A Listing of Books on Canadian Spaceflight History

Canadian Space Program

Bondar, Barbara, and Roberta Bondar. On The Shuttle: Eight Days in Space. Toronto: Maple Tree Press, 1995.

Bondar, Roberta. Touching the Earth. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1994.

Dixon, Joan. Roberta Bondar: The Exceptional Achievements of Canada's First Woman Astronaut. Canmore, Alberta: Altitude Publishing Canada Ltd., 2004.

Dotto, Lydia. Canada in Space. Toronto: Irwin Publishing, 1987.

Dotto, Lydia. The Astronauts: Canada's Voyageurs in Space. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co., 1993.

Gainor, Chris. Canada In Space: The People & Stories Behind Canada's Role in the Exploration of Space. Edmonton: Folklore Publishing, 2006.

Godefroy, Andrew B. Defence and Discovery: Canada's Military Space Program, 1945-74. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011.

Hadfield, Chris. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth. Toronto: Random House Canada, 2013.

Hadfield, Chris. You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes. Toronto: Random House Canada, 2014. 

Harz, Theodore R. and Irvine Paghis. Spacebound. Ottawa: Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply and Services Canada, 1982.

Jelly, Doris H. Canada: 25 Years in Space. Montreal: Polyscience Publications Inc., 1988.

Kirton, John, ed. Canada, the United States, and Space. Toronto: Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1986.

Mayer, Roy. Scientific Canadian: Invention and Innovation from Canada's National Research Council. Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 1999.

McDonald, Bob. Canadian Spacewalkers. Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre, 2014.

Melady, John. Canadians in Space: The Forever Frontier. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2009.

Milberry, Larry. Air Transport in Canada. Toronto: Canav Books, 1997.

Robert, Olivier-Louis. La cité dans les étoiles. Ottawa: Éditions Pierre Tisseyre, 2001.

Shepherd, Gordon, and Agnes Kruchio. Canada's Fifty Years in Space. Burlington, Ontario: Apogee Books, 2008.

Trump, Christopher G. Space. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1987.

Avro Engineers at NASA

Gainor, Chris. Arrows to the Moon: Avro's Engineers and the Space Race. Burlington, Ontario: Apogee Books, 2001.

Dethloff, Henry C. Suddenly Tomorrow Came..., A History of the Johnson Space Center. Houston, Texas: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1993.

Murray, Charles and Catherine Bly Cox. Apollo: The Race to the Moon. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1989.

Dr. Gerald Bull and his Cannons

Adams, James. Bull's Eye: The Assassination and Life of Supergun Inventor Gerald Bull. New York: Times Books, 1992.

Grant, Dale. Wilderness of Mirrors: The Life of Gerald Bull. Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice-Hall Canada Ltd., 1991.

Lowther, Wiliam. Arms and the Man: Dr. Gerald Bull, Iraq and the Supergun. Toronto: Seal Books, 1991.

Canadian Astronomy

Jarrell, Richard A. The Cold Light of Dawn: A History of Canadian Astronomy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988.

Broughton, R. Peter. Looking Up: A History of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994.


Cosmos 954 Recovery Operation

Heaps, Leo. Operation Morning Light: Terror in the Skies, the True Story of Cosmos 954. New York and London: Paddington Press Ltd., 1978.

Morrison, C.A. Voyage Into the Unknown: The Search and Recovery of Cosmos 954. Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings Inc., 1983.