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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Moonwalk with your eyes Moonwalk with your eyes Tammy Plotner Of all the many things we can look at in the night sky, the Moon is one of the richest in its ever-changing detail, as changes in light and shadow daily transform what you can see of every feature. W… OL16614678W
China in Space China in Space Brian Harvey The 21st century has seen the emergence, after the Soviet Union and the United States, of the third great space superpower: China. Here, in China in Space - The Great Leap Forward, Brian Harvey takes… OL19834302W
Cold War Space Sleuths Cold War Space Sleuths Dominic Phelan <p><i>Cold War Space Sleuths</i> reads like a Cold War espionage novel, but the reality of the story about the dedicated amateur observers bent on finding out about Soviet spaceflight during the Cold… OL19835207W
Scientific Astrophotography Scientific Astrophotography Gerald R. Hubbell <p><i>Scientific Astrophotography</i> is a work for those amateur astronomers looking for new challenges, once they have mastered visual observing and the basic imaging of various astronomical object… OL19901062W
The Soyuz Launch Vehicle The Soyuz Launch Vehicle Christian Lardier The Soyuz launch vehicle has had a long and illustrious history. Built as the world's first intercontinental missile, it took the first man into space in April 1961, before becoming the workhorse of … OL19903141W