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A Light In The Sky    by Andre Gaz
Price: $0.99 USD. 3400 words. Published on July 30, 2010. .

After being ambushed, a Space Impetus fighter pilot crash lands on a barren planet. Alone and starving, the pilot must come to grips with both his past and present in an attempt to survive.
Babel's Basement    by Jane Palmer
Price: $2.99 USD. 52170 words. Published by Dodo Books on October 22, 2010. .

The direct descendent of a carnivorous dinosaur has returned to claim the Earth. Commander Pyg sets up her base in the ancient subterranean Ossiane Empire. Nothing can stop her exterminating the human race apart from an eccentric geologist, sceptical science master, and a few surviving Ossianes. And none of them know about the comet on collision course with the Earth.
Which Came First    by Lee Crystal
You set the price! 8840 words. Published on November 26, 2010. .

The Space Cruiser Carl Sagan is dispatched by the Science Counsel to test there latest theories. This however is not the typical scientific field trip. For this trip they needed a powerful military vessel to venture to the edge of the abyss, the black hole Cygnus X1.
2010 NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) Annual Report, Issued January 2011 - Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Commercial Crew and Cargo, Human Rating, Exploration Program    by Progressive Management
Price: $4.99 USD. 9680 words. Published on January 18, 2011. .

The 2010 report by the ASAP safety advisory panel to NASA, released in January 2011, presents findings on the shuttle, station, and exploration programs, acquisition strategy, human rating requirements for commercial crew capsules, the relationship between the FAA and NASA, workforce and safety culture, infrastructure, mishap investigation and followup, astronaut health, and more.
The Aeolian Master - Book Two - ZORG    by John Northern
Price: $2.99 USD. 179030 words. Published on March 7, 2011. .

Ben and his crew are being sent to a planet called the 'witch world,' from which no one has ever returned. It is his mission to retrieve a riig which will have an important impact on the war being waged between the Gaelef and his second in command, Thorne. There are witches on this planet who can turn people into animals, and they have no compunction doing it.
Rise of The Kek    by John Joseph Burhop
Price: $0.99 USD. 117910 words. Published on March 14, 2011. .

AS SEEN IN ASIMOV'S, ANALOG, AND FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINES. There are no wormholes, no warp drives, no jump points or jump gates. Beings may traverse the galaxy, but time will always take its toll.
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.
21st Century Essential Guide to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) - Historic Scientific Accomplishments and Pioneering Science from Astronomy and Space to Robotics and Computer Science    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 54500 words. Published on May 4, 2011. .

This ebook presents a compilation of authoritative documents providing an excellent, up-to-date overview of the research work of one of America's top research organizations, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). NRL has been involved in many historic scientific achievements, including gamma-ray radiography, radar, radio propagation, nuclear subs, spacecraft, and much more.
NASA's Management of the Mars Science Laboratory Project (MSL): Inspector General Report on Technical and Financial Problems with Mars Exploration Program Rover    by Progressive Management
Price: $5.99 USD. 12680 words. Published on June 9, 2011. .

NASA's Office of Inspector General issued this status report on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) slated for launch in late 2011. The findings indicated that unresolved technical problems and cost issues could delay the launch.
Survivor of Ceres    by Toni Johnson
Price: $0.99 USD. 83510 words. Published on July 14, 2011. .

Ceres has been obliterated. Gavin’s class is saved by an impromptu field trip. The reports say the colonists killed themselves in a botched rebel plot. The school ship’s cameras prove otherwise; government warheads were behind it. Survivor of Ceres follows Gavin’s harrowing journey across the solar system to reveal what really happened that fateful day.