Glenn, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Alan B. Shepard, Jr, Donald K. Slayton
The Apollo Program
Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon by David West Reynolds
Apollo XI…The Eagle has Landed, Video
Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back – A Thrilling Struggle Against All Odds, DVD
Destination Moon: The Apollo Missions in the Astronauts’ Own Words by Rod Pyle
In the Shadow of the Moon, DVD
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger (one my favorites)
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin
Men from Earth by Buzz Aldrin and Malcolm McConnell
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of the Apollo Program, Video
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith (he finds the men who walked on the moon to see what their lives are like now)
To the Moon by NOVA, DVD
The Shuttle Program
Challenger: The Final Voyage by Richard S. Lewis
Comm Check…The Final Flight of Shuttle Columbia by Michael Cabbage and William Harwood
Space Shuttle Log: The First 25 Flights by Gene Gurney and Jeff Forte
Too Far From Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space by Chris Jones (remember, Challenger was on its way to the space station to bring home three men and replenish supplies. Here's their harrowing tale)
NASA
America in Space: The First 40 Years, DVD
America in Space: NASA’s First 50 Years edited by Steven J. Dick (great browsing book)
Failure is not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz (he was the NASA Flight Director during Apollo 13)
The Pictoral History of NASA edited by Bill Yenne (this was a blast to browse through too)
The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography 1962-1972 by Ron Schick & Julia Van Haaften (another fun tablebook)
Space Exploration
The Coming of the Space Age: Famous Accounts of Man’s Probing of the Universe edited by Arthur C. Clarke (fascinating)
The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity by David Darling
Conquest: A History of Space Achievements from Science Fiction to the Shuttle by David Baker
Destination Space by National Geographic Society, Video
Do Your Ears Pop in Space?: and 500 Other Surprising Questions About Space Travel by R. Mike Mullane
Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record by Carl Sagan (ever wonder what was on that recording that NASA sent into space on Voyager? This has the photos and greetings used and explains why each photo was chosen. I'm buying a used copy for myself)
Space History by Tony Osman
The Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race by David Scott and Alexei Leonov
Aiming for the Stars: The Dreamers and Doers of the Space Age by Tom D. Crouch
Blueprint for Space: Science Fiction to Science Fact, Video
Countdown: A History of Space Flight by T.A. Heppenheimer
October Sky, DVD (based on Homer Hickam's book, Rocket Boys)
The Rocket Team: From the V-2 to the Saturn Moon Rocket – The Inside Story of How a Small Group of Engineers Changed World History by Frederick I. Ordway III and Mitchell R. Sharpe
Wernher Von Braun by Christopher Lampton
Wernher Von Braun: The Man Who Sold the Moon by Dennis Piszkiewicz
The Astronauts
Deke! By Donald K. Slayton and Michael Cassutt
For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut by Scott Carpenter and Kris Stoever
Friendship 7: The First Flight of John Glenn - The NASA Mission Reports edited by Robert Godwin
Heroes in Space: From Gagarin to Challenger by Peter Bond
The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight by Martha Ackmann (I didn't know!)
We Seven by the Astronauts Themselves: M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr, John H. Glenn, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Alan B. Shepard, Jr, Donald K. Slayton
The Apollo Program
Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon by David West Reynolds
Apollo XI…The Eagle has Landed, Video
Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back – A Thrilling Struggle Against All Odds, DVD
Destination Moon: The Apollo Missions in the Astronauts’ Own Words by Rod Pyle
In the Shadow of the Moon, DVD
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger (one my favorites)
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin
Men from Earth by Buzz Aldrin and Malcolm McConnell
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of the Apollo Program, Video
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith (he finds the men who walked on the moon to see what their lives are like now)
To the Moon by NOVA, DVD
The Shuttle Program
Challenger: The Final Voyage by Richard S. Lewis
Comm Check…The Final Flight of Shuttle Columbia by Michael Cabbage and William Harwood
Space Shuttle Log: The First 25 Flights by Gene Gurney and Jeff Forte
Too Far From Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space by Chris Jones (remember, Challenger was on its way to the space station to bring home three men and replenish supplies. Here's their harrowing tale)
NASA
America in Space: The First 40 Years, DVD
America in Space: NASA’s First 50 Years edited by Steven J. Dick (great browsing book)
Failure is not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz (he was the NASA Flight Director during Apollo 13)
The Pictoral History of NASA edited by Bill Yenne (this was a blast to browse through too)
The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography 1962-1972 by Ron Schick & Julia Van Haaften (another fun tablebook)
Space Exploration
The Coming of the Space Age: Famous Accounts of Man’s Probing of the Universe edited by Arthur C. Clarke (fascinating)
The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity by David Darling
Conquest: A History of Space Achievements from Science Fiction to the Shuttle by David Baker
Destination Space by National Geographic Society, Video
Do Your Ears Pop in Space?: and 500 Other Surprising Questions About Space Travel by R. Mike Mullane
Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record by Carl Sagan (ever wonder what was on that recording that NASA sent into space on Voyager? This has the photos and greetings used and explains why each photo was chosen. I'm buying a used copy for myself)
Space History by Tony Osman
The Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race by David Scott and Alexei Leonov
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