Books in Countdown to Space series

Discusses the six Apollo missions that landed on the moon, describing the work performed there, what it is like to walk on the moon, and the collection of moon rocks.

Recounts how astronauts managed to bring their damaged spacecraft safely back to Earth.

Details Armstrong's childhood, love of flying, and training as a pilot and astronaut that led to his historic feat of becoming the first man on the moon on July 20, 1969.

Describes the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, explains the need for establishing a moon base, and speculates about future situations in which the base would be used.

Discusses the youth, astronaut training, space voyage, and life as a teacher and researcher after her retirement from NASA of the first American woman to journey into space.

A biography of the first American to orbit the earth. covering his youth, his career as an astronaut, and his life after NASA.

Describes the dangers of launching spacecraft, covering the Russian Mars space probe explosion, the Apollo 1 fire, the Apollo 12 lightning strike, and the Challenger explosion

Explores the incredible journey of the Hubble Telescope and the images it sends back of things that would otherwise not be seen and studied, such as black holes, supernovas, and stars in galaxies that are billions of light-years away.

Describes the history of the space shuttle program, recounts the flight of the first shuttle, and offers brief profiles of Columbia's first pilots

Describes the launch of Friendship 7 and John Glenn, the first American astronaut in orbit

Describes the qualities needed to be part of the space program and various aspects of the training that astronaut candidates receive to prepare them for their first flight.

Describes American space vehicles and their uses, including various space probes, the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo capsules, Skylab, the space shuttles, and the International Space Station.