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More Great Links
- NASA's Astronaut Page
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- Kennedy Space Center
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- NASA's Astronaut Training and Selection Site
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- Engelbert, Phyllis and Dupuis, Diane L. "The Handy Space Answer Book." Visible Ink Press. Michigan. 1998.
- Gamble, Allen O., Ph.D. "Personal Recollections of the Selection of the First Seven Astronauts."
http://scottcarpenter.com/essay6_1.html - Sparrow, Giles. "Space Flight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Shuttle -- and Beyond." DK Publishing, New York, 2007.
- "Astronaut" in World Book. NASA.gov
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/astronaut_worldbook.html - "Astronaut Selection." NASA.gov.
http://nasajobs.nasa.gov/astronauts/ - "Astronauts." NASA.gov.
http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/index.html - "Help Wanted: Astronauts." NASA.gov.
http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/recruit.html - "Human Space Flight." NASA.gov.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html - "Johnson Space Center." NASA.gov.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/index.html - "Kennedy Space Center." NASA.gov.
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