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Astronautics Astronautics History Astronautics Soviet Union History Astronautics United States History Astronautics United States History Juvenile literature Outer space Exploration History Space flight Space flight History Space race History United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration HistoryBenoit, Peter
Summary: Describes the history of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Space BenoitGibson, Karen Bush.
Summary: When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be 19 years before another woman got a chance--cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982--followed by American astronaut Sally Ride a year later. By breaking the stratospheric ceiling, these women forged a path for many female astronauts, cosmonauts, and mission...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GIBLassieur, Allison.
Summary: "Describes the space race and the moon landing. Readers' choices reveal various historical details"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC YOUSlader, Erik
Summary: A humourous look at the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in space exploration known as the Space Race and the innumerable failures that paved the way to the first lunar landing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 692.4 SLACherrix, Amy E.
Summary: The award-winning author of Eye of the Storm chronicles the lesser-known rivalry between former Nazi-turned-U.S. Cold War scientist Wernher von Braun and Russian rocket designer Sergei Korolev, explaining how their controversial scientific achievements shaped human history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: Chronicles the history of space exploration, from the earliest rocket launches to possible future Mars colonies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.4 CRUSasek, M. (Miroslav)
Summary: Presents a history of Cape Canaveral and the American space program, discussing the space missions that were launched from there, the various types of rockets used, and the successful landing of two astronauts on the Moon in 1969.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.47 SASDe Waard, E. John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brompton 1990
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.4 DEWCadbury, Deborah.
Summary: Presents a history of the space programs of the United States and the Soviet Union and the competition to be the first to land on the Moon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.4 CADBrzezinski, Matthew
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 629.4 BRZPyle, Rod
Summary: Award-winning