A biography of the first man on the moon, covering his youth, his career as an astronaut, and his life after NASA.

A biography of the school teacher turned astronaut whose life was tragically ended when the space shuttle Challenger exploded just after liftoff.

Traces the life of the first African-American woman to go into space, from her childhood in Chicago through her astronaut training and first spaceflight to life after working with NASA.

Discusses the roles of several NASA spacecrafts which carried out probes during explorations of the planets.

Describes emergencies that occurred during several space missions, including Apollo 13, Friendship 7, Gemini 8, and Mir.

Discusses the need for the proposed international space station, its design, and purpose, based partly on experiences with space station Mir.

Details the initiation of the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990 and the repair and servicing missions which followed, and explains the telescope's role in answering questions about the universe.

A biography of one of America's first seven astronauts, focusing on the training and career of Gus Grissom, who died in a fire aboard Apollo I in 1967.