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21) Mars
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (315 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in the year 2033, this one-of-a-kind blend of scripted drama and fascinating documentary sequences centers on twin female astronauts who courageously embark on an epic adventure: humanity's awe-inspiring quest to colonize Mars. The world's most brilliant minds in space exploration, including visionary thinkers Elon Musk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, NASA astronauts and more, share what the not-so-distant future may hold for all of us.
22) Mars: Season 2
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 288 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The groundbreaking series returns, exploring the next phase of human colonization on Mars. Blending powerful drama, action, and visual effects, with insightful interviews featuring leading space-science innovators and thinkers -- such as Elon Musk, Andy Weir, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Kim Stanley Robinson -- MARS explores the perils and promise of the next great frontier.
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A tense and thrilling sci-fi adventure of space exploration and first contact, perfect for fans of The Martian, Arrival, and Interstellar. Sally Jansen was NASA's leading astronaut, until a mission to Mars ended in disaster. Haunted by her failure, she now lives in semiretirement, convinced her days in space are over. She's wrong. A large alien object has entered the solar system and is now poised above the Earth. It has made no attempt to communicate...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
254 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"June is a brilliant but difficult girl with a gift for mechanical invention who leaves home to begin a grueling astronaut training program. Six years later, she has gained a coveted post as an engineer on a space station, but is haunted by the mystery of Inquiry, a revolutionary spacecraft powered by her beloved late uncle's fuel cells. The spacecraft went missing when June was twelve years old, and while the rest of the world has forgotten them,...
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xv, 281 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Sullivan, a retired astronaut, describes her work on the NASA team that made all of this possible. She recounts how she and other astronauts, engineers, and scientists launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained...
27) Aftermath
Author
Series
Sirantha Jax novels volume 5
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
x, 307 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the war against murderous, flesh-eating aliens, grimspace "jumper" Sirantha Jax decided to go it alone. The cost of her actions: the destruction of modern interstellar travel--and the lives of 600 Conglomerate soldiers. Now she's on trial for dereliction of duty, desertion, mass murder, high treason ... and her life
28) Holdout: a novel
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When evil forces are going unchecked on earth, a principled astronaut makes a spilt-second decision to try and seek justice in the only place she knows how to--the international space station. Walli Beckwith is a model astronaut. She graduated at the top of her class from the naval academy, had a successful career flying fighter jets, and has spent over three hundred days in space. So, when she refuses to leave her post at the international space...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
316 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time. Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements as the first woman to command an American space mission as well as the first to pilot the space shuttle to her early years as one of the Air Force's first female pilots. She was in the first class of women to earn pilot's wings at Vance Air Force Base and was...
30) Mae Jemison
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut.--
Author
Publisher
Convergent Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xi, 185 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young reader's adaptation of the story of the youngest American to ever orbit the Earth - cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux - who shows us all that when we face our fears with hope and faith, the extraordinary is possible. "It may be hard to believe while I'm gravity-bound on my bedroom floor, but if there's one thing I've learned in my time on Earth, it's that as long as you keep saying yes, everything is possible," says Arceneaux. In this adaptation...
Author
Publisher
Signal Hill Road Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Mae Jemison recounts her life story, describing her struggle to overcome the doubts of those around her and become an astronaut--the first woman of color in space.
34) Sally Ride
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
57 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well" --
A biography of Sally Ride, part of the She Persisted chapter book series.
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
235 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Izzy Hawthorne has always dreamed of being a Space Ranger just like her grandmother, the legendary Alisha Hawthorne. Izzy's dream is put to the test when a mysterious spaceship arrives at her home planet of T'Kani Prime. Her fellow citizens are trapped and she must team up with the remaining members of the Junior Zap Patrol to save the day. All they need to do is fly up to the mysterious ship, disable the robot invaders, and rescue the planet from...
36) Space heroes
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles four women who have been integral to NASA's space program, helping to develop the Hubble Space Telescope, create computer code to send spacecraft to the moon, and work onboard the space shuttle.
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