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21) Mae Jemison
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut.--
22) The right stuff
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Persnickety Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Description
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.
24) Gravity
Pub. Date
[2014]
Formats
Description
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...
25) CatStronauts
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
volumes (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, an Imprint of Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
32 pages cm
Description
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.
28) Astronaut Annie
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Description
When Annie has a career day at her school, each member of her family wonders if she will choose their career path--her grandfather the news photographer, her father the mountain climber or her mother the basketball player--until she reveals a dream that is all her own.
Author
Publisher
Templar Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm. + 1 poster
Description
Bob is feeling glum. His friends Billy and Sam are off visiting a pet show on Pluto, there are no space tourists to entertain, and Bob is bored. What he needs is a best-ever friend, to help him with intergalactic missions and jigsaw puzzles but, being Bob, he doesn't seem to notice the potential furry friend who is begging for his attention!
30) Holdout: a novel
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"When evil forces are going unchecked on earth, a principled astronaut makes a spilt-second decision to try and seek justice in the only place she knows how to--the international space station. Walli Beckwith is a model astronaut. She graduated at the top of her class from the naval academy, had a successful career flying fighter jets, and has spent over three hundred days in space. So, when she refuses to leave her post at the international space...
31) Rescue mode
Author
Publisher
Baen Publishing Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
421 pages ; 25 cm
Description
When the first human mission to Mars is devastated by a meteoroid strike, the spacecraft's survivors struggle against impossible odds while decision-makers on Earth confront bureaucratic political forces.
Author
Formats
Description
"Stacey Morgan kissed her husband goodbye before he donned his space suit on July 20, 2019, and headed to his waiting Soyuz rocket. With an overwhelming mix of pride, excitement, and terror, she and her children held hands and watched the rocket ignite and lift off for a nine-month mission aboard the International Space Station. This is the story of the astronaut's wife-a journey full of unexpected twists and turns. While the love of her life orbited...
35) Europa report
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An international crew of six astronauts, undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon, Europa. As the journey proceeds, unexpected catastrophic developments test the crew far beyond anything they expected.
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
ix, 310 pages : illustrations, plans, photographs ; 24 cm
Description
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.
37) Thunderpants
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him to fame as he fulfills his ambition of becoming an astronaut.
38) 2010
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
American and Soviet astronauts go to Jupiter in an attempt to solve the puzzle of the original Discovery flight made in 2001.
39) Neil Armstrong
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Description
An introduction to the life of Neil Armstrong, the first human being to walk on the moon.
40) Proxima
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Formats
Description
Sarah is a French astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. She is the only woman in the arduous program. She lives alone with Stella, her seven-year-old daughter. Sarah feels guilty that she cannot spend more time with her child. When Sarah is chosen to be part of the crew of a year-long space mission called "Proxima", it creates chaos in the mother-daughter relationship.
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