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America in Space (NASA)
We celebrate 50 years of NASA with astronaut Eileen Collins and space historian Michael Neufeld. Also: find out how kids can contribute to the fight against global warming! And Alice Sebold shares her latest novel.
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Americans in Space: 50 Years of NASA
Astronaut Eileen Collins was the first woman to command the Space Shuttle. She’s honored in the new book Americans in Space, a visual history of NASA’s past 50 years – from the first test pilots, to the recent Huygens mission to Saturn.
Americans in Space is available for purchase at ...
Kids Against Global Warming
Kids can contribute to the fight against global warming, too. Laurie David and Cambria Gordon are co-authors of Down-to-Earth Guide To Global Warming.
Down-to-Earth Guide To Global Warming is available for purchase at amazon.com
Weigh in: Do your kids try to minimize their impact on the environment? How?
Alice Sebold’s Latest Novel
Alice Sebold’s new novel is The Almost Moon. It’s the highly-anticipated follow-up to her 2002 bestseller The Lovely Bones.
The Almost Moon is available for purchase at amazon.com
The Man Who Wanted to Be the Christopher Columbus of Outer Space
Wernher von Braun built rockets in both Nazi Germany and post-war America, and he had a lifelong obsession with being the Christopher Columbus of outer space. Michael Neufeld of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is the author of a new book, Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of ...
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