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1) Offworld
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When Commander Christopher Burke and his crew return triumphantly to Earth after a mission to Mars, they find that everyone there is gone.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxiii, 374 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The definitive biography of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, with exclusive insights from Ride's family and partner, by the ABC reporter who covered NASA during its transformation from a test-pilot boys' club to a more inclusive elite.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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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....
Author
Language
English
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
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
254 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"N the Quick is the story of June, a brilliant but difficult girl, unloved by her adoptive family, with a gift for mechanical invention, who leaves home to begin a grueling astronaut training program. Six years later, she has gained a coveted post as an engineer on a space station, but is haunted by the mystery of Inquiry, a revolutionary spacecraft powered by her beloved late uncle's fuel cells. The spacecraft went missing when June was twelve years...
6) Sally Ride
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of Sally Ride, who in 1983 became the first American woman to travel in space.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
153 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A biography of the famous astronaut drawing on personal and family photographs from her childhood, school days, college, life in the astronaut corps, and afterward."--
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
"This title includes biographies of important figures of the Space Race from both the United States and the Soviet Union. These men and women include: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova, and others. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Yasmin is not sure she is cut out to be an astronaut, but a class trip to the space museum, and a tour of the mission control exhibit gives her another idea about how she could still be involved in the space program.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While watching Star Trek on television as a child, Mae Jemison was certain she would one day visit space. Then she became the first black female NASA astronaut. Find out how Jemison's passion for science led to her achievements.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
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
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a young girl, Mae Jemison dreamed of going into space. Despite facing obstacles along the way, she never gave up on her dream. Jemison studied chemical engineering in college before continuing her education in medical school. Then in 1987, Jemison got the chance to achieve her goal--she was one of fifteen people chosen to join the NASA astronaut program. When Jemison boarded the Endeavour shuttle in 1992, she became the first Black woman to travel...
13) Mae Jemison
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Elementary
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to become an astronaut and go into space.
15) Astro girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
After Astrid tells her father that she wants to be an astronaut, he tells her of all the things that astronauts have to do.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
164 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Luciana Vega wants to be the first kid on Mars. But first she's got to be a good team player here on Earth."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Shares the story of renowned astronaut and distinguished scientist Kathryn Sullivan, describing how she defied the conventions of her childhood to pursue interests previously limited to boys and how she became the first woman to walk in space.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Most people know Sally Ride as the first American female astronaut to travel in space. But in her lifetime she was also a nationally ranked tennis player, a physicist who enjoyed reading Shakespeare, a university professor, the founder of a company that helped inspire girls and young women to pursue careers in science and math, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom"--
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