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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Formats
Description
As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon. On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this engrossing, fast-paced epic, Douglas Brinkley returns to the...
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs in 2 separate volumes (DVD) (approximately 502 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the Wright brothers to the Right Stuff, this is the complete story of manned flight, celebrating 100 years of aeronautical history through rare images and lost interviews with the pioneers of aviation. Learn what really happened at Kill Devil Hill; join Lucky Lindy on his flight into history; hear Jimmy Doolittle's own story of the B-24 raid over Tokyo; walk on the moon with Armstrong, and honor those who paid the ultimate price for the quest...
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....
4) Satellite
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
453 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Born and raised on Moon 2, Leo and the twins, Orion and Libra, are finally old enough and strong enough to endure the dangerous trip to Earth. They've been parented by teams of astronauts since birth and have run countless drills to ready themselves for every conceivable difficulty they might face on the flight. But has anything really prepared them for life on terra firma?"--Jacket flap.
Author
Series
Big ideas that changed the world volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 940L
Language
English
Description
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasn't just one man who got us to the moon. The Moon Landing explores the people and technology that made the moon landing possible. Instead of examining one person's life, it focuses on the moon landing itself, showing the events leading up to it and how it changed the world. The book takes readers through the history...
7) Ad astra
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Army Corps engineer and astronaut Roy McBride is searching for answers in the depths of space. Twenty years ago, Roy's father went in search of proof of the existence of extraterrestrial life on Neptune during a one-way mission. The mission was designated officially as a failure. Roy searches the solar system for the truth about both his father's mission and a recent mystery that has unfolded that threatens Earth. What Roy doesn't know is that this...
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents information about a career in aerospace engineering including the history of the industry, educational requirements for the job, and the future of the profession.
10) Apollo 11
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
From director Todd Douglas Miller comes a cinematic event 50 years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, the film takes viewers straight to the heart of NASA's most celebrated mission, the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.
Publisher
A.D.V. Films
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 1,110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow American astronaut John Crichton and the crew of the Moya on a journey to places they never knew existed and into dangers they never dreamed possible.
Publisher
A.D.V. Films
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 1,110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow American astronaut John Crichton and the crew of the Moya on a journey to places they never knew existed and into dangers they never dreamed possible.
Publisher
A.D.V. Films
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs in 5 separate volumes (DVD) (approximately 1,110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow American astronaut John Crichton and the crew of the Moya on a journey to places they never knew existed and into dangers they never dreamed possible.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 1060 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Noranti and Sikozu are recent additions to the crew. A shocking former enemy will play a major role as well. The stakes have risen for the crew and for the universe itself, including escalating dangers that threaten not only the Farscape galaxy, but Crichton's home galaxy as well.
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