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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Follow a spacecraft the size of a piano, named New Horizons, on the first ever spacecraft mission to Pluto, the space entity formerly known as a planet, in the latest addition to the epic and authoritative Scientists in the Field series."--
Publisher
TI Inc. Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Forged in the cauldron of both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Gulag-and fueled by the development of nuclear weapons during the Cold War- The Great Space Race is an epic drama filled with triumphs and tragedies, both technological and deeply human, that riveted the U.S. even as it seemed the fate of the free world (perhaps even the world itself ) hung in the balance. The book features rare, exclusive photographs and thrilling reporting, reflecting LIFE's...
83) Space Cat
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An amusing combination of comical cat story and science fiction for the youngest fans, made even more amusing by the artist's interpretation of a cat in a space suit. -- Horn Book A little gray kitten with a taste for adventure stows away on an airplane, and the daring stunt turns out to be his first step toward becoming ... Space Cat! The plane's pilot, Captain Fred Stone, names his fuzzy new friend Flyball and welcomes him to an experimental station...
85) Moon walk
Author
Publisher
Little Soundprints
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Tomas and his friends visit the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., he sees the Apollo 11 Lunar Module and suddenly finds that he has become Neil Armstrong as he makes his historic walk on the moon in 1969.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Brinkley brings together the extraordinary political, cultural, and scientific factors that fueled the birth and development of NASA and the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects, which shot the United States to victory in the space race against the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. Drawing on new primary source material and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Mike, Buzz, and Neil have a very important mission. They're flying to the Moon! It is scary, but with the support of each other, their NASA colleagues and everyone on Earth cheering them on, the Apollo 11 crew is about to take one giant leap, together.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
NEW REVISED EDITION TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST MOON LANDING Who were the Honeysuckle Creek mob? And how did they assist the first moon landing? When man took the first step on the moon it was a bunch of Australian technicians who tracked the spacecraft and sent the first television pictures to the world. No, not at Parkes - the movie 'The Dish' got it wrong. They were from Honeysuckle Creek in the ACT. This is their story, told...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Paul Galdone's pictures, especially of the kittens in their space suits, have humor and imagination to match the text. -- Saturday Review Flyball, the famous Space Cat, is a father now! He and Moofa, the last of the Martian fishing cats, are the proud parents of a pair of mischievous, fun-loving kittens, Marty and Tailspin. The whole family joins Colonel Fred Stone and a new friend, Bill, on a mission to Alpha Centauri to seek out places where humans...
92) First man
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost, on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself; of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
Author
Series
Galactic hot dogs volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Cosmoe the Earth-boy and his space-adventuring partners, Big Humphree and Princess Dagger, return--just in time to save the galaxy...Crostini's Cosmic Carnival is a strange, monster-filled space train that travels the galaxy. When Cosmoe catches the attention of the carnival's ringmaster, the Neon Wiener, hot-dog-selling spaceship, becomes part of the show. Cosmoe is now known as Cosmoe the Monster-Tamer--and he's a hit across the galaxy! Just one...
94) Kinsman's Oath
Author
Series
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A fantastic futuristic romance complete with political intrigue and out-of-this-world adventure" from the New York Times -bestselling author ( Booklist ). Human telepath Ronan VelKalevi, a Kinsman, was kidnapped by the catlike Shaauri when he was a child. Now, more than two decades later, he has escaped from the aliens who have held him captive for much of his life. On the run, he is saved by the captain of the spaceship Pegasus , Cynara D'Accorso....
95) Apollo 13
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
It had been less than a year since man first walked on the Moon, but to the American public, Apollo 13 was just another 'routine' space flight. That is until these words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston, we have a problem." Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director...
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An annihilation force of invading aliens. Human civilization on the brink of extinction. Earth's only hope -- seven cadets and the legendary starship they were never meant to command. No matter the cost, they will stop at nothing to survive. No matter the odds, they will fight to save their future. The distant future. Earth's Alliance forces have emerged victorious from a brutal nine-year war with the mysterious Kastazi -- a vicious, highly advanced...
98) One giant leap
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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