The Emme Committee of the American Astronautical Society (AAS) has completed its deliberations and is pleased to announce the recipient of the [URL=http://astronautical.org/awards/eugene-m-emme-award/]2009 Emme Award for Astronautical Literature[/URL]:
Gallentine, Jay. [i]Ambassadors From Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft[/i] (University of Nebraska Press)
The following titles are recognized as finalists for the 2009 award: [list][*]Evans, Ben. [i]Escaping the Bonds of the Earth: The Fifties and Sixties[/i] (Springer-Praxis)
[*]Helvajian, H. and S. Janson. [i]Small Satellites: Past, Present, and Future[/i] (The Aerospace Press)
[*]Lyall, Francis F. and Paul B. Larsen. [i]Space Law: A Treatise[/i] (Ashgate Publishing Company)
[*]McDonald, Allan J. with James R. Hansen. [i]Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster[/i] (University Press of Florida)[/list]
The recipient of the [b]2009 Emme Junior Award for Astronautical Literature[/b] (Children's Category) is:
Braun, Eric. [i]If I Were An Astronaut (Dream Big!)[/i] (Picture Window Books)
The recipient of the [b]2009 Emme Junior Award for Astronautical Literature[/b] (Young Adult Category) is:
Fies, Brian. [i]Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow[/i] (Abrams ComicArts)
The following titles are recognized as finalists for the 2009 Emme Junior Award: [list][*]Dyer, Alan. [i]Mission to the Moon[/i] (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)
[*]O'Brien, Patrick. [i]You Are the First Kid on Mars[/i] (Putnam Juvenile)
[*]Ottavani, Jim, Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon. [i]T-Minus[/i] (Aladdin, imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing)
[*]Siy, Alexandra. [i]Cars on Mars: Roving the Red Planet[/i] (Charlesbridge Publishing)[/list]