posted 03-23-2016 11:10 AM               

In The Incredible Stories of Modern Space Exploration, Nancy takes readers beyond the surface of what some of the most sophisticated space rovers, orbiters and telescopes are discovering in the sky above. This detailed guide provides information on these missions and the science surrounding them, as well as inside interviews with the scientists and engineers who conceive mission concepts, build the spacecraft, study the data and care for the spacecraft.

From the center of our universe, the Sun, readers will see how the Solar Dynamics Observatory gives us the best look ever at the "star" of our solar system by taking images every 0.75 seconds and how that helps scientists understand the mysteries of its turbulent surface and unseen interior. From there, readers can learn more about other missions that are hot in the news such as the Mars Rover, Kepler and the Search for Other Worlds, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Unlocking Jupiter's Secrets through the Juno spacecraft.

• Paperback: 192 pages
  
• Page Street Publishing (November 15, 2016)
  
• ISBN-10: 1624143172
  
• ISBN-13: 978-1624143175

posted 11-01-2016 03:05 PM               

During production, a "very rare" (according to my publisher) font corruption problem occurred and it wasn't detected until after the book was printed.

A note from Page Street's editor-in-chief Will Kiester explains that what happened is a font got corrupted in the color reproduction phase. "However, we don't as a matter of course reread the book by then (nor does any other publisher as far as I know)," he said. "It's a rarity and not something expected. For example, this is the first time this has happened to me in my 25 year career."

Therefore, the books will need to be reprinted, which will delay the originally planned release date of November 15. As of yet, I don't have a firm new date for the release, but I'm trusting (hoping) that it will be sometime in December.