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Space runners volume 1
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English
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In the year 2085, an elite group of kids, including twelve-year-old Benny, is selected for a life-changing trip to the Moon and end up as Earth's only defense against an alien invasion.
2) Space
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Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie present information about the universe, including our solar system, and briefly describe the history of space travel and of the science of astronomy.
3) Astronauts
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Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Provides a simple description of how astronauts live, work, and prepare for the future in space.
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Imperial Radch volume 1
Language
English
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Now isolated in a single frail human body, Breq, an artificial intelligence that used to control of a massive starship and its crew of soldiers, tries to adjust to her new humanity while seeking vengeance and answers to her questions.
5) Liftoff!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A simple overview of some of the preparations leading up to the launch of a space shuttle.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly more entrepreneurs—Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos—are seduced by the commercial potential of human access to space. But Beyond Earth does not offer another wide-eyed technology fantasy: instead, it is grounded not only in the human capacity for invention and the appeal of adventure but also in the bureaucratic, political, and scientific realities that present obstacles...
8) NASA
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
The Eagle has landed -- Houston we've got a problem -- Apollo 15 (in the mountains of the moon) -- Apollo 16, nothing so hidden -- Challenger, disaster and investigation -- NASA, the 25th year.
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 52
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English
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When an evil professor begins threatening New Mouse City with terrible inventions, Geronimo Stilton is enlisted by local authorities to embark on a top-secret mission to outer space to thwart a nefarious plot.
10) Earth to Stella
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Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Before Stella's father comes in to tell her a bedtime story, Stella takes a little trip in a spaceship.
12) To space & back
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Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Describes in text and photographs what it is like to be an astronaut on the space shuttle. Includes a glossary of terms.
13) Future flight!
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In the last 100 years, aviation technology has surged from the beginnings of flight to a highly advanced space age. Take a look at a 15 cm plane that the US military is considering for espionage and a new plane from NASA, the Hyper Soar, that would make a trip from Toronto to Tokyo in 2 hours. Learn about the strides NASA is taking in the development of rocket ship launching, satellite planes, and its genius space home. Fly into the future in this...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts offers an insider's guide to astronauting--a behind-the-scenes look at the training, the basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel, including how to deal with a dead body in space, what it's like to film an IMAX movie in orbit, what exactly to do when nature calls, and much more.
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Adventures of Commander Zack Proton volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Commander Zack Proton and Omega Chimp search for planet Bounceback where, according to news reports, their ship has just dropped off sixteen million pigs.
Author
Series
Adventures of Commander Zack Proton volume 1
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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Description
When Commander Zack Proton falls out of his spaceship on his way to the bathroom, he is saved by Omega Chimp. Together they fight Big Large, a horrible space giant.
20) Salvation
Author
Series
Salvation sequence volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Humanity's complex relationship with technology spirals out of control in this first book of an all-new trilogy from "the owner of the most powerful imagination in science fiction" (Ken Follett). In 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. Cutting-edge technology of linked jump gates has rendered most forms of transportation--including starships--virtually obsolete. Every place on earth, every distant planet humankind...
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