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Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"A satellite is a small object traveling around something bigger. The Moon is a natural satellite of Earth. A spacecraft launched into orbit around Earth is an artificial satellite. Since Sputnik-1, about 6,000 more satellites have been launched by 40 countries. Nearly 4,000 are still in orbit, and about 1,000 of them are still working. Learn about how we use satellites every day without knowing it to talk on the telephone, watch television, use the...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
A lively, skill-building reader about daily life on the International Space Station shares engaging facts about how astronauts eat, sleep, and perform important work in a zero-gravity environment.
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches, Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
91 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"In another installment of The Magic School Bus Rides Again Branches series, Keesha will do whatever it takes to nail her space camp application. In her efforts to get the perfect picture on the class outer space field trip, she accidentally disrupts satellites in orbit!"--
Author
Publisher
L?guez
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
"A veces la pinto de colores o la lleno con dibujos de los sue?os que he tenido. Otras veces, le trazo senderos. Que no s? si son de los que vienen o de los que van"--P. 4 of cover.
The moon painter got his job when his hungry cat decided to eat the moon and the townspeople were not happy. Readers will enjoy seeing what they had to do to complete the task.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Formats
Description
Earth From Space is a groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Produced in extensive consultation with NASA scientists, this special takes data from earth-observing satellites and transforms them into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate and surprising web of forces that sustain life on earth.
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Meet Mars! The red planet. Planet Marvelous. Favorite sibling of Earth (or so he claims). Sometimes they're close (just 34.5 million miles apart). Sometimes they need space (250 million miles apart)! Earth and Mars have a lot in common--clouds, mountains, polar icecaps. And while Earth has Earthlings, Mars makes a persuasive case for why people should make the journey to spend time with him. His day is 7 minutes longer! He is home to the largest volcano...
Author
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
viii, 358 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
"In Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment, Yanek Mieczkowski examines the early history of America's space program, reassessing Eisenhower's leadership. He details how Eisenhower approved breakthrough satellites, supported a new civilian space agency, signed a landmark science education law, and fostered improved relations with scientists. These feats made Eisenhower's post-Sputnik years not the flop that critics alleged but a time of remarkable progress, even...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1007
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
Set in the near future against the backdrop of the imminent crash of a nuclear satellite that will end the world, a woman on the run from the law joins an American man who is being chased by the CIA which wants a device his father invented that allows people to record their dreams.
11) Geostorm
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong. The system built to protect the Earth is attacking it, and it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything.
13) Laika
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
205 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
This is the journey of Laika, the abandoned puppy destined to become Earth's first space traveler. With the blending of fact and fiction, this story intertwines three compelling lives. Along with Laika, there is Korolev, a driven engineer at the top of the Soviet space program and Yelena, the lab technician responsible for Laika's health and life.
14) GoldenEye
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Description
"When an MI6 agent ... turns rogue and plans world domination with a terrifying satellite-borne weapon, Bond must pursue his former ally to Cuba, Monte Carlo, Switzerland and even Russia, all whilst dodging a sexy femme fatale who will stop at nothing to put the 'squeeze' on the intrepid spy!"--Container insert.
15) Westwind
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Formats
Description
In Europe, the Americans are pulling out their troops in a tide of isolationism. Britain, torn between loyalties to America and the continent, is caught in the middle. In America, a space shuttle crashes on landing, killing all but one of the crew on-board: a British citizen named Mike Dreyfuss, who will become vilified by the US press and protesters. Halfway across the world, at English ground control headquarters, Martin Hepton watches with dismay...
Author
Series
Andromeda novels volume 1
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
295 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
A military space probe, sent to collect extraterrestrial organisms from the upper atmosphere, is knocked out of orbit and falls to Earth. Twelve miles from the crash site, an inexplicable and deadly phenomenon terrorizes the residents of a sleepy desert town in Arizona, leaving only two survivors: an elderly addict and a newborn infant. The United States government is forced to mobilize Project Wildfire, a top-secret emergency response protocol. Four...
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
c2021.
Physical Desc
203 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
Description
"Do you know a kid who wants to know all about space? This intergalactic entry into space books for kids is bursting with 500 out-of-this-world facts for hours of space exploration from the comfort of Earth. Alongside full-color pictures on every page, kids can adventure through stars, planets, and space technology with this book of astronomy for kids"--
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