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The Final Frontier

June 17, 2019 | SuzyQ

July 20, 1969 marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, Since then, 12 men have walked on the moon, but many others have explored the frontiers of space. Learn about some of these amazing men and women by checking out some of the Library's many resources.

First man : the life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R Hansen
Gus Grissom : the lost astronaut by 1959- Ray E. Boomhower
John Glenn : a memoir by 1921- John Glenn
Light this candle : the life and times of Alan Shepard, America's first spaceman by Neal Thompson
Deke! : U.S. manned space : from Mercury to the shuttle by 1924-1993 Donald K. Slayton
The last man on the moon : astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's race in space by Eugene Cernan
The last man on the moon [videodisc]
Carrying the fire : an astronaut's journeys by 1930- Michael Collins
Also available in: e-audiobook
Magnificent desolation : the long journey home from the moon by Buzz Aldrin
Magnificent desolation [videodisc] : walking on the moon
Sally Ride : America's first woman in space by Lynn Sherr
Endurance : a year in space, a lifetime of discovery by 1964- Scott Kelly
Also available in: e-book | audiobook | large print
A year in space ; and beyond a year in space [videodisc]
For spacious skies : the uncommon journey of a Mercury astronaut by 1925- M. Scott (Malcolm Scott) Carpenter
Apollo pilot : the memoir of astronaut Donn Eisele by 1930-1987 Donn Eisele
Neil Armstrong : a life of flight by Jay Barbree
Also available in: audiobook | e-audiobook
Chasing space : an astronaut's story of grit, grace, and second chances by Leland Melvin
The ordinary spaceman : from boyhood dreams to astronaut by 1959- Clayton C. Anderson
Off the planet : surviving five perilous months aboard the space station Mir by Jerry M Linenger
Calculated risk : the supersonic life and times of Gus Grissom by 1955- George Leopold
Spaceman : an astronaut's unlikely journey to unlock the secrets of the universe by 1962- Mike Massimino