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Black Wings : Courageous
Stories of
African - Americans in Aviation and Space History |
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By Von Hardesty |
HarperCollins Publishers, New York,
NY, 2008
ISBN: 9780061261381 |
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no: 629.130922 HAR |
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book explores African-Americans entering the field of aviation
and the challenges they overcame to become accepted as licensed
pilots and mechanics. It chronicles the progress of a
small but determined group that paved the way for minority careers in
aviation as well as aerospace exploration. Just in time
for the nation's very historical milestone of
inaugurating its first African American president with Tuskegee
airmen in attendance, Black Wings offers an in-depth
historical exploration, with plenty of photos, that serves
perfectly for personal interest, African American Studies or Black History Month. |
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"I Touch the Future..." : The Story of Christa McAuliffe |
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By Robert T. Hohler |
Random House, New York, NY, 1987
ISBN: 9780394557212 |
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no: 629.4500924 M119h |
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| Through
the perspective of a newspaper reporter, this book tells the
story of Ms. McAuliffe. Mr. Hohler writes over a period of
200 days in order to capture the fascinating story of the first
educator to be sent to outer space only to have her journey end
with the space shuttle Challenger's tragic explosion. He
also touches on the lives of other members of the immortalized
crew whose lives will always be remembered. |
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First Man: The Life of Neil
A. Armstrong |
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By James R. Hansen |
Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2005
ISBN: 9780743256315 |
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no: B ARM |
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| Most
renowned for his famous trip to the moon as part of the Apollo
11 mission, Neil Armstrong was also a sort of complex legend.
Mr. Hansen, at one time a NASA historian, digs into the personal
life and history of the astronaut whose words are still quoted
and live on as inspiration. Interviews with Mr. Armstrong
himself and many who were close to him reveal much behind the
man who had many accomplishments. |
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For Spacious Skies:
The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut |
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By Scott Carpenter and Kris Stoever |
Harcourt, Orlando, FL, 2002
ISBN: 9780151004676 |
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no: B CAR |
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by the astronaut himself along with his daughter, Ms. Stoever,
For Spacious Skies is a third person account of
Carpenter's career as the fourth American astronaut to enter
space as well as the preliminary era of the space age for the
United States. The controversy over the infamous problems
of Aurora Seven mission is also discussed in detail according to
his point of view. |
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Light This Candle: The Life
and Times of
Alan Shepard, America’s First Spaceman |
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By Neal Thompson |
Crown Publishers, New York, NY, 2004
ISBN: 9780609610015 |
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no: B SHE |
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Alan Shepard had a notorious reputation of all the original
Mercury Seven crew, his biography also attempts to portray him
as capable, competitive and determined. Mr. Thompson had
to uncover Shepard's life through his papers and network of
family and friends because of how privately the astronaut
guarded it from public scrutiny. |
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EBSCO Publications -
MasterFILE Premier |
Ebsco MasterFILE Premier is designed
specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary
database provides full text for more than 1,730 general
reference publications with full text information dating as far
back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general
interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text
reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source
documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and
flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
This database is available as part of the
TexShare Databases which are commercial database
subscriptions that are paid for by the Texas State Library and
Archives Commission (TSLAC) for use by registered patrons of
Texas public libraries. |
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A keyword subject search
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6,136 -- Full-text References for
"Astronauts" |
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Gibbs, Nancy, Duffy, Michael,
Booth-Thomas, Cathy, Crittle, Simon, Goehner, Amy, Gregory,
Sean, Kamlani, Ratu, et al. 2003. "Seven Astronauts, One Fate."
(Cover story). Time Europe 161, no. 6: 22. Academic Search
Complete, EBSCO. |
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Kim, Brenda. 2008. John Glenn.
Our States: Ohio: 1-3.
MasterFILE Premier, EBSCO. |
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Nasa History Division
http://history.nasa.gov |
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This website
contains information on the history of NASA, including
biographies of the astronauts. |
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Nasa/Lyndon B. Johnson
Space Center: Astronauts
http://www.nasa.gov/
astronauts/index.html |
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This NASA
website is devoted entirely to information on the
astronauts. It contains biographies, journals, videos,
and profiles; it also has information on astronaut
training. |
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Astronaut Biographies –
NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center: Astronaut
Biographies.
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/
Bios/index.html |
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This website
is the astronaut official biographies home page which
offers information on U.S. astronauts and on Russian
cosmonauts. |
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