astronauts

A biography of the first female African-American astronaut Mae Jemison.

Explains the different jobs NASA astronauts do on space shuttles.

Explains the training astronauts go through before they make their space flights.

Offers a look at the Apollo Moon Landing, discusses the controversies surrounding it, and presents personal narratives of the event.

Chronicles the life of Mae Jemison, an astronaut who became the first African-American woman in space.

Photographs and simple text describe the work that astronauts and astronomers do, the tools and equipment they use, living and working in space, and the experiments they perform.

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

Astronaut Michael Collins discusses his early career, his training for space flight, his trips into space including the first lunar landing, and the possibilities for life and flight in space in the future.

Discusses the lives, ambitions, thoughts, and feelings of American astronauts before, during, and after their historic flights.

A simple overview of the training that astronauts go through for missions on the space shuttle.