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"An introduction to human space exploration for primary and intermediate grade students, with information about the early history of space travel and current space exploration. Includes a list of highlights for each chapter, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index"--
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George is heartbroken when his neighbor Annie and her space-scientist father move to Florida, but when Annie sends him a secret message telling him she has been contacted by aliens with a terrible warning, he joins her in a galaxy-wide search for answers. Includes scientific essays on space travel.
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"Ride along with the New Horizons spacecraft as she rockets three billion miles to Pluto! Watch her take the first close-up photos of Pluto, and then journey another billion miles to mini-world Arrokoth. You'll whiz through space at more than 10 miles per second; learn how giant planet Jupiter helped the little spacecraft reach Pluto; and discover the astonishing surface feature that made the world fall in love with Pluto"--
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"The events surrounding the space shuttle Columbia disaster did not look the same to everyone involved. Readers can step back in time and into the shoes of a news reporter, a potential future astronaut, and a family as readers act out scenes and compare and contrast various perspectives. Written with simplified, considerate text to help struggling readers, books in this series are made to build confidence as readers engage and read aloud. Includes...
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"Maybe you remember when a little robotic spacecraft landed on a far-off planet. On August 6, 2012, the rover Curiosity touched down on the rocky surface of Mars and now she's ready to guide you through her journey firsthand. From idea to creation and beyond, this fact-filled, stylish book introduces readers to Curiosity and her mission: to discover more about the red planet and search for evidence of life"--Jacket.
13) Astronauts
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Take a trip out of this world! Learn about the first man on the moon. Explore the part of a space suite. Find out what astronauts do during their days off. Learn all about astronauts.
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Explains the history of the Kennedy Space Center and how it came to be built. Highlights its main attractions, including the nearby Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Features color photographs, a map, fact boxes, questions relating to the text, a glossary, and further resources.
15) Looking up
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An illustrated exploration of the things in space telescopes and observatories allow us to explore, seeing close-up objects that are millions of light-years away--including distant exploding supernovae and black holes, even light from the beginning of time.
16) Imagining space
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Briefly explores some of the things ancient civilizations thought about stars and outer space, touching on the differences between astronomy and astrology, and works up through ideas and imaginative visions of space and space travel in the present, largely influenced by science fiction but increasingly by reality--such as near-future plans to build a space elevator. Includes photographs and a glossary.
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" From the first time a person looked up at the sky and wondered 'What's out there?" humans have dreamed about exploring the cosmos. From human missions to outer space and our exploration of Mars to the observation of mysterious UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), scientific advances over the past 60 years have made it possible to find some answers. About 60 years ago, the first manned spacecraft left Earth's atmosphere for the first time. In the...