8 Best nonfiction books like Building Moonships: The Grumman Lunar Module (Images of America: New York) by Joshua Stoff

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Building Moonships: The Grumman Lunar Module (Images of America: New York)

By: Joshua Stoff

4.33

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1961, after the United States had acquired a total of fifteen minutes of spaceflight experience,…

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1. A Man on the Moon

By: Michael Kramer , Bronson Pinchot , Tom Hanks , Andrew Chaikin

4.49

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

A celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first moon landing offers an accessible histor… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • space
"It's almost as if Kennedy grabbed a decade out of the 21st century," Cernan said, "and spliced it into the 1960s." That helps to explain why, as I wrote in 1993 in the preface of this book, we weren'…"

-Michael Kramer, A Man on the Moon

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2. Childhood’s End

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city—intellectually, technologically, and militarily sup… read more

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"...a well-stocked mind is safe from boredom."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"...no on of intelligence resents the inevitable."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"...no one of intelligence resents the inevitable."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

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3. From the Earth to the Moon

By: Jules Verne

3.76

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Een in de 19e eeuw geschreven verhaal over een reis naar de maan, waaruit blijkt dat de schrijver i… read more

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"Time has no business to keep a whole country in suspense."

-Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon

"No sé si los mundos están habitados, y como no lo sé, voy a verlo."

-Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon

"It is better for us to see the destination we wish to reach, than the point of departure"

-Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon

"In fact they did to others that which they would not they should do to them— that grand principle of immortality upon which rests the whole art of war."

-Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon

4. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey

By: Michael Collins

2.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

NASA astronaut Michael Collins trained as an experimental test pilot before venturing into space as… read more

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5. A Briefer History of Time

By: Stephen Hawking , Leonard Mlodinow

4.26

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scie… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • space
"What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise."

-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time

"It is just that modern physicists seem to have more imaginative ways of naming new particles and phenomena - they no longer restrict themselves to Greek!"

-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time

"طالما أن الكون له بداية سيكون في استطاعتنا افتراض أن له خالقًا. أما إذا كان الكون حقا مكتملا في حد ذاته، وليس له حد ولا حرف، فلن تكون له بداية ولا نهاية: فهو ببساطة موجود."

-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time

"There is a good chance that the study of the early universe and the requirements of mathematical consistency will lead us to a complete unified theory within the lifetime of some of us who are around…"

-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time

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6. When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach

By: Ashlee Vance

4.26

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller A momentous look at the private companies building a revolu… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • space
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7. Cleared for Takeoff: Memoirs of an Air Traffic Controller

By: John R. "Rusty" Potter

4.18

Format: 546 pages, Kindle Edition

Cleared for Memoirs of an Air Traffic Controller If you are intrigued by the fast-paced field of a… read more

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8. Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age

By: Lori Garver

3.84

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The inside look at how the battle of the space billionaires began and why it matters, Escaping Grav… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • space
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9. Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut's Journey

By: Fred Haise

3.52

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon In … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • space
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10. Nevada Test Site (Images of America)

By: Peter W. Merlin

3.96

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Since Pres. Harry Truman established the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in December 1950, it has played a v… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Building Moonships: The Grumman Lunar Module (Images of America: New York)

By: Joshua Stoff

4.33

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1961, after the United States had acquired a total of fifteen minutes of spaceflight experience,… read more

Similar categories in Joshua Stoff's Building Moonships: The Grumman Lunar Module (Images of America: New York) book and Joshua Stoff's Building Moonships: The Grumman Lunar Module (Images of America: New York)

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • space
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12. Beyond Mach 3: A Pilot’s Journey Through The U-2 and SR-71 (1950 to 1970) A Memoir

By: Buddy Brown

4.55

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

Immerse yourself in sky-high adventure and the unwavering bravery of a legendary pilot who broke ba… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. Patrick Air Force Base (Images of America)

By: Roger McCormick

3.25

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

The search began in 1946 for a location to conduct long-range missile tests. Cape Canaveral was cho… read more

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4.49

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4.26

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4.26

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3.97

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4.45

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Elmer Bendiner

4.12

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Wolfgang Fischer

4.18

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