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1) The Martian
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Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney was one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, 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 is stranded alone with no way to even signal Earth. Even if he could, he wouldn't last until rescue arrived. Chances are, though, he won't starve -- so many other things are likely to kill him first. But Mark isn't ready to give...
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"When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps, arguing that only military test pilots--a group then made up exclusively of men--had the right stuff. It was an era in which women were steered away from jobs in science and deemed unqualified for space flight. Eventually, though, NASA recognized its blunder and opened the application process to a wider array of hopefuls, regardless of race or gender....
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The definitive biography of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, by the ABC reporter who covered NASA during its transformation from a test-pilot boys' club to a more inclusive elite. This is a rich portrait of a fascinating woman whose life intersected with revolutionary social and scientific changes in America. Warm and admiring but unsparing, it makes this extraordinarily talented and bold woman, an inspiration to millions, come alive.
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Ryland Grace has been asleep for a very, very long time. He's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. He can't remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat...
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2017.
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xxx, 149 pages ; 21 cm
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Written in the 1970s and published posthumously in Polish in 2012, Milosz's deliberately unfinished novel is set in a dystopian future where hierarchy, patriarchy, and religion no longer exist. Echoing the structure of The Captive Mind and written in an experimental, postmodern style, Milosz's sole work of science fiction follows four individuals: Karel, a disaffected young rebel; Lino, an astronaut who abandons his life of privilege; Petro, a cardinal...
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2023.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. The documentary tells the personal stories of current and former Black Astronauts, of their journey to achieve the impossible with their tenacity and courage and overcoming barriers to allow others to follow. From the heartbreaking story of Ed Dwight, first African American to be considered by NASA only later to be rejected, to Guion "Guy" Bluford becoming the First African American Astronaut to fly into space. Learn about these decorated heroes...
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[2018]
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112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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In Mae Carol Jemison, learn how the American astronaut and doctor chose to pursue a career in science and became the first African-American woman in space, followed by work advocating for space exploration and women and minorities in the sciences. Features include a timeline, a glossary, essential facts, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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2019.
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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"Meet Sally Ride, the first American woman in space! Follow Ride's story as she develops a robotic arm for space shuttles, investigates the Challenger and Columbia disasters, and founds Sally Ride Science. Infographics, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features include a table of contents, an index, a timeline and fun facts."--
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2017.
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387 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a sphere utterly inimical to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the pressures of constant close cohabitation;...
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NATIONAL BEST SELLER
A stunning, personal memoir from the astronaut and modern-day hero who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station—a message of hope for the future that will inspire for generations to come.
The veteran of four spaceflights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a sphere utterly hostile...
A stunning, personal memoir from the astronaut and modern-day hero who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station—a message of hope for the future that will inspire for generations to come.
The veteran of four spaceflights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a sphere utterly hostile...
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[2021]
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254 pages ; 25 cm
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"June is a brilliant but difficult girl with a gift for mechanical invention who leaves home to begin a grueling astronaut training program. Six years later, she has gained a coveted post as an engineer on a space station, but is haunted by the mystery of Inquiry, a revolutionary spacecraft powered by her beloved late uncle's fuel cells. The spacecraft went missing when June was twelve years old, and while the rest of the world has forgotten them,...
13) Rubikon
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[2022]
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Following a catastrophe on Earth, the planet is covered in a toxic fog. The crew in the space station must decide whether to risk their lives to get home and search for survivors, or stay safe in the station's algae symbiosis system.
14) Holdout: a novel
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[2021]
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340 pages ; 25 cm
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When a freak accident befalls the International Space Station and injure veteran American astronaut Belk "Walli" Beckworth and the two Russian cosmonauts aboard, NASA and Roscomos order all astronauts to abandon ship. Walli refuses to return to Earth as her fellow astronauts blast off toward home. As the ISS orbits the Earth, Walli watches the blaze of fires in the Amazon rainforest: villages are destroyed, the forest is devastated. As the Brazilian...
15) Astro girl
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2019.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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After Astrid tells her father that she wants to be an astronaut, he tells her of all the things that astronauts have to do.
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Medusa chronicles volume 2
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2016
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412 pages ; 22 cm.
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"A sequel to Sir Arthur C. Clarke's Nebula Award-winning novella "A Meeting with Medusa," this novel continues the thrilling adventure of astronaut Howard Falcon, humanity|s first explorer of Jupiter from two modern science fiction masters. Howard Falcon almost lost his life in an accident as the first human astronaut to explore the atmosphere of Jupiter|and a combination of human ingenuity and technical expertise brought him back. But he is no longer...
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Lady astronaut novels volume 1
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2018.
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431 pages ; 21 cm
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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...
20) Sally Ride
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2021.
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57 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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"As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well." -- Amazon.com.
"A biography of Sally Ride in the She Persisted series"--
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