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Histories of the Soviet / Russian Space Program - Volume 2: Soviet Space Programs 1971 - Kosmos, Lunokhod, Salyut, Soyuz, Zond, FOBS, Military Satellites, Mars Attempts, Tracking Ships    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 39720 words. Language: English. Published on May 19, 2013. Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, and technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics.

This fascinating and informative series of Soviet space program history reports continues with a reproduction of a truly historic document: Soviet Space Programs, 1971, converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction.
Histories of the Soviet / Russian Space Program - Volume 1: Review of the Soviet Space Program 1967, Soviet Space Programs, 1966-70 - Sputnik, Vostok, Luna, Zond, Soyuz, Manned Moon Plans    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 331560 words. Language: English. Published on May 19, 2013. Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, and technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics.

This fascinating and informative series of Soviet space program history reports begins with this reproduction of two truly historic documents: Review of the Soviet Space Program 1967 and Soviet Space Programs, 1966-70.
Exploring Our Solar System    by Mahesh Dutt Sharma
Price: $0.99 USD. 12630 words. Language: English. Published on April 25, 2013. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Space Science.

Our Solar System constitutes of Sun in the centre, and then are the nine planets, more than 60 moons are there, millions of rocky meteors, and billions of frozen comets. Every planet of the solar system lying in its orbit revolves round the sun. A tip of Sun’s rays even can create disaster to an extent of 160 kilometer stretch.
Kepler's Law    by Robert Stetson
Price: $0.99 USD. 1400 words. Language: English. Published on April 21, 2013. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Space Science.

This paper explains why solar systems and galaxies appear to obey different laws of motion.
Pursuit of Power: NASA's Propulsion Systems Laboratory (PSL) No. 1 and 2 - NACA, Aircraft Engine Research, Cold War Research, Nuclear Navaho, Rockets, Missiles, RL-10 Hydrogen Engine, Supersonic    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 35710 words. Language: English. Published on April 13, 2013. Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, and technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics.

This is the official history of an important NACA/NASA propulsion research facility located in Ohio, which began operations in 1952 and was demolished in 2009. By the late 1950s, Pratt & Whitney, Wright Aeronautical, and the U.S. Air Force began building their own propulsion labs and altitude facilities.
Space    by Robert Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 3040 words. Language: English. Published on March 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Space Science.

This book contains pictures and information about space. Table of Contents- 1. Introduction 2. Discovery 3. Earth’s Location in the Universe 4. Environment 5. Effect on Human Body 6. Space Exploration 7. Space Station 8. NASA 9. Private Space Flight
Asteroid, Comet, and Near Earth Object (NEO) Encyclopedia: Sweeping Coverage of Impact Threats, Spacecraft Research, Detection, Deflection, Mitigation, Tunguska, Chelyabinsk, Planetary Defense, PHAs    by Progressive Management
Price: $10.99 USD. 370820 words. Language: English. Published on March 21, 2013. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Space Science.

Discover all aspects of asteroids, comets, near earth objects (NEOs), and their impact threat to Earth in this massive, authoritative compilation of up-to-date official documents from NASA and other federal sources.
Chase to Space - The Space Race Story    by Douglas J. and Pakaket Alford
Price: $1.99 USD. 2420 words. Language: English. Published on February 20, 2013. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Space Science.

Treks into space start in the human heart. Chase to Space is the true story about the race to the moon between the United States and Soviet Republic. The US was significantly behind at the beginning of the Space Race. How did the competition lead to the first lunar landing? Why did the US spend $25 billion on the celestial quest? What new items were invented for space travel? Once the US land
Calculations for Science Fiction Writers/Space Travel with Constant Acceleration – The Nonrelativistic Case    by William Haloupek
Price: $0.99 USD. 2710 words. Language: English. Published on January 30, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi.

This article explains basic calculations related to constant acceleration. It should be of interest to science fiction writers who want to make their stories realistic, and to anyone interested in space travel, real or fictional. The number of scary looking equations is kept to a necessary minimum. I just give you the equations you need, with no calculus or vectors required. (online version bad)
Inner Planets of the Solar System    by Jason Elliott
Price: $3.99 USD. 100 words. Language: English. Published on January 21, 2013. Nonfiction » Children's Books » Science.

This 20 page showcases the inner planets of our Solar System. Students will love the 3D clipart and vibrant photographs. The powerpoint covers Earth, Mercury, Venus, and Mars and includes information about the Earth's Moon. This would a great book for home school students!