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42) Future astronaut
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[2019]
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"Discover all the out-of-this-world ways babies of today can become astronauts of the future!"--Publisher's description.
45) Space
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[1994]
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Labeled cross-section drawings of twelve "spacecraft" are accompanied by technical data, and details and a bit of history of piece of equipment.
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2023.
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"Experience all 135 NASA space shuttle missions ever flown through the words of the astronauts themselves in this spectacularly illustrated volume with more than 600 photos from the NASA archives"--
NASA's space shuttle was the world's first reusable spacecraft, accomplishing many firsts and inspiring generations across its 30-year lifespan as America's iconic spaceship. In Space Shuttle Stories, shuttle astronaut Tom Jones interviewed more than...
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Author Craig Nelson restores the mystery and majesty to an event that may have become too familiar for most people to realize what a stunning achievement it represented in planning, technology, and execution. Through interviews, 23,000 pages of NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents on the space race, Nelson creates a vivid and detailed account of the Apollo 11 mission. From the quotidian to the scientific to the magical, readers are...
49) Life in space
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1983
Description
A beautiful book describing the events in space that have taken place in the last 25 years--a mere blink of the eye in the sweep of history.
51) Exploring space
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Discover how space probes, shuttles and space stations help us learn about our galaxy. Learn about space travelers and space exploration. Includes experiments, stories and legends.
52) Space jobs
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[2022]
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"Did you know that astronauts train for spacewalks by going underwater in their spacesuits? Or what about that engineers have programmed robots to explore space on their own? And did you know that astronomers work with huge telescopes often built on mountaintops? Astronauts, robotics engineers, and astronomers are just a few of the many people working to help us travel into space and learn more about the universe. Discover extreme facts about space...
53) Space machines
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[2022]
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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"--
55) Astronauts
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[2016]
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Offers basic information about astronauts, looking at what they do, the requirements for their job, what their life in space is like, and several famous astronauts.
56) A rover's story
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Built to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet.
57) Space travel
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c2009
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Discusses who developed the space shuttle and who was the first man to walk on the moon.
58) Space travelers
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"Discusses the work astronauts do as well as future space explorations to the moon and Mars"--Provided by publisher.
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