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"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
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Lady astronaut novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
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On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space, and requires a much larger share of humanity to take part in the process. Elma York's experience...
3) Ad astra
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Astronaut Roy McBride travels to the edges of the solar system in search of his father and in effort to unravel a mystery which threatens the survival of Earth.
5) Gravity
Pub. Date
[2014]
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Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further...
6) CatStronauts
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
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volumes (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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Alerted to a global energy crisis, the President consults with the World's Best Scientist, who suggests sending a special group of astronauts to turn the Moon into a solar power plant.
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Piñata Books, an Imprint of Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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32 pages cm
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Every night when he was a boy, Još M. Herǹndez would look out the window and stare at the stars. They were different colors: blue, yellow and white. Some were larger and brighter than others, and some twinkled as if they were alive. Later, when he saw man land on the moon on TV, he knew he wanted to be an astronaut.
10) Neil Armstrong
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Lerner
Pub. Date
c2003
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48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
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An introduction to the life of Neil Armstrong, the first human being to walk on the moon.
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Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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"Astrid is training to go to space! But as she builds her shuttle, cooks astronaut food, and practices floating in zero gravity, Dad tells Astrid that the ship's construction is too dangerous, she's too little to cook alone, and she's not allowed to flood the bathroom. That night, when Astrid dreams she's an astronaut, the challenges she encounters are overwhelming. Astrid realizes she isn't as ready as she thought. Back on Earth, Astrid turns to...
13) Blast off
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Publisher
New York Review of Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 20 x 24 cm
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When her friends tease her for dreaming of being an astronaut, a young African American girl uses discarded items to make a spaceship for her interstellar journey.
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Lady astronaut novels volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
542 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm.
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When political divides, riots and sabotage compromise the Earth's response to the Meteor strike, Elma departs for a fledgling Mars colony before the challenges of interplanetary pioneer life are further complicated by her husband's presidential campaign.
15) First man
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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Presents the story of the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong in the decade leading up to the historic flight.
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Thirteen-year-old Houston and his younger brother Robbie dream of becoming astronauts, but when Houston is accepted to the Junior Astronaut Recruitment Program he realizes that Robbie's dream may not be achievable due to his cerebral palsy, so he makes a new plan that shoots for the stars.
18) SpaceCamp
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
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1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A group of teenagers attend a summer camp designed to teach them the workings of the NASA space program.
20) Passengers
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Two passengers board a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction, only to be threatened by the imminent collapse of the ship and the discovery of the truth behind...
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