Becoming a Space Age Adventurer: The Story Behind a Book Combining Space Sites with Space Stories

It felt like driving across another planet. I was off-roading through a stark region of cinder cones and craters. Overlapping 4×4 tracks and occasional pine trees were the most familiar terrestrial features. Welcome to a warm June evening several years ago in the Cinder Hills OHV Area in Northern Arizona. Continue reading Becoming a Space Age Adventurer: The Story Behind a Book Combining Space Sites with Space Stories

There’s No Such Thing as a “Typical Astronaut”

Francis French is the coauthor of Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961–1965 (Nebraska, 2007) and In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 (Nebraska, 2010). His books and others are available for 50% off in our Spaceflight Sale for … Continue reading There’s No Such Thing as a “Typical Astronaut”