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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 Jones is uniquely qualified to give the details: he flew four shuttle missions and led three space walks to deliver the US Lab to the Station. . From B-52 pilot during the Cold War, to a PhD in planetary science, to the unbelievable rigors of astronaut...
84) Working in space
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How does it feel to work in zero gravity in a laboratory more than 200 miles above Earth? What kinds of experiments do astronauts carry out? Learn the answers to these questions and more as you get ready to blast off into space!
85) Living in space
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Examines how astronauts eat, sleep, work, and even exercise in a weightless world.
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"Lindley Hamilton has been the leader of the space station Lusca since every first generation crew member on board, including her mother, the commander, was killed by a deadly virus. Lindley always assumed she'd captain the Lusca one day, but she never thought that day would come so soon. And she never thought it would be like this--struggling to survive every day, learning how to keep the Lusca running, figuring out how to communicate with Earth,...
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A futuristic family whose everyday world is cluttered with gadgets that anticipated such technological marvels as the Internet and the cellular phone. George is a corporate sprocket at the mercy of his tyrannical boss ; teenage daughter Judy is boy crazy; Elroy's a boy genius; and Jane's a pretty, sensible woman capable of intervening when George gets stuck on the treadmill.
89) Deep light
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"For the past fifteen years, Commander Ian Philips with the help of thousands of others; choosing the best in each field designed and built Parallax, an enormous Space Station and the Deep Light device. The Parallax space station is located in the void between Ganymede and Callisto, two of Jupiter's moons and orbits the colossal planet every fifteen days. From the top or bottom view, the Parallax space station, resembles a pair of eyeglasses with...
90) Space stations
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A space station is a very unique place to live. How do people who live on space stations get food, air, and water? What kinds of experiments are conducted on them? Readers find out as they explore what life has been like on space stations throughout their history. They tour the Soviet Union space stations of the past as well as today's International Space Station through enlightening text and detailed photographs. Fun fact boxes provide readers with...
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Bots (Russ Bolts) volume 10
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Scrambling to prevent the school play from completely falling apart, goofy robots Joe and Rob embark on a journey to see the wonderful Wizard of Bots for a helping hand.
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In New York, with brain-swapping aliens poised to attack, the Doctor and Nardole link up with an investigative reporter and a mysterious masked superhero known only as the Ghost. Can the Doctor save Manhattan? When the Doctor, Bill and Nardole become trapped on a space station without oxygen, they discover the spacesuits are trying to kill them.
93) Space stations
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"Full-color photographs and simple text provide a brief introduction to space stations"--
94) Space stations
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Examines space stations past and future and discusses their contributions to the exploration of worlds beyond our own.
95) Space stations
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Describes space stations, including the history of space stations, living and working in space, and the International Space Station.
96) Mutiny at Vesta
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Shieldrunner Pirates volume 2
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Adda and Iridian have survived the murderous AI that tried to kill them in Barbary Station ...but now they'll need all of their ingenuity to escape the evil megacorporation that wants to own them, in this second space adventure in the Shieldrunner Pirates trilogy. Adda Karpe and Iridian Nassir have escaped the murderous AI that was trapping them on Barbary Station, and earned themselves a place on Captain Sloane's fabled pirate crew. And now that...
98) Barbary Station
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"Two engineers hijack a spaceship to join some space pirates--only to discover the pirates are hiding from a malevolent AI. Now they have to outwit the AI if they want to join the pirate crew--and survive long enough to enjoy it. Adda and Iridian are newly minted engineers, but aren't able to find any work in a solar system ruined by economic collapse after an interplanetary war. Desperate for employment, they hijack a colony ship and plan to join...
99) Hot moon
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Apollo rising volume Book 1
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In an alternate 1979, the United States and the Soviet Union have permanent Moon bases, crewed spy satellites, and frequent hostilities. Vivian Carter, commander of Apollo 32, is on a mission to explore a volcanic region of the Moon when she is caught in the crossfire of a Soviet attack. Barely escaping, she and her crew are redirected to land at Hadley Base, a NASA outpost. Hadley Base, though, soon comes under attack, and the unarmed astronauts...
100) Life in space
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"Did you know that the first American astronaut who went to space didn't have a bathroom, so he had to pee in his spacesuit? And did you know that astronauts living in space strap down their sleeping bags and food trays so they don't float away? Life in space is pretty different from life on Earth, and scientists are working on ways for us to spend even more time in space! Discover extreme facts about life in space with this fun and kooky book"--