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1) Offworld
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English
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When Commander Christopher Burke and his crew return triumphantly to Earth after a mission to Mars, they find that everyone there is gone.
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English
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In this encouraging nonfiction reader, children visit an actual space camp! Readers will learn what astronauts eat, where they sleep, and how they prepare for journeys into space through the help of robots and stimulators. Featuring vibrant images, informative text, and fun, interesting facts, readers are encouraged to discover what they would want to explore in space!
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When you think of a NASA astronaut, the image that probably comes to mind is one of the All-American hero: athletic, charismatic, ready to take on the stars. But former NASA astronaut turned business speaker and bestselling author Mike Massimino was pretty much the opposite. He was the underdog, one of the weakest swimmers during NASA training and a "gangly, scrawny, working-class kid from Long Island with bad eyesight and a fear of heights." Still,...
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Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"Ever wondered what space is really like? In his 25 years of training for, flying in, consulting on, and writing and speaking about space, astronaut and spacewalker Tom Jones can answer that question and many others. What do you feel on liftoff? What is weightlessness? Where do you sleep in space? Can you see the Great Wall of China? Jones answers every question you have ever had about space in Ask the Astronaut. His characteristic blend of wit, personal...
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Houston and his younger brother Robbie dream of becoming astronauts, but when Houston is accepted to the Junior Astronaut Recruitment Program he realizes that Robbie's dream may not be achievable due to his cerebral palsy, so he makes a new plan that shoots for the stars.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"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....
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Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
49 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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English
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Explores how the human body behaves in zero gravity, answering questions about how astronauts go to the bathroom, why they grow taller, and why burping is risky in space.
10) Kalpana Chawla
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and individuals with disabilities. This book examines the life of Indian American astronaut Kalpana Chawla in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps young readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes table of contents, author biography, timeline,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1170L
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English
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"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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960L
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English
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"This book covers the most fascinating new space-travel discoveries in recent years. Inspired by science headlines, the book explores new discoveries, technological achievements, and exciting new research into the final frontier"--Provided by the publisher.
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Series
Astronaut Academy volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
"Hakata Soy's past as the leader of a futuristic superhero team is catching up with him, just as he's making a fresh start at a new school. How can Hakata study for his classes in anti-gravity gymnastics, fireball throwing, and wearing cute hats when he's got a robot doppelganger on its way to kill him?"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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In time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing comes this edition of journalist Andrew Smith's Moondust, now updated with a new Afterword, that tells the fascinating story of twelve astronauts who ventured to space, and his interviews with nine of the surviving men.
The Apollo lunar missions of the 1960s and 1970s have been called the last optimistic acts of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys...
15) The life below
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Final six volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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As Naomi and her fellow teen astronauts investigate the fate of their predecessors on the Europa colony, back on a deteriorating Earth, Leo works with a renegade scientist to warn the crew about hostile extraterrestrials.
Leaving Earth behind is hard, but what's ahead, on Europa, could be worse. The International Space Training Camp continues to hide the truth about what happened to the last group of astronauts who attempted a similar colonization...
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English
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Travel to the 22nd century in this captivating nonfiction title that allows readers to discover the future of space. Elementary readers will be fascinated with the possibilities that may await human life in the future. Readers will learn about the technology that may be used to one day allow humans to live on another planet, new worlds, alien life, and artificial intelligence. Featuring Time For Kids© content, informational text, engaging diagrams,...
19) Working in space
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
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Description
"How does it feel to work in zero gravity in a laboratory more than 200 miles above Earth? What kinds of experiments do astronauts carry out aboard the International Space Station (ISS)? And how does it feel to step out of the space station into the darkness of space? In this new Science Slam! title, kids will discover the answers to all these questions and many more fascinating facts about working in space. Each book is expertly crafted to meet early...
20) Return to earth
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English
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Colonel Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, a member of the Apollo 11 crew, tells about his adventures on the moon, and about the aftermath when, as an international celebrity, he has to face the consequences of sudden fame, its rewards and its penalties.
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