Topic: rocketry

The Infrared Astronomical Satellite, or IRAS, was the first mission to put a telescope in space to survey the sky in infrared. (NASA)

When satellites collide

Nicole Karlis
"Mission Moon 3-D: Reliving the Great Space Race" by Brian May and David J. Eicher; Earthrise (MIT Press/NASA)

"Earthrise" (and Apollo 8) turns 50

David J. Eicher, Brian May
The Earth Gazers: On Seeing Ourselves by Christopher Potter (Getty/imaginima/Pegasus Books)

How seeing Earth from space changes you

Keith A. Spencer