Visions of Mars
Both tantalizingly similar to and eerily different from our planet, Mars has fascinated the scientific mind and the popular imagination for hundreds of years. Thanks to robotic exploration missions by NASA over the past 20 years, we now have an increasingly sophisticated understanding of our neighboring planet, and a multitude of images to help fill out the portrait. In Visions of Mars space imaging specialist Olivier de Goursac takes us on an extraordinary visual tour of Mars through a selectio
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read moreThe Heavens Proclaim His Glory: A Spectacular View of Creation Through the Lens of the NASA Hubble Telescope
“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.” Abraham Lincoln Our world displays the handiwork of God all around us-in the land and sea, the animals and the plants. But in respect to the sky, the heavens, the universe…there’s a realm of beauty and creation man has not been able to witness, until now. The Heavens Proclaim His Glory is a compilation o
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read moreHigh Calling: The Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband
Rick Husband wanted to be an astronaut since his fourth birthday, but it wasn’t always for the right reasons. Initially, he thought it would be neat . . . cool . . . a fun thing to do. It wasn’t until he came to a spiritual crossroads and was able to give that dream up to discover the true desires of his heart before he actually got into the space shuttle program at NASA. Three failed attempts didn’t daunt this driven pilot-and the fourth interview process, though lengthy and difficult, proved successful for him.
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read moreMars (DK Eyewitness Books)
Learn all about Earth’s closest neighbor in this unprecedented guide to the red planet. Including up-to-the-minute data from NASA’s ongoing explorations, this amazing resource tells the whole story – from Mars’ mystical significance in early cultures to the ambitious future plans for manned-flight explorations.
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read moreFinal Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program
“Pat Duggins knows of what he writes. Final Countdown is a solid read.”–Jay Barbree, NBC’s veteran space correspondent and author of the New York Times bestseller Moon Shot The Space Shuttle was once the cornerstone of the U.S. space program. However, each new flight brings us one step closer to the retirement of the shuttle in 2010. Final Countdown is the riveting history of NASA’s Space Shuttle program, its missions, and its impending demise. It also examines the plans and earl
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read moreLife on Mars?: Case for a Cosmic Heritage (Controversy Series)
A NASA-funded team of scientists has announced that there is evidence of previous life on Mars. This book analyses the results from the meteorite ALH84001, critically interprets the information from the Vikings 1 and 2 space probes to Mars and looks at the evidence of organic material in the Cosmos. The overwhelmingly most likely explanation and by far the simplest interpretation of all the findings is that life is a cosmic phenomenon seeding the Earth and Mars.
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read moreThe Moon Landing Hoax: The Eagle That Never Landed
Was the Apollo 11 Moon landing faked? Many people argue that in the 1960s the United States lacked both the ability and technology required to put a man on the Moon. At the height of the Cold War and with Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the Moon before the end of the decade many have questioned the official story. Was the Moon landing one of the greatest ever hoaxes or did NASA really put two men down on the moon in 1969? This detailed book examines the evidence, the photographs and the people to find out the truth. What really happened and did the Eagle ever really land?
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