Project Mercury and Project Gemini preceded the landing of a person on the Moon. These projects taught the United States…
Life was so much simpler when a person's world extended no further than a long day's walk, while a night…
Another space shuttle launch. Another truss for the space station. Where's this activity leading us? The easy answer is, 'to…
Beep, beep, bop, be-bop. These could represent a new song or a communication from intelligent species on another world. With…
Great riches can buy you a yacht, a mansion or even an observatory. Percival Lowell went for the later and…
Robots are our autonomous surrogates. They faithfully travel wherever we fear to tread. Michel van Pelt in his book, Space…
Humankind has five senses. Though eyesight provides us with most of our information, truly believing usually relies on the tactile…
A steady progression of space borne and Earth-based telescopes bring long ago, far away events into our common perspective. We…
Trial and error is for tinkering. Simulations and analogues replace them for when grander projects are contemplated. William L. Fox…
Apogee Books have cornered themselves a great niche in publishing books related to space. Their offerings span from the most…