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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 25
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English
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"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 to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both life-threatening and mundane: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the catastrophic risks of colliding...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
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English
Description
"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,...
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English
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"As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy, appeared on the cover of Life magazine, and quickly grew into fashion icons. Annie Glenn, with her picture-perfect marriage, was the envy of the other wives; platinum-blonde Rene Carpenter...
5) Sally Ride
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Describes the life and work of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space."
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English
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"In a world transformed by an unknown disaster, two outsiders must grapple with love, regret, and survival. Augustine, a brilliant and aging astronomer, refuses to evacuate his remote research post when news of a catastrophe arrives. He and a mysterious child, left behind in the evacuation, are trapped alone in the Arctic Circle, with no one responding to their radio calls. Meanwhile, Mission Specialist Sullivan is on a long return flight from Jupiter....
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
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English
Description
"Most people know Sally Ride as the first American female astronaut to travel in space. But in her lifetime she was also a nationally ranked tennis player, a physicist who enjoyed reading Shakespeare, a university professor, the founder of a company that helped inspire girls and young women to pursue careers in science and math, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape -- any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and...
9) Orbital
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English
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"A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize-winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in twenty-four hours. A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots a day in the lives of six women and men hurtling through space-not toward the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Yasmin is not sure she is cut out to be an astronaut, but a class trip to the space museum, and a tour of the mission control exhibit gives her another idea about how she could still be involved in the space program.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While watching Star Trek on television as a child, Mae Jemison was certain she would one day visit space. As an adult, she made this dream a reality when she became the first black female NASA astronaut. Jemison became a medical doctor before applying for NASA's Space Shuttle program. Then, in 1992, she blasted off on the shuttle Endeavour and conducted scientific experiments to test the effects of space on human bone cells. Jemison has dedicated...
12) Ellen Ochoa
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Ellen Ochoa's has a passion for engineering, space, and science. Readers will find out how Ochoa used this passion to earn a doctorate from Stanford and become the first Hispanic American female in space. Learn how she uses this passion to inspire students of all ages to work hard in school and follow their dreams.
13) The final six
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Series
Final six volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Surrounded by strangers all competing for one of the six slots to travel to Jupiter's moon, Europa, Naomi, an Iranian-American science genius, finds a friend in Leo, an Italian championship swimmer, as the training tests their limits.
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Curious George original adventures volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Following a day of misadventures Curious George becomes the first space monkey.
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English
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"Everything young explorers needs to know to travel in space, covering what life in zero gravity is like, how to find your way around the solar system, and the all-important question of how to pee in a spacesuit! Unique illustrations take kids to the heart of the action and amazing photos show what the universe is really like. Incredible stories of real-life space exploration for kids aged 8 and up, by author and astrobiologist Professor Mark Brake."...
16) Mae Jemison
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life of the first African American woman in space, including her childhood, her education in medicine and the sciences, and her lasting legacy.
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English
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Mae Jemison is the first African American woman to travel to space. She's also a medical doctor who once joined the Peace Corps. And a trained dancer, too! This biography includes special sections with additional contextual details like secrets of NASA and things women couldn't do in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Set in depleted, post-recession suburbia, with its endlessly interlocking cul-de-sacs, mega-parking lots and big box stores, The Infinite Tides tells the story of star astronaut Keith Corcoran's return to earth. Keith comes home from a lengthy mission aboard the International Space Station to find his wife and daughter gone, and a house completely empty of furniture, as if Odysseus had returned to Ithaca to find that everyone he knew had forgotten...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents information about the types things you will experience if you go to space camp at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., including learning about spaceship design, trying out a zero gravity simulator, building rockets, performing robotics experiments, and wearing a flight suit.