Future Space

In einem Universum der Narben entscheidet sich Garlyns Schicksal... "Auf der Suche nach Heilung für die sterbende Welt Skaya geraten Garlyn und seine Freunde in eine völlig unbekannte Region des Schattenraums, aus der es kein Entkommen gibt: den Narbenraum. Sie sind nicht allein: Hunderte Wesen aus anderen Zeiten und Universen sind mit ihnen hier gestrandet und kämpfen um ihr Überleben. Denn in der Finsternis gibt es eine fremde Lebensform, die Jagd auf die Gestrandeten macht und sie einen nach dem anderen vernichtet."

A near-future Earth has shaken off the devastating colonization by alien Lokaran invaders and totalitarian rule by the alien's puppets, the Earth First party. But now Earth is flung into galactic intrigue and war. The Lokaron empire teeters on the edge of a fratricidal meltdown, and a cabal of ancient enemies hope to use Earth as a proxy to destroy the empire and rule over a new Galactic dark age.

Brazilian investigator Rosalia Morais, and her husband, revered American spacer Nicolau Aames, are building a life together in Mars’s Maxwell City, the fastest-growing settlement on the planet. Good news: there are no natural predators. Bad news: there are humans. That means the crime rate is growing, too. To ensure public safety, Rosie’s appointed by the mayor as the Red Planet’s first chief of police.

Almost 250 years ago, our Founders thought We the People were the solution. Today, it looks like we have become the problem. What happened, and what can We the People do about it? Every day, the news delivers the same story: as a nation, we are so divided, we spend more time picking fights than solving our most urgent problems. It’s exhausting and exasperating. In Remaking the Space Between Us, Smith invites us to see what lies behind this story: a growing trend in which more and more of us are seeking refuge in like-minded groups while distancing from groups different from our own.

In this book, the focus is on spaceships used to access and travel in space. In my research, I was pretty amazed at how many spaceships have been designed, the large number available in the current era, and that many more are already on the drawing boards. Some spaceships like the Space Shuttle seemed like a great idea back in the 1970s and 1980s. But due to the compromises in design were very expensive for each flight and kind of dangerous, too.

Chaison Fanning, the admiral of a fleet of warships, has been captured and imprisoned by his enemies, but is suddenly rescued and set free. He flees through the sky to his home city to confront the ruler who betrayed him. And perhaps even to regain his lovely, powerful, and subversive wife, Venera, who he has not seen since she fled with the key to the artificial sun at the center of Virga, Candesce.

Decades after the devastating Catastrophe, Earth has become a radioactive wasteland sparsely populated by bands of genetically modified humans struggling to survive on limited resources. An expedition of 10 explorers from the Aurora planet returns to this desolate landscape to investigate the mysterious causes of its destruction. But when an unexpected guest breaks into their base, the team needs to wield all of its brain power not only to make sense of the helpless planet but also to stay together as a community.

Curt Newton has spent most of his life hidden from the rest of humankind, being raised by a robot, an android, and the disembodied brain of a renowned scientist. This unlikely trio of guardians has kept his existence a closely guarded secret after the murder of Curt's parents.

Seventeen years after it began, the interstellar war has taken its toll: the inhabitants of Earth are desperate to find a way to defeat the Argoni, a merciless and horrifying alien race. Light-years away from the fighting, mechanic Landry Stanton lives a peaceful, mundane life on the desolate planet Procyon One, and that's just the way he likes it. But when an unauthorized trip to the other side of the planet leaves him shipwrecked and stranded alongside a hostile alien that wants him dead, Landry discovers a terrifying secret.

Die Jagd geht weiter! "Tief in der unergründlichen Finsternis des Schattenraums liegt die Gefängnissphäre Skaya. Ein Ort voller fremder Kulturen und bizarrer Lebewesen. Eine sterbende Welt. Und ein blutiges Schlachtfeld. Als Garlyn und Kirai die Sphäre betreten, auf der Suche nach den letzten Überlebenden von Garlyns Volk, geraten sie in einen Krieg zwischen zwei mächtigen Imperien, die seit Generationen um die Vorherrschaft über Skaya kämpfen.

