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- Atmosphere [text (large print)] : a love story / by Reid, Taylor Jenkins,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s Space Shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits"--- Subjects: Lesbian fiction.; Queer fiction.; Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Astronauts; Friendship; Interpersonal relations; Lesbians; Love; Secrecy; Space shuttles; Woman-woman relationships; Women astronauts;
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- Katherine Johnson / by Wilkins, Ebony.; Ager, Charlotte.;
Counting on Katherine -- Asking questions -- Separate and unequal -- Breaking barriers -- A new journey -- Woman at work -- Pushing for change -- The space race -- Apollo 11 -- "One giant leap" -- An incredible career -- Awards and acclaim.Examines the life of mathematician Katherine Johnson, from her early education and career before working for NASA to her integral role in the space program.LSC- Subjects: Johnson, Katherine G.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American women mathematicians; Women mathematicians; African American women physicists; Women physicists;
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- Counting on Katherine / by Becker, Helaine,1961-; Phumiruk, Dow.;
Includes bibliographical references.A biography of Katherine Johnson, the African-American mathematician who worked for NASA and is depicted in the film Hidden figures.LSC- Subjects: Johnson, Katherine G.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Mathematicians; African American women mathematicians; African American women physicists; Women mathematicians; Women physicists;
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- American moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the great space race / by Brinkley, Douglas,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Astronautics; Manned space flight; Space flight to the moon; Astronautics;
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- Sex on the Moon : the amazing story behind the most audacious heist in history / by Mezrich, Ben,1969-;
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- Subjects: Roberts, Thad, 1977-; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center; Interns; Lunar petrology; Scientists; Theft; Theft; Thieves;
- © c2011., Doubleday,
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- The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight / by Groom, Winston,1944-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.These Three Men -- The King of Dirt -- The Man With the Outside Loop -- Can those be stars? -- Air Combat is not Sport, It is Scientific Murder -- New York to Paris -- Man's Greatest Enemy in the Air -- I was Saved For Some Good Purpose -- An Inspiration in a Grubby World -- His Halo Turned into a Noose -- The Raid -- We were slowly rotting away -- The Lone Eagle Goes to War -- Masters of the Sky.- Subjects: Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993.; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.; Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973.; Adventure and adventurers; Aeronautics; Aeronautics, Military; Air pilots; Air pilots, Military; Heroes;
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- Indestructible : one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII / by Bruning, John R.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This little-known WWII story introduces a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a POW camp changed modern air warfare forever. December 1941: Manila is invaded, and US citizen and Philippine Airlines manager, Pappy Gunn, is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. So Gunn was miles away when the Japanese captured his wife and children, placing them in an internment camp where they faced disease, abuse, and starvation. Gunn spent three years trying to rescue them. His exploits became legend as he revolutionized the art of air warfare, devising his own weaponry, missions, and combat strategies. By the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation helped transform MacArthur's air force into the scourge of the Pacific"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Gunn, Paul Irvin, 1899-1957.; Gunn, Paul Irvin, 1899-1957; Philippine Airlines; Air pilots; Americans; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945; Aeronautics, Military; Rescues; World War, 1939-1945;
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- Postcards from space : the Chris Hadfield story / by Down, Heather,1966-; United States.National Aeronautics and Space Administration.;
LSC- Subjects: Hadfield, Chris; Astronauts;
- © c2013., Echo Books,
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- The flight : Charles Lindbergh's daring and immortal 1927 transatlantic crossing / by Hampton, Dan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Biographies.; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augusutus), 1902-1974.; Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane); Transatlantic flights.; Aeronautics; Air pilots;
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