Books tagged: space flight

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Earth's Knell The First Landing    by JT Duxbury
Price: $4.50 USD. 66700 words. Published on September 21, 2009. .

What would you give to begin a new life on a pristine planet with just ten other people. No pollution, no over population of humans. Just fresh air, clear water and fertile ground as far as the eye can see. But then you discover there are some rather large primates living nearby, and those primates have a way of communicating. As a matter of fact they are very human like.
Earth's Knell The Second Landing    by JT Duxbury
Price: $4.50 USD. 87570 words. Published on September 22, 2009. .

Eight of the ten astronauts sent to colonize a planet revolving around a star fifty-five light years from Earth had perished. With just two to do the work of ten, the mission may be doomed. And, one of the remaining crewmembers has been injured from the cryogenic sleep, leaving Drake VanDam the last man standing.
Out of Time: a time travel novella    by Cliff  Ball
Price: $0.99 USD. 31410 words. Published on April 7, 2010. .

In the future, scientists discover that all time is fluid. Past, present, and future all exist at once, but time can still be changed. The US government decides to go to the past and right what once went wrong. The story takes place mostly in the 20th century, where our heroes meet Anne Frank, John F. Kennedy, just to name a few. Find out what happens when they return to their present.
HOGA: Gateway Beyond The Stars    by Neely and Dobbs
Price: $7.99 USD. 170470 words. Published on April 10, 2010. .

Two populated solar systems of the Kepren Cluster Alliance mysteriously vanished. The frantic Alliance leaders’ desperate evacuation plan was adamantly rejected—until a third system vanished. Later a lone planet vanishes; its freed moon may destroy Kepren, dooming billions. A select team must return, resolve a cosmic intrigue, confront a conflict of universes, and strive to prevent disaster.
Dawn of a New Age    by Rick Bentsen
Price: $6.95 USD. 81760 words. Published on June 2, 2010. .

An untested Captain and an untried crew. The year is 2136, and the Star League has been at war with the Brentax Empire for thirty years. It has been a long and bitter war, and both sides are tired of war. The Star League creates a super secret special operations unit called Gamma Strike to end the war. This is their story...
Second Stringers: The Sole Advantage of Power    by Gerald M. Weinberg
Price: $2.99 USD. 105770 words. Published on August 12, 2010. .

Six young people--each born with a disfiguring and crippling defect--possess the power to access the underlying string structure of the universe and thus violate the most trusted laws of physics. They must master their personal fears and escape pursuit by those who wish to command their powers. As they discover one another, they grow in power and sophistication, becoming more fully human.
Townsend's Revenge    by Woody McClendon
Price: $2.99 USD. 98040 words. Published on September 11, 2010. .

Greg Townsend is building a shuttle vehicle from an old F-4 Phantom, and launching it from a Boeing 707. What he doesn't know is that a secret government committee is bent on stopping him. On the first flight, the craft has a massive pressurization failure. Townsend and his old comrade from the Navy, Mitch Silvera land the stricken craft. Then the plot emerges. Will the shadow enemy win?
The Light of the Earth As Seen From Tartarus    by Annie Bellet
Price: $2.99 USD. 13590 words. Published by Doomed Muse Press  on February 7, 2011. .

Ian and Jack Talley and the Prometheus Space Program set a record for the fastest manned flight to Jupiter. But the journey ended in disaster, crippling Jack and killing the rest of the crew. Ten years later, an eccentric multi-billionaire offers them all his money, and a second chance, if they'll fly him to Pluto. But they must decide whether they are making history, or repeating it.
Don't Rust On Me Now    by Dee W. Schofield
Price: $2.99 USD. 8510 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on March 4, 2011. .

Can romance be real between two androids on a poison planet with beach sand in all the wrong places? Dr. Susan Taft discovers the answer to that question when her ship crashes on a very hostile planet. The only thing not hostile is the other android with her. Also includes bonus story "Squatter's Rights on the Streeet of Broken Men."
Space Primer (AU-18): Comprehensive Spaceflight History and Guidebook, Doctrine, Orbital Mechanics, Military Space, Satellites, Rockets, NASA Programs, Threats, Designs, Operations, Intelligence    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 132550 words. Published on April 12, 2011. .

In what may be the best single-volume introduction to military and civilian space flight, this up-to-date space primer from the Department of Defense provides comprehensive coverage of modern spaceflight principles and practices, with an extensive and authoritative history of military and NASA programs, along with the fundamentals of space.