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Jonathan H. Ward is an author of space histories with unique perspectives. Having grown up in the early space age and worked as a summer tour guide at the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum as a teenager during the Apollo years (and driven a lunar rover there before he was old enough to drive a car), space has been Jonathan's lifelong passion. His professional career included time with Boeing on the Space Station Freedom program. But it is from Jonathan's graduate degree in Systems Management and his extensive work in organizational development and leadership coaching that he learned to appreciate the complexity of the human side of what it takes to put people into space. He is passionate about ensuring that the people behind the sce ...more

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	Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew by Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 2,836 ratings — published 2018 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission by Eileen M. Collins, Jonathan H. Ward (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 694 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rocket Ranch: The Nuts and Bolts of the Apollo Moon Program at Kennedy Space Center (Springer Praxis Books) 4.48 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Countdown to a Moon Launch: Preparing Apollo for Its Historic Journey (Springer Praxis Books) 4.31 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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It’s been far too long since Mike and I last checked in, for which we apologize!

I’m writing this from the airport terminal at Newark after a whirlwind weekend in the New York City area. Mike and I spoke on Saturday at the Northeast Astronomy Forum, the annual shindig thrown by the Rockland Astronomy Club. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen. The exhibit hall in the field house was filled with an

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