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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as 'human computers' used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in...
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.
4) NASA
Author
Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the function of NASA and the impact of its various space exploration programs.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
107 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, and the many missions and discoveries that have taken place since then. NASA has a rich history and still plays an important role in...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11."--
11) Spin
Author
Series
Captain Chase novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister - as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and only Calli can redirect its course. Aided by cutting-edge technologies, the NASA investigator and scientist turned Space Force pilot sets out on a frantic search for the missing link between...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps, arguing that only military test pilots--a group then made up exclusively of men--had the right stuff. It was an era in which women were steered away from jobs in science and deemed unqualified for space flight. Eventually, though, NASA recognized its blunder and opened the application process to a wider array of hopefuls, regardless of race or gender....
13) Sally Ride
Author
Series
Publisher
France Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This magical biography charts the life of Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into space. It's the perfect gift for young dreamers.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography of Nancy Grace Roman, the astronomer who overcame obstacles such as weakening eyesight and teachers who did not believe astronomy was an appropriate career for a woman to lead the NASA team to build the Hubble Space Telescope. This is the empowering story of a female scientist's triumphs at a time when society discouraged women from pursuing scientific careers. It is also the story of an important milestone in the field of...
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 18
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
1971
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
177 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nancy Drew sets out to prove that her father's client was unjustly accused of trying to sabotage the United States space program.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Includes bibliographical references.
Biography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson.
Shares the story of the pioneering African American mathematician, Katherine Johnson, who helped calculate America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon.
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
157 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The U.S. may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space. It took years to catch up, but soon NASA's first female astronauts were racing past milestones of their own. The trail-blazing women of Group 9, NASA's first mixed gender class, had the challenging task of convincing the powers that be that a woman's place is in space, but they discovered that NASA had plenty...
19) Space heroes
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles four women who have been integral to NASA's space program, helping to develop the Hubble Space Telescope, create computer code to send spacecraft to the moon, and work onboard the space shuttle.
20) Sally Ride
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
57 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well." -- Amazon.com.
"A biography of Sally Ride in the She Persisted series"--
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