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Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts offers an insider's guide to astronauting--a behind-the-scenes look at the training, the basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel, including how to deal with a dead body in space, what it's like to film an IMAX movie in orbit, what exactly to do when nature calls, and much more.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a chronicle of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the idea of space colonization into an achievable goal, sharing arguments in favor of targeting Saturn's moon, Titan.
"From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer, a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable. We are at the cusp of a golden...
Author
Publisher
Prentice-Hall Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1984.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[39] pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Alistair is kidnapped by a spaceship full of Goots from Gootula, his main concern is for his overdue library books.
4) Space jokes
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Why did the astronaut take a mop into space? To clean up the stardust! How is a telephone like the planet Saturn? They both have rings! Kids are sure to enjoy reading and telling these out-of this-world jokes. Additional features include a table of contents, informational sidebars, a phonetic glossary, a fun-facts section, critical-thinking questions, sources for further research, and an index. Author/Illustrator biography Glossary of key words Index...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the thrilling side of the history of the space race in this fact-tastic, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series about the secrets of American History! Did you know that you can't bring a sandwich on a spaceship? Or that a group of people who had lost their hearing played an important role in the race to send astronauts to the moon? Find out about those true stories and more in this book about the space race of the 1950s and 1960s."--...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Second [American] edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
This compelling story of exploration charts and celebrates humankind in space, from Sputnik's launch in 1957 through the Apollo Moon landings and the International Space Station to future missions to Mars and beyond. Spaceflight chronicles how, in the half-century that followed Sputnik, the world was revolutionized by space travel and exploration. The opening up of Earth's orbit to satellites led to a revolution in communications, monitoring of the...
11) The wanderers
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Station Eleven meets The Martian in this brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them--and their families--changed forever In an age of space exploration, we search to find ourselves. In four years Prime Space will put the first humans on Mars. Helen Kane, Yoshi Tanaka, and Sergei Kuznetsov...
13) The Swarm
Author
Series
Second Formic War volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to their Ender's Game prequel series with this first volume of an all-new trilogy about the Second Formic War in The Swarm. The first invasion of Earth was beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces, and the Chinese army. China has been devastated by the Formic's initial efforts to eradicate Earth life forms and prepare the ground for their own settlement. The Scouring of China...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In 2019, teens Mia, Antoine, and Midori are selected by lottery to join experienced astronauts on a NASA mission to the once top-secret moon base, DARLAH 2, while in a Florida nursing home, a former astronaut struggles to warn someone of the terrible danger there.
16) Stanley in space
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the residents of a far-distant planet send a message to Earth asking for someone to meet with them, the President of the United States asks Stanley Lambchop, an all-American boy, to be his ambassador.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
High up in the sky, the Moon has spent her whole life watching the happenings of Earth below, from dinosaurs roaming to planes taking flight, hoping for a visitor, until one day in 1969 when a spaceship soars from Earth. Includes Earth timeline and a history of space exploration.
18) On the moon
Author
Publisher
Usborne
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go to the moon? This beautifully illustrated picture book will take you on a journey to find out. You can fly into outer space, walk on the moon and take a look at our world from a very, very long way away!
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Outbound flight volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballentine Books
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
453 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Before the onset of the Clone Wars, a group of explorers consisting of six Jedi Masters, twelve Jedi Knights, and a fifty-thousand-member crew set out aboard a state-of-the-art starship on a mission to search for intelligent life outside the known galaxy.
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