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        Becoming Martian

        Becoming Martian

        Becoming Martian

        How Living in Space will Change our Bodies and Minds

        by Scott Solomon

        Foreword by Scott Kelly

        ISBN: 9780262051514

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 17, 2026

        How living in space will affect future generations—and what the potential unintended consequences of space settlements are.
        Daydreaming in the Solar System

        Daydreaming in the Solar System

        Daydreaming in the Solar System

        Surfing Saturn’s Rings, Golfing on the Moon, and Other Adventures in Space Exploration

        by John E. Moores and Jesse Rogerson

        Foreword by Robert J. Sawyer

        Illustrated by Michelle D. Parsons

        ISBN: 9780262049290

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 22, 2024

        A thrilling journey through the solar system that merges imagination with hard science.
        Off-Earth

        Off-Earth

        Off-Earth

        Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space

        by Erika Nesvold

        ISBN: 9780262550994

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 1, 2024

        Can we do better in space than we've done here on Earth?
        Dark Star

        Dark Star

        Dark Star

        A New History of the Space Shuttle

        by Matthew H. Hersch

        ISBN: 9780262546720

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 26, 2023

        A captivating history of NASA's Space Transportation System—the space shuttle—chronicling the inevitable failures of a doomed design.
        Worlds Without End

        Worlds Without End

        Worlds Without End

        Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future of Humanity

        by Chris Impey

        ISBN: 9780262047661

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 11, 2023

        The science of finding habitable planets beyond our solar system and the prospects for establishing human civilization away from our ever-less-habitable planetary home.
        Handprints on Hubble

        Handprints on Hubble

        Handprints on Hubble

        An Astronaut's Story of Invention

        by Kathryn D. Sullivan

        ISBN: 9780262539647

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 1, 2020

        The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope.
        Digital Apollo

        Digital Apollo

        Digital Apollo

        Human and Machine in Spaceflight

        by David A. Mindell

        ISBN: 9780262516105

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 30, 2011

        How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight—the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.
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