2386. Der Abenteurer und Ex-Weltraumpirat Garlyn ist der Letzte der Crondar, einer uralten, außerirdischen Spezies. Von ihnen hat er die Schattenhelix geerbt, den Schlüssel zum Schattenraum, einem düsteren Paralleluniversum. Doch so mächtig das Artefakt auch ist, Garlyn weiß nicht, wie er es benutzen kann. In seinem Bemühen, die Schattenhelix zu meistern, macht sich Garlyn auf den Weg quer durch die Galaxis. Sein Ziel ist der geheimnisvolle Planet Viridis, auf dem er hofft, Antworten zu finden. Es wird eine Reise voller Gefahren, auf der er alten und neuen Feinden begegnet. Denn auch andere wissen von der Schattenhelix - und sie werden alles tun, um sie in ihre Hände zu bekommen.

Una leyenda del futuro, de Agustín de Rojas, es un admirable estudio sobre la sofocación social que se lleva a cabo en una misión fallida a Titán, una de las lunas de Saturno. El viaje de regreso a tierra fuerza a los tripulantes a confrontar sus miedos más profundos mientras coexisten unos con otros en pleno estado de desesperación. Esta novela extraordinaria, que recuerda 2001: Odisea del espacio de Arthur C. Clarke, es un roman à clef de ciencia ficción sobre las presiones intensas - económicas, ideológicas, psicológicas - de la Cuba comunista.

Aerospace journalist Joe Pappalardo has witnessed space rocket launches around the world, from the jungle of French Guiana to the coastline of California. In his comprehensive work Spaceport Earth, Pappalardo describes the rise of private companies in the United States and how they are reshaping the way the world is using space for industry and science. Spaceport Earth is a travelogue through modern space history as it is being made.

Henrik Harlacker, an unassuming Earthling, discovers a startling truth—he's the rightful heir to the fabled Andromeda galaxy. But this coveted throne has fallen into the clutches of a malevolent usurper, determined to maintain his iron grip on power. Venture into boundless space as Henrik rallies diverse allies against unimaginable odds. Struggling with self-doubt and inexperience, he embarks on a profound journey of self-discovery, embracing his cosmic legacy to become the leader the galaxy needs.

If you have noted the recent news and celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, then there should be little doubt that within the next ten years, we will return to the Moon. In twenty years, there will be one or more active stations permanently located on the Moon. Very likely, both the Western countries and the Chinese will be there. Also, very likely, the venture to the Moon will be the result of a cooperative arrangement among NASA, the European Space Agency, and companies such as SpaceX.

Have you ever wondered how humans will colonize space? This audiobook addresses the major players in the private space industry, NASA's role in privatized space tourism, how the general population will be able to travel to space sooner, and what we can do to achieve a more forward-thinking society.

Говорят, будущее туманно, но только не для меня. Я перепрыгнула из двадцать первого века сразу в тридцатый и точно могу сказать – ничего хорошего нас там не ждёт. Я попала в преступный синдикат, но искренне надеялась, что после оговоренного срока смогу начать новую, честную жизнь. Однако на последнем задании меня угораздило нарваться на главу миротворцев. Кто он, этот инопланетянин с безумно красивым лицом и телом? Враг или друг, которым хочет казаться? Я обязательно разберусь и больше ни в какие авантюры не вляпаюсь.

Больше всего я мечтала создать счастливое будущее своему пятилетнему сыну. Но у далёких потомков на нас свои планы. Они переместили нас на другую планету, на многие сотни лет вперед.

Chris Impey conducts listeners across the vast, fast-developing field of astrobiology, surveying the dizzying advances carrying us ever closer to the discovery of life beyond Earth—and the prospect of humans living on another planet. With a view spanning astronomy, planetary science, geology, chemistry, and biology, Impey provides a state-of-the-art account of what's behind this accelerating progress, what's next, and what it might mean for humanity's future.

This audiobook explores how the discoveries within the Solar System and of exoplanets far beyond it come together to help us understand the habitability of Earth, and how these findings guide the search for exoplanets that could support life. The author highlights how, within two decades of the discovery of the first planets outside the Solar System in the 1990s, scientists concluded that planets are so common that most stars are orbited by them. The lives of exoplanets and their stars are inextricably interwoven.