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Author
Publisher
Custom House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the spirit of Tom Wolfe and John McPhee, The Mission is an exuberant master class of creative nonfiction that reveals how a motley, determined few expanded the horizon of human achievement. When scientists discovered the first ocean beyond Earth, they had two big questions: "Is it habitable?" and "How do we get there?" To answer the first, they had to solve the second, and so began a vivacious team's twenty-year odyssey to mount a mission to Europa,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Let me introduce myself. I am Magnificent Mars. Favorite sibling of Earth. Fourth planet from the sun. Second smallest in the solar system. Earth and me, we're rocky, rugged planets. But my day is longer- thirty seven minutes longer! And I have not one but two moons. Impressed? You've spent so much time on Earth- probably your whole life. It's time you visited me. Let's get this party started! --Provided by the publisher.
5) Moons
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Simple text and illustrations describe the moons of the Earth's solar system.
7) Able one
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a nuclear missile launched by a rogue North Korean faction explodes in space, the resulting shockwave destroys the world's satellites, throwing global communication into chaos. The United States military satellites, designed to withstand such an assault, show that two more missiles are sitting on the launch pad in North Korea, ready to be deployed. Faced with the threat of a thermonuclear attack, the United States has only one possible defense:...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In Archaeology from Space, Sarah Parcak shows the evolution, major discoveries, and future potential of the young field of satellite archaeology. From surprise advancements after the declassification of spy photography to a new map of the mythologized Egyptian city of Tanis, she shares her field's biggest discoveries, revealing why space archaeology is not only exciting but urgently essential to the preservation of the world's ancient treasures."--...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A thriller pitting special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine against the head of a private space agency who has the power to end the world as we know it. It's Bastille Day in France, and the private French space agency Galactus--France's answer to Space X, owned by the eccentric treasure hunter Jean-Pierre Broussard--has just sent a satellite payload into orbit. Billed as a 'communications' satellite, it harbors a frightening reality: a...
10) What goes up
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Robyn Tinkerbell Goodfellow, twelve, lives in a house that seems to attract trouble, so when a satellite's expected to crash she races to learn the truth about her long-lost father before it's too late.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pogo Books/Jump!
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early fluent readers to the science and engineering behind artificial satellites. Includes infographics, activity, glossary, and index.--
12) Geostorm
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong. The system built to protect the Earth is attacking it, and it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discovering that the gift-distributing Elfix aliens have disappeared as the Night of Dancing Stars approaches, Geronimo Stiltonix and his spacemice crewmates race to find the missing aliens before the celebration is ruined.
Author
Publisher
Tulika Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Telugu
Description
"When Sun was out people did things, but when Moon appeared all they did was sleep! Moon isn't happy -- she too wants to be noticed. So starting from where the three seas meet at the tip of India, she goes to the mountains at the very top, trying to ruffle up waters to announce her presence. But nothing works." --Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In Phantom Orbit, David Ignatius, presents a story both searing and topical, with stakes as far-reaching as outer space. It follows Ivan Volkov, a Russian student in Beijing, who discovers an unsolved puzzle in the writings of the seventeenth-century astronomer Johannes Kepler. He takes the puzzle to a senior scientist in the Chinese space program and declares his intention to solve it. Volkov returns to Moscow and continues his secret work. The puzzle...
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