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Building a Better Tomato: The Quest to Perfect "The Scandalous Fruit"

In the search for a superior alternative to bland and mealy grocery-store tomatoes, horticultural scientist Harry Klee and renowned taste researcher Linda Bartoshuk teamed up and embarked on a mission to find a specimen that will have you thinking you just picked it in your own back yard.

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Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles

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Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge

First published by NASA in 2000 as Challenge to Apollo, these two volumes are the first comprehensive history of the Soviet-manned space programs covering a period of thirty years, from the end of World War II, when the Soviets captured German rocket technology, to the collapse of their moon program in the mid-1970s. 

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The Soviet Space Race with Apollo

First published by NASA in 2000 as Challenge to Apollo, these two volumes are the first comprehensive history of the Soviet-manned space programs covering a period of thirty years, from the end of World War II, when the Soviets captured German rocket technology, to the collapse of their moon program in the mid-1970s. 

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"Before This Decade is Out…": Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program

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Gateway to the Moon: Building the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex

Gateway to the Moon presents the definitive history of the origins, design, and construction of the lunar launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center. It includes archival illustrations and diagrams of locations, personnel, and equipment, from aerial views

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Moon Launch! A History of the Saturn-Apollo Launch Operations

Moon Launch! recreates the exciting story of the astronauts and engineers, scientists and technicians, politicians and public citizens responsible for the Project Apollo flights to the moon.