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In the Ocean of Night
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Gregory Benford |
From the back cover Warner paperback February 2004:
2019: NASA astronaut Nigel Walmsley is sent on a mission to intercept a rogue asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Ordered to destroy the… |
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Voyagers III
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Ben Bova |
Keith Stoner lay frozen in an alien spacecraft for fifteen long years; during that time he came to be something more than just an astronaut, just a man. Stoner became partly alien himself--merged wit… |
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Twin spica
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Kō Yaginuma |
"In a Tokyo of the not-too-distant future a young girl looks up to the stars with melancholy in her heart and hope in her eyes. Thirteen-year-old Asumi Kamogawa's whole life has been tied to those st… |
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The Secret History of Science fictiom
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James Patrick Kelly,John Kessel |
Editors James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel have collected these nineteen stories to explore the supposed divide between mainstream literature and speculative fiction. They've written an eye-opening … |
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The Medusa Chronicles
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Alastair Reynolds,Stephen Baxter |
Inspired by Sir Arthur C. Clarke's award-winning novella A Meeting With Medusa, this is a novel of the unfolding rivalry between Mankind and Machines, spanning centuries and the spaces of the solar s… |
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Women in space
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Carole S. Briggs |
Profiles the lives of many of the women who have been included in space programs in the United States, Russia, Canada, and Japan, describes their training, and highlights their achievements. |
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George and the blue moon
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Lucy Hawking,Stephen Hawking |
George and his best friend, Annie, have been selected as junior astronauts for a program that trains young people for a future trip to Mars. This is everything they ve ever wanted and now they get to… |
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Bringing Columbia home
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Michael D. Leinbach |
On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation's eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA'… |
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Robot rescue
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Drew Brockington |
When Cat-Stro-Bot gets into trouble while helping the CatStronauts team with their research on Europa, the CatStronauts defy mission control and undertake a secret mission to save their friend on Jup… |
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Peek inside space
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Anna Milbourne,Simona Dimitri |
Peep inside this lift-the flap information book and explore the vast and wonderful universe. Drifting through the twinkling stars and visiting the moon, readers will feel like astronauts exploring th… |
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Mousetronaut goes to Mars
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Mark E. Kelly |
A mouse stowaway on NASA's first human mission to Mars becomes a hero when one of the landing craft's engines fails. Includes facts about Mars.
A mouse stowaway on NASA's first human mission to Mars… |
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Astronaut Kalpana Chawla
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Ai-Ling Louie |
American Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, born in India, went up in the space shuttle two times. This is the first bio of an South Asian American for children. |
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No dream is too high
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Buzz Aldrin |
"Beloved American hero Buzz Aldrin reflects on the wisdom, guiding principles, and irreverent anecdotes he's gathered through his event-filled life--both in outer space and on Earth--in this inspirin… |
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Mae Jemison
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Linda Barghoorn |
The first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison has broken barriers in science and medicine to become one of the most admired women worldwide. This fascinating book describes how Jem… |
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Astronauts at work
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Deborah A. Shearer,James Gerard |
Explains the different jobs NASA astronauts do on space shuttles. |
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Sky Walking
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Tom Jones |
A gripping first-hand account of life in space and the making of an astronaut. What is it like to fly the space shuttle and work on and in the International Space Station? Veteran NASA astronaut Tom … |
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The claws of Christmas
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Cole, Stephen |
The astrosaurs are on their way home for Christmas when they encounter millions of Christmas presents flying through space. Teggs and his crew are ordered to take the presents back to Santa Claus and… |
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The planet of peril
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Cole, Stephen |
When the astrosaurs set off to help Arx's relatives, they know something sinister lies in store for them. Monsters prowl the triceratops' planet. But what do they want? The answer leads Teggs into a … |
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Neil Armstrong
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Jim Ollhoff |
Introduces readers to Neil Armstrong, the great explorer who was the first person to walk on the moon. |
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Aerospace
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J. M Skogen |
Presents profiles of women who broke barriers in the field of aerospace by becoming pilots and astronauts. |
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