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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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The sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space when he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
Decades after her grieving father, a laid-off NASA scientist, triggers chaotic changes in his pursuit of life-extending technology, an astronaut confronts dangerous family secrets to stop a world-threatening crisis.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With the retirement of NASA's space shuttle fleet in 2011, the role of getting people, satellites and other instruments into space falls to private companies. As of June 2011, there have been only 523 people to reach the 100 kilometer mark (considered human spaceflight), and only 24 have traveled beyond low Earth orbit. It is projected that within ten years, the number of people who will have flown into space will increase by about 600 percent due...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"When Jakub Procha is sent into space to examine a cosmic dust cloud covering Venus, it may be a solo suicide mission. Dreaming of becoming a national hero and desperate to atone for his father's sins as a Communist informer, he leaves his beloved wife behind and launches into the galaxy. But things aboard spaceship JanHus1 quickly turn weird, and, to make matters worse, he soon learns that his wife has disappeared without a trace back on Earth. As...
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English
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"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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a sphere utterly inimical to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the pressures of constant close cohabitation;...
Author
Series
Blue Gemini volume 2
Publisher
Yucca Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In the second book of the Blue Gemini trilogy, Air Force Majors Scott Ourecky and Drew Carson continue to fly highly classified missions to intercept and destroy suspect Soviet satellites. But after experiencing numerous close calls in orbit, the astronauts soon discover that not all perils reside in the sky. With his marriage already at risk because he cannot explain his frequent absences and strange activities to his wife, Ourecky learns that his...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
The first science-fiction film brought out in East Germany, The silent star is based on Stanislaw Lem's mysterious novel, The astronauts (1951). In it, an international expedition is sent to Venus to decipher a message found in the Gobi desert, and discovers it is a declaration of war on Earth. This original and unedited version of the film is here available for the first time with English subtitles. The silent star has its own unique Cold War history....
12) Astronauts
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Language
English
Description
What does it take to hold down a job in zero gravity? In this book, find out what it's really like to be an astronaut living in space.
Level 2 Readers are appropriate for children who have started to read but still need help. Longer sentences and an expanded vocabulary make these 48-page books slightly more challenging. Information boxes full of background information will stimulate inquisitive minds.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mae wanted to be an astronaut. She dreamed of dancing in space. She imagined herself surrounded by billions of stars, floating, gliding, and discovering. Her parents encouraged her, saying, "If you believe it, and work hard for it, anything is possible." This encouragement, along with Mae's own curiosity, intelligence, and determination, paved the way for her to become the first African American woman to travel in space.--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
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
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the spectacular, sparkling explosions at a popular tourist sight slow down, Hedgie the hedgehog is the only one capable of flying to tiny planet Mikkop to see what is wrong.
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The girls at Miss Bunsen's are excited at the news that Nova Celeste, the famous astronaut, is offering space camp scholarships to three lucky students. All the winning team has to do is invent a flying machine--in just a week! The girls don't have much to work with, but during a sewing class, they stumble across an incredible idea. But will it fly?
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Journey aboard the "Vomit Comet" where the students of an astronaut school learn what it is like to do this exciting job by experiencing weightlessness, getting their measurements taken for a space suit, and performing a space walk.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A small, but plucky, mouse named Meteor is sure that he can help the Space Shuttle astronauts, and ends up saving the whole mission. Includes facts about NASA and space travel.
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