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Author
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The mysteries of space have intrigued us since ancient times. Early observers named the constellations as a way to keep track of the starry patterns in the night sky. Through the years, astronomers discovered planets, moons, and many other objects. As technology improved, the dream of physically exploring space became reality, and space shuttles blasted into the world above our heads. Where will we go next?"--
62) Sheep blast off!
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Upon finding a spaceship, sheep climb aboard and bumble around until they blast off into orbit.
Author
Series
Wayfarers volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Return to the sprawling universe of the Galactic Commons, as humans, artificial intelligence, aliens, and some beings yet undiscovered explore what it means to be a community in this exciting third adventure in the acclaimed and multi-award-nominated science fiction Wayfarers series, brimming with heartwarming characters and dazzling space adventure. Hundreds of years ago, the last humans on Earth boarded the Exodus Fleet in search of a new home among...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street. Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an...
Author
Series
[Thea Stilton and ] volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The Thea Sisters are in for a great adventure when they are invited by a professor at Mouseford Academy on a trip to the Moon.
70) A kite for Moon
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A young boy, seeing that Moon is lonely, sends up a kite to cheer her then, after growing up and learning many things, he becomes the first human to visit her. Dedicated to Neil Armstrong and written in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the first U.S. moon landing.
72) Roving Mars
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Join the Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet and discover what no human has ever seen or known before.
73) Red thunder
Author
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
An unlikely group of seven suburban misfits band together to construct a spaceship built out of old tanker cars that they call Red Thunder, determined to beat the Chinese in a race to become the first humans to set foot on Mars.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lopside the rescue mutt and his canine crew are working alongside their humans onboard the spaceship Laika. Then the dogs are abandoned, millions of miles from civilization, and survival seems impossible. But these are all good dogs--and good dogs always complete their mission. --
77) Asteroid hunters
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
One of the top scientists in the field of asteroid hunting explains how, for the first time, humanity could have the knowledge to prevent a devastating asteroid impact. --
Series
Publisher
World Book
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"An introduction to human space exploration for primary and intermediate grade students, with information about the early history of space travel and current space exploration. Includes a list of highlights for each chapter, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index"--
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Space travel has become a dirty way of life dominated by derelicts, grease monkeys, and hard-boiled interplanetary traders such as Samuel Curtis. Follow Samuel on his Homeric journey to provide the all-female planet of Venus with a suitable male, while being pursued by an enigmatic killer, Professor Hess.
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
On July 20, 1969 the whole world stopped. It was a day in which a man who grew up on a farm without electricity would announce, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." In this, the first ever biography of Neil Armstrong, Leon Wagener explores the man whose walk on the moon is still compared to humankind's progenitor's crawl out of the primordial ooze. And whose retreat back to a farm in his native Ohio soon after the last ticker tape...
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