The Planet-Girded Suns (Updated Edition)    by Sylvia Engdahl
Price: $3.99 USD. 88680 words. Language: English. Published by Ad Stellae Books  on May 18, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
The history of human thought about extrasolar worlds. From the late 17th century until the end of the 19th, almost all educated people believed that the stars are suns surrounded by inhabited planets. This book, first published by Atheneum in 1974 and now updated, tells the story of the rise, fall, and eventual renewal of widespread conviction that we are not alone in the universe.

NASA Astrophysics Missions: Reviews of Operating Missions - Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope, Kepler, Planck, Suzaku, Swift, Spitzer, XMM-Newton    by Progressive Management
Price: $6.99 USD. 35580 words. Language: English. Published on April 8, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
This is a compilation of the reports of the NASA Senior Review Committee (SRC) for 2012, 2010, and 2008 evaluating the scientific productivity of major astrophysics missions with recommendations for continued funding.

Mr. Olcott's Skies: An Old Book and a Youthful Obsession    by Thomas Watson
Price: $1.99 USD. 35430 words. Language: English. Published on April 6, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
The story of how an old book and a small telescope shaped a passion for stargazing, and how that passion was lost and then rediscovered over the course of a lifetime.

Captured Planet    by Dino Fotinidis
Price: $9.99 USD. 42620 words. Language: English. Published by Truth House Publishing  on April 1, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
Is our planet an intruder from another solar system? Captured Planet is an unusual proposal on the origin of the earth. The author’s theory, first developed in 2003, was recently substantiated through NASA's findings in June 2011 on their 2004 Genesis mission."The implication is that we did not form out of the same solar nebula materials that created the sun - just how and why..."

Astronomical Wonders    by Austin Torney
Price: $1.99 USD. 22630 words. Language: English. Published on March 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
Poetic but fine descriptions, in general, of the universe, the sun, the Earth, the moon, the stars, and the planets.

Il Mistero dell'Universo    by Giancarlo Varnier
Price: $9.99 USD. 65930 words. Language: Italian. Published by ALVIS International Editions  on March 3, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
Da sempre il Mistero dell’Universo e della Vita ha affascinato la mente dell’uomo. Il progredire della conoscenza intorno ai corpi che costellano la volta celeste ha scandito le tappe salienti della sua evoluzione. Il complesso di conoscenze di cui oggi disponiamo ha aperto le porte ad interrogativi che sembrano superare i limiti della comprensione umana.

NASA History: Low-Cost Innovation in Spaceflight - The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker Mission (NASA SP-2005-4536)    by Progressive Management
Price: $7.99 USD. 32500 words. Language: English. Published on February 1, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Space Science.
This NASA history document - converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - tells the story of the NEAR asteroid mission, launched in 1996 under the "faster, better, cheaper" effort of NASA Administrator Dan Goldin, from the point of view of the management challenges involved in conducting low-cost missions while daily confronting the possibility of defeat.

America's Space Shuttle: Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) Systems NASA Astronaut Training Manual (EMU SYS 2102)    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 25780 words. Language: English. Published on January 24, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
This unique and historic document provides extraordinary detail about the Space Shuttle's extravehicular mobility unit (EMU). The official NASA astronaut training manuals comprised a major part of the formal flight crew training process, and were used by flight controllers as well.

America's Space Shuttle: EVA Contingency Operations NASA Astronaut Training Manual (CONT OPS 2102)    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 21350 words. Language: English. Published on January 24, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Space Science.
This unique and historic document provides extraordinary detail about the Space Shuttle's extravehicular activity (EVA) contingency operations plans. The official NASA astronaut training manuals comprised a major part of the formal flight crew training process, and were used by flight controllers as well.

America's Space Shuttle: Reaction Control System NASA Astronaut Training Manual (RCS 2102A)    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 32020 words. Language: English. Published on January 23, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Space Science.
This unique and historic document provides extraordinary detail about the Space Shuttle's reaction control system (RCS). The official NASA astronaut training manuals comprised a major part of the formal flight crew training process, and were used by flight controllers as well.