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1) Spin
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Captain Chase novels volume 2
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In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister - as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and only Calli can redirect its course. Aided by cutting-edge technologies, the NASA investigator and scientist turned Space Force pilot sets out on a frantic search for the missing link between...
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Choose your own adventure volume 4
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
The reader is taken aboard a space cruiser to research two different planets and can choose between alternative adventures, each leading to forty-two possible endings.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Machines of every kind are the backbone of space travel. In this, the third book in the Dr. Dave Astronaut series, the former NASA astronaut takes readers on a tour of the incredible equipment that allows humans to travel, live, and work in space, with a focus on technology and engineering."-- Provided by publisher.
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"Come along on a space adventure to discover fun facts about satellites and how and why they are floating around in space!" -- Back cover.
"Images accompany information about Earth satellites. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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Colonists aboard the interstellar starship "John Glenn" are heading for the pristine planet Ymir where they plan to create a utopian society, but a miscalculation leads them to a different solar system where they set up a temporary home and breed children specifically for the purpose of building a collider to gather antimatter the ship needs to continue its journey, and trouble begins when the laborers realize they are going to be abandoned as soon...
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Starlight's Shadow volume 3
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"Recovery specialist Lexi Bowen's jobs typically require more trickery and thievery than honest work. Her former captain might not approve of her flexible morals, but stealing artifacts for rich assholes pays the bills and Lexi's had enough of war and death. The FHP left her to die once; she doesn't plan to give them a chance to finish the job. Unfortunately, her latest contract takes her to Valovia itself -- and right back into the orbit of Nilo...
13) Nimisha's ship
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Description
While on a test flight in a new craft, spaceship designer Nimisha Rondymense is sucked into a wormhole. She emerges light years away in another part of space and meets other victims of the hole. They are people from various civilizations and together they set about building a new civilization of their own. By the author of Freedom's Challenge.
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Series
Secret explorers volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"In The Secret Explorers and the Comet Collision, space expert Roshni leads a mission that's out of this world - literally! With rainforest expert Ollie, she is set the task of fixing the space probe orbiting Jupiter before a comet hits the planet. With the clock ticking, it's a race against time for the Secret Explorers as they dodge asteroids, complete daring spacewalks, and use all their skills to complete their mission."--Amazon.com.
15) Spacecraft
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Fountas & Pinnell
L
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"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early fluent readers to the science and engineering behind spacecraft. Includes infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--
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Pub. Date
2002
Description
A cold and malevolent universe is all the humanity can ever know. In the near future, Vonnegut's scientific researchers learn that the substance of which that galaxy is made, IceT, assures that human life will ever be Emily Dickinson's "zero at the bone." Any belief in manifest human destiny or compassion is doomed. Reissued in hardcover after SLAUGTHERHOUSEFIVE as part of a reevaluation of the importance of Vonnegut's work.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"From Neil Armstrong's first small step to Gene Cernan's last footprint, award-winning author Suzanne Slade captures the experiences of the twelve astronauts who walked on the moon. The book reveals how the Apollo moon missions (1969-1972) built upon one another and unveiled important new discoveries about our nearest neighbor in space."--
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Secret explorers volume 9
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
A space expert and a geology expert take readers on an out-of-this-world adventure to the moon, where they must navigate the dangerous terrain to clear up space debris before it can interfere with a lunar mission.
19) Space travel
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Space Travel explores the science and machines we use in space. Kids will explore the International Space Station, learn about the rovers on the moon and Mars, find out which spacecraft has traveled out of our solar system and more. Engaging photos, exciting graphics, and a fun quiz at the end of each book will keep them learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing,...
20) Frontier
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In the distant future most of the human race has fled a ravaged Earth to find new life on other planets. For those who stayed, a lawless society remains. What passes for justice is presided over by the High Sheriff, and carried out by his ruthless Deputy. Then a ship falls from the sky, bringing the Stranger, a crew member on the first ship in centuries to attempt a return to Earth and save what's left. The Stranger finds herself adrift in a ravaged,...