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"Who could imagine an idea born on a space station would help sustain our planet? Astronauts, living on the International Space Station, have to protect their resources because their lives depend on it. They learn to conserve water, air, food, energy, and waste. These efforts have in turn lead to . . . innovative ideas for air quality, food production, and water purification here on Earth"--Provided by publisher.
6) Rovers
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"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early fluent readers to the science and engineering behind planetary rovers. Includes infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
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103 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
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"This book is being published in association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The museum will celebrate its 40th anniversary in July 2016. There will be a new Smithsonian exhibition, to be called "Milestones of Flight." This book is NOTa catalog of the exhibition; rather, it is a history of flight told through approximately twenty-five historical milestones"--
11) In space
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Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
c2010
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30 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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"Covers a wide selection of machines used in space, from shuttles to telescopes, outlining how they work and what they are used for"--Provided by publisher.
12) Space travel
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Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
2004
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32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
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Persnickety Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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Sharing fun and engaging science facts, a richly photographed alphabet primer pairs letters with the everyday activities of astronauts from different world countries working in the low-Earth orbit environment aboard the International Space Station.
15) The right stuff
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Warner Home Video
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The true story of Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton-- the seven men chosen for the Mercury Project manned space flight program in the U.S.
16) Dangerous
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2014.
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When aspiring astronaut Maisie Danger Brown, who was born without a right hand, and the other space camp students get the opportunity to do something amazing in space, Maisie must prove how dangerous she can be and how far she is willing to go to protecteverything she has ever loved.
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Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
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ix, 310 pages : illustrations, plans, photographs ; 24 cm
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A behind-the-scenes look at the training, basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel by the former astronaut, space-shuttle pilot and International Space Station commander covers the realities of living long-term in space.
18) Grama's hug
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Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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May and her grandmother are a team, especially in anything related to science and flight, but when May becomes the first child astronaut, Grama fears she will leave Earth without a goodbye hug.
19) A rover's story
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"Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop human-like feelings. Maybe there's a problem with his programming.... Human emotions or not, launch day comes, and Res blasts off to Mars, accompanied by a friendly drone helicopter named Fly. But Res quickly discovers that Mars is a dangerous place filled with dust storms and giant cliffs....
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