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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
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Hidden Figures

By Margot Lee Shetterly ,

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The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space
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The Last Man on the Moon

By Eugene Cernan , Donald A. Davis ,

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Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon
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Korolev

By James Harford ,

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Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974
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Challenge to Apollo

By Asif A. Siddiqi , Nasa History Office ,

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Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
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Space Race

By Deborah Cadbury ,

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Laika
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Laika

By Nick Abadzis ,

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Moonglow
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Moonglow

By Michael Chabon ,

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Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
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Counting on Katherine

By Helaine Becker , Dow Phumiruk (illustrator) ,

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Live from Cape Canaveral: Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today
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Live from Cape Canaveral

By Jay Barbree ,

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Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
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Two Sides of the Moon

By David Scott , Alexei Leonov , Christine Toomey

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How to Become an Accidental Genius
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How to Become an Accidental Genius

By Elizabeth MacLeod , Frieda Wishinsky , Jenn Playford (illustrator)

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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
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Hidden Figures

By Margot Lee Shetterly , Laura Freeman (illustrator) ,

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Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries That Ignited the Space Age
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Red Moon Rising

By Matthew Brzezinski ,

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Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957-1962
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Another Science Fiction

By Megan Prelinger ,

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The Wrong Stuff
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The Wrong Stuff

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