Is there life in outer space? In book 1 The Journey To Nura we see Jim and his new friends as they face that question. They agree to leave this world and go to Nura to help save a dying race. They travel in a space ship to Nura, facing new challenges as they go.
In Book 2, The Years At Nura they discover a very advanced world, that nearly died out over a small problem. As they help save this new world they learn about the Space Program and many of them become interested in entering that program when the Special Project is over for them. They return for a visit to Earth after 17 years to find tragedies and sorrow.
In book 3, The Space Travelers from Nura The story continues. At the end of 34 years in the Special Project they enter the Space Program and prepare to travel in space. As they travel in space around the North Star they find an abundance of life. They make contact with several other worlds and helped form the League of United Worlds.In this book we see Jim as his friends as they finish out their lives in the space program. This book covers another 60 year of adventures. The story comes to a dramatic conclusion in the last chapter, but don't cheat, it will be better if it hits you as it does Jim at the end of his life.