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Author
Series
Asha and Baz volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Asha and Baz have a paper rocket to launch! Whoever builds the rocket that travels the farthest will get to meet astronaut Chris Hadfield. The only problem is Asha and Baz don't know how to power their rocket. Stuck and unsure, the kids brainstorm by drawing a rocket in the sand using a stick. Only this is a very unusual stick. In fact, it's a magic stick! And it transports them back in time to meet a person who might be able to help them with their...
22) 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...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
171 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A kid's guide to leaving the planet from someone who's done it! Former astronaut Terry Virts guides readers through the practical elements of becoming an astronaut, along with the wonders (and challenges!) of space travel. With insider information on training, piloting a ship, and working in space, readers and aspiring astronauts will be inspired to start their own journey to the stars. This practical guide is full of valuable wisdom and insight...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Between 1969 and 1972, twelve people walked on the surface of the Moon. Twelve others flew over its barren and majestic surface. They were the sons of workers, farmers, soldiers and businessmen. They thought anything was possible and they proved this to the entire world.
For 20 years, Lukas Viglietti, an airline pilot and captain, has been fascinated by the conquest of the astronauts who went to space during his childhood. He has recorded their...
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
279 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Members of the Drummond family descend upon Florida to watch the launch into space of their beloved daughter and sister, Sarah, but their trip is turned upside down by a series of mishaps, coincidences, and bizarre events including kidnapping, gunplay, and black-market negotiations.
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.
28) Neil Armstrong
Author
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the first man on the moon, covering his youth, his career as an astronaut, and his life after NASA.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the first American to orbit the earth. covering his youth, his career as an astronaut, and his life after NASA.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 52
Language
English
Formats
Description
On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch 38-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Perhaps no words in human history became better known than those few he uttered at that historic moment. Upon his return to earth, Armstrong was honored and celebrated for his monumental achievement. He was also -- as James R. Hansen reveals in this fascinating and important...
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xi, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, David Whitehouse brings you the inside story of the astronauts, NASA engineers and political rivals that brought an end to the Space Race.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustration ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Astronaut Clayton Anderson lived aboard the International Space Station--and while he didn't mail letters home, imagine if he did! These letters are full of weird science, wild facts, and outrageous true stories from life in space. Backmatter includes even more information on space, astronauts, and living among the stars"--
33) Moonfall
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurdling on a collision course with life, as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler is convinced she has the key to saving us all, but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper and a conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman believe her. These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible...
Author
Language
English
Description
"As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy, appeared on the cover of Life magazine, and quickly grew into fashion icons. Annie Glenn, with her picture-perfect marriage, was the envy of the other wives; platinum-blonde Rene Carpenter...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
viii, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A memoir of the author's career with the space shuttle program describes his work as a Mission Specialist in the first group of shuttle astronauts, and hundreds of hours spent aboard Discovery and Atlantis.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A memoir by the former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver traces his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance, and grace that create opportunities for success.
"Leland Melvin is the only person in history to catch a pass in the National Football League and in space. Though his path from the gridiron to the heavens was riddled with setbacks and injury, Leland persevered to reach...
40) The fated sky
Author
Series
Lady astronaut novels volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space, and requires a much larger share of humanity to take part in the process"--
"The Fated...
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