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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.
Publisher
Smithsonian Channel
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 230 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of N.A.S.A. and the U.S. space program and explores future plans to put astronauts into deep space.
10) What is NASA?
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."--
12) Spin
Author
Series
Captain Chase novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
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....
14) 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.
Publisher
Cerebellum Corporation
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the audience to a team of dedicated scientists who brought Curiosity to life. Brand new science and technology that had never been attempted made this mission a reality. This includes her custom-built heat shield designed to withstand intense 1,600 C degree heat and speeds up to 21,735 km/hr, and her state-of-the-art supersonic parachute.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
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...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 258 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered.. Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (219 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mysterious flying objects, unexplained disappearances, species invasions: a swirl of suspicion has circled our planet for decades, but few definitive answers have been offered. This collection combs through three and a half hours of evidence, interviews, and theories that attempt to explain the unexplained. From astronauts to abductees, a variety of sources submit film footage and firsthand testimonies to be examined in search for the truth.
Publisher
A and E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Recently declassified documents reveal NASA's ambitious plans of going far beyond the moon were in the works as early as the 1950s -- 'Mars by 1965, Saturn by 1970'. Discover the surprising details behind this ground-breaking effort with fascinating insights from the brilliant physicists who were instrumental to deep-space projects that were top secret ... until just recently"--Container.
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