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Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
49 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
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Description
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.
23) Astronaut life
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
With this fun and informative volume, young would-be astronauts can find out more about space without setting foot on a rocket or space station. From history about humankind's dreams of space travel to weird facts about what space does to the human body, this out-of-this-world book will draw in developing readers with unusual information and bright photographs.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
Recounts the bold but dangerous mission to secure America's position as the first nation to reach the moon, revealing the dangers endured by its crew and the ways the mission brought renewal to a country ravaged by assassinations and war.
25) Ocean's echo
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Ocean's Echo is a stand-alone space adventure about a bond that will change the fate of worlds, set in the same universe as Everina Maxwell's hit debut, Winter's Orbit. Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all neuromodified "readers," is a security threat on his own. But when controlled, readers are a rare asset. Not only can they read minds, but they can navigate chaotic space, the...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (1 hr., 13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Get ready to blast off in this fun family adventure where space dog Pushok stows away on a U.S. rocket to find his missing astronaut father who is stuck on the moon. However, Pushok is not alone. He reunites with his mom and together they learn the true meaning of teamwork.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
430L
Language
English
Formats
Description
An astronaut in a magic moon machine agrees to take a child with her on her journey, but the child has so much baggage the machine will not fly. With more than 10 million copies in print, Magic Castle Readers is one of the most successful beginning reading series available today. These books feature charming illustrations and provide children with a fun escape to faraway lands. Curriculum topics are woven into each book and include subjects such as...
28) A kite for Moon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy, seeing that Moon is lonely, sends up a kite to cheer her then, after growing up and learning many things, he becomes the first human to visit her. Dedicated to Neil Armstrong and written in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the first U.S. moon landing.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Published to coincide with the launch of NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission, the definitive account of our quest to find life on the Red Planet.
From The War of the Worlds to David Bowie to The Martian, and to the amazing photos sent by the rovers Curiosity and Opportunity, Mars has excited our imaginations as the most likely other habitat for life in the solar system. Now the Red Planet is coming under scrutiny as never before. As a new set of missions...
30) Space travel
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
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Description
This children's book on space travel is packed with inspiring stories and facts about space exploration, astronauts, and the first moon landing.
Author
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Buzz Aldrin speaks out as a vital advocate for the continuing quest to push the boundaries of the universe as we know it. As a pioneering astronaut who first set foot on the moon during mankind's first landing of Apollo 11-- and as an aerospace engineer who designed an orbital rendezvous technique critical to future planetary landings -- Aldrin has a vision, and in this book he plots out the path he proposes, taking humans to Mars by 2035.
Author
Series
Take them to the stars volume 2
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Always run, never fight.
Preserve the knowledge.
Survive at all cost.
Take them to the stars.
Over 100 identical generations, Mia's family has shaped earth history to push humanity to the stars, making brutal, wrenching choices and sacrificing countless lives.
After nudging the human race through the dawn of rocket technology, Mia finds herself about to help launch the first people into space. She can't take them to the stars, not quite yet,...
35) Space travel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What's it like to travel through space? From take off to landing to everything in between, readers will learn the ins and outs of space travel. Low-leveled, chunked text alongside stunning photographs will engage the youngest space enthusiasts."--
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...
37) Star dragon
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The SS Cygni probe sent back hours of video, captured by the Biolathe AI, but only a few minutes mattered-the four minutes that showed a creature made of fire, living, moving, and dancing in the plasma fire of the double star's accretion disk. A dragon made of star stuff, so alien that only a human expedition to observe and perhaps capture it, and could truly understand them.
It's a perilous journey into the future, however, for SS Cygni is 245 light-...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Unable to interest her parents, her brothers, or her dog on a trip to the moon, Lana heads to her room where she uses creativity and imagination to blast off in her own amazing space adventure. . . an adventure so amazing that the man in the moon, a moon woman, two moon boys, and moon monster soon soar in"--
39) Earth awakens
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
A latest entry in the Ender's Game prequel series that includes Earth Afire follows an invasion of terraforming aliens on Earth, which is complicated by politics and power struggles until a small band of humans organize a desperate defense.
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