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The Apollo Moon landings have been called the last optimistic act of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys, and all were indelibly marked by it. Journalist Smith reveals the stories of the nine still living men caught between the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Earth's collective dreaming: we relive the flashbulbs, the first shocking glimpse of Earth from space, the sense of euphoria and awe. This was the...
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"Space travel is the best, but making space for friends is better. An imaginative only child named Avni enjoys the perks of being the only astronaut in her space station (a. k. a. home). She can take off whenever she wants, commands a whole rocket ship by herself, and never has to wait her turn. But when space exploration becomes too much work for a solo astronaut, she goes on a mission in her neighborhood to find a capable assistant ... with unexpected...
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In this book, a young girl imagines that the moon is her friend as it goes through its ever-changing phases. As a waxing crescent, the moon seems like it's playing peek-a-boo. As a waning gibbous, it looks like a bag of candies and cookies. Readers will learn the phases of the moon through this wonderfully imaginative story in rhyme. This book is sure to spark curiosity and wonder in young readers and encourage them to think critically about shapes...
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Leland Melvin is the only person in history to catch a pass in the National Football League and in space. Though his path from the gridiron to the heavens was riddled with setbacks and injury, Leland persevered to reach the stars. While training with NASA, Leland suffered a severe injury that left him deaf. He was relegated to earthbound assignments but chose to remain and support his astronaut family. His loyalty paid off: after he recovered partial...
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Astronuts volume 3
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So far the AstroNuts have failed to find a suitable planet, but NNASA has come up with a new plan: send the the four animal astronauts back through time on Earth where they are to contact early homo sapiens and somehow set them on a path to a sustainable future--trouble is, humans seem inferior to many of the other species (especially the wolves), so the AstroNuts come up with a Survival of the Fittest Olympics, hoping that with a little help the...
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The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is building rockets with him. When he dies unexpectedly, all Ro has left of him is an unfinished model rocket they had been working on together.Benjamin Burns doesn?t like science, but he can?t get enough of Spacebound, a popular comic book series. When he finds a sketch that suggests that his dad created the comics, he?s thrilled. Too bad his dad walked out...
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Lift off into space with George and his telescope, a fun space book for kids 5 to 7
George has a new telescope and he is surprised, when some aliens come to visit him. They take over his telescope and together they embark on an incredible adventure into outer space. George learns that the universe is a mysterious place and you will never know what you might find out there!
What does George find? And, how does he fix the space junk problem?
Get ready...
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Historias de niños que aman a las estrellas es un libro inspirado en esos niños que, desde ventanas, patios o camas se imaginan a los seres celestes y entablan conversaciones con ellos, desde cualquier lugar del mundo. Un Meteorito aspirante a cantante, un Cometa resfriado, el conejo de la Luna, la Ballena interestelar, el villano Cuásar y un ilusionista Agujero de gusano, entre otros personajes, son los protagonistas de estas historias que les...
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Jordie is awed by asteroids, perplexed by planets, and mesmerized by moons. She can't believe her luck when she finds a black hole taking up residence in her desk at school. Of course, she's keeping it. But when the black hole starts snarfing everything in sight-including Neptune the dog-she realizes that black holes need wide open spaces, galaxies to graze, and stars to slurp. So, she sets things right. Just not before she embarking on a wild, time-...
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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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Yasmin wants to be an astronaut someday, but after a class trip to the space museum, she's not sure she's cut out for space flight. Then a tour of the mission control exhibit gives Yasmin another idea about how her future might lift off! Bestselling author Saadia Faruqi shares another delightful story featuring Yasmin and her multi-generational Pakistani American family.
20) One Giant Leap
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* Editor's Pick, BookLife by Publishers Weekly
* Gold Medal, Mom's Choice Awards
I'm pretty sure I'm about to die in space. And I just turned twelve and a half.
Blast off with the four winners of the StellarKid Project on a trip to the International Space Station and then to the Gateway outpost orbiting the Moon! It's a dream come true until space junk collides with the ISS, turning their epic trip into a nightmare of survival. Alone aboard the...
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