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1) Rockets
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Learn about rockets - what they are, the parts of rockets, and rocket missions.
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
222 p.
Language
English
Description
If you’ve seen astronauts returning to Earth you’ll have noticed that they have difficulty standing up because their muscles and bones have weakened. They also have problems with their vision, their sense of smell, and the bottoms of their feet. What happens in space that causes the human body to react and change?
9) Spin
Author
Series
Captain Chase novel volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Captain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance in this new thriller from international bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.
In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister&;as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight--a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity--to the realm of the mundane. When most people today think of flying, they imagine tedious routines that involve security checkpoints, exorbitant baggage fees, shrinking legroom, and frustrating delays. Mark Vanhoenacker, a 747 pilot who gave up careers in academia and the business world to pursue his childhood dream of flight, asks us to re-imagine...
11) Rocket
Author
Publisher
Red Wagon/Penworthy
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Kipper and Tiger launch a remote-controlled rocket with Sock Thing as the astronaut, they wonder if they will ever see Sock Thing again.
Author
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
1991
Edition
Syracuse University Press edition.
Physical Desc
x, 514 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Roseberry's book is more than just a biography, but is also a well-documented history of the development of aviation and the key figures associated with it during the first three crucial decades of this century.
Author
Publisher
Weldon Owen
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive look at the world's great aircraft from the experts at Flying magazine, featuring spectacular full-color photographs, fascinating and informative text, and detailed specifications.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"1941. A talented flier, Jessie Lovelace yearns for a career in aviation. When the civilian flight school in her small Texas town begins to clandestinely train British pilots for the RAF, she fights to become an instructor. But the task isn't without its perils of near-misses and death. Faced with the weight of her responsibilities, she finds solace with a British officer who knows firsthand the heavy price paid in war ... until he returns to the...
15) The aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Interweaves the adventures during wartime and beyond, of three remarkable aviators--Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle--who defined aviation during the great age of flight.
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
320 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
With more than 800 iconic aircraft, trailblazing engines, famous manufacturers, and the people and technology behind the world's most advanced flying machines, this is the ultimate guide to the amazing history of aviation.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
An account of the previously unheralded but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program; describes how they were segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws in spite of their groundbreaking successes.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--