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Space Odyssey series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 12
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Two frightened navigators , three frozen hibernauts, and a talkative computer named Hal ride on the spacecraft Discovery, hoping to unravel the mystery of a crystal monolith left on the moon by alien intelligence.
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Geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this text systematically develops the concepts of electrical acceleration of gases for propulsion. Author Robert G. Jahn, Professor of Aerospace Sciences at Princeton University, starts his presentation with primary physical principles and concludes with realistic space thruster designs. Part I consists of a survey of those aspects of electricity, magnetism, and ionized gas mechanics that...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 16
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A group of scientists journey to the bottom of the sea to explore a sunken spaceship in this thriller from the author of The Andromeda Strain (1969). A group of American scientists are rushed to a huge vessel that has been discovered resting on the ocean floor in the middle of the South Pacific. What they find defines their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanation. It is a spaceship of phenomenal dimensions, apparently, undamaged...
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"Five hundred years in the future there's a whole new frontier, and the crew of the spaceship Serenity is eager to stake a claim on the action. They'll take any job, legal or not, to keep fuel in the tanks and food on the table. But things get complicated after they take on a passenger wanted by the new totalitarian Alliance regime." -- Container.
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Imagine building a rocket and blasting off into space! But to really do that you'll need to apply a fair bit of science. This book has twelve scientific investigations to help you understand why gravity matters, and how to power a rocket and land safely back on Earth. Discover why rockets are rocket-shaped and what happens when you create a chemical reaction - and lots, lots more! Space Science is the ultimate series for the astronomers and astronauts...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Did you know that the very first rockets were made from bamboo and gunpowder? What about that a Mars rover once played a birthday song for itself? And did you know that the International Space Station has a robotic handyman? Rockets, rovers, and space stations are just a few of the incredible space machines that have helped us explore our solar system and beyond. Discover extreme facts about space machines in this fun and kooky book"--
10) Space Squad
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"Finn loves trucks! In this book, Finn features some of his favorite space machines, like a spaceplane and a satellite, and with the help of the space squad explains the exciting job each one has when it comes to exploring space!"--Back cover.
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"Alas, intelligent life is thin on the galactic ground, so when Carialle and Keff arrive on a very nice little world with very nice little aliens, fuzzy and polite and eager to please, they are overjoyed...(until the evil powerful sorcerers controlling the "fuzzies" show themselves).
13) Space travel
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Space Travel explores the science and machines we use in space. Kids will explore the International Space Station, learn about the rovers on the moon and Mars, find out which spacecraft has traveled out of our solar system and more. Engaging photos, exciting graphics, and a fun quiz at the end of each book will keep them learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing,...
15) Starflight
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Starflight volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
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Solara Brooks never expected to care for the crew on the Banshee--least of all Doran Spaulding who made her life miserable in high school. But when Solara and Doran find themselves with a price on both their heads, they learn to trust each other as they set out to protect the ship and crew who have become their family.
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The daughter of two astronauts, Romy Silvers is no stranger to life in space, but she never knew how isolating the universe could be until her parents tragic deaths left her alone on the Infinity, a spaceship speeding away from Earth. Romy tries to make the best of her lonely situation, but with only brief messages from her therapist on Earth to keep her company, she cant help but feel like something is missing. It seems like a dream come true when...
19) The deep sky
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2023.
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"Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space that begins with a lethal explosion that leaves the survivors questioning the loyalty of the crew. To save humanity, they left everything behind-except their differences. It is the eve of Earth's environmental collapse. A single ship carries humanity's last hope: eighty elite graduates of a competitive program, who will give birth to a generation of...
20) New Eden
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Ark trilogy (Ruth Fox) volume 2
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"Kim Teng is committed to escorting Earth's last whales to the paradise planet of New Eden. But as Seiiki draws closer to New Eden, Kim must learn to split her role of Caretaker with another, navigate her new relationship with Wren, and deal with the suffocating guilt of having misled her crewmates for so long. With tensions rising back on Earth, it is even more important for the whales to reach New Eden quickly and safely. But as the contingent comes...