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Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This book is being published in association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The museum will celebrate its 40th anniversary in July 2016. There will be a new Smithsonian exhibition, to be called "Milestones of Flight." This book is NOT a catalog of the exhibition; rather, it is a history of flight told through approximately twenty-five historical milestones"--
6) Astronauts
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the work of astronauts, including special jobs they might have on the space shuttle and experiments they might perform in space.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Describes space stations, the International Space Station, the training and activities of its crew, and the conditions that will exist on it, including weightlessness and the dangers of radiation and meteors. Includes experiments and activities simulating conditions in space.
11) A rover's story
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
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.
13) Space stations
Author
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents examples of space stations and explains how astronauts live and work in them.
14) In space
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Uses a newspaper format to take a look at developments that led from the ideas of Copernicus and other early scientists to the technological advances that enabled man to venture to the moon and beyond.
15) Astronauta
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Discusses the work done by astronauts, the equipment used, training required, and what an astronaut's day is like.
16) The space race
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the race between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first nation to send a man into space and to land on the moon, including a glimpse of historical, technological, and human factors involved.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Follow the course of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers Mission. Learn how scientists determined that there was once water on Mars and how they resolved problems with the rovers in order to prolong the mission.
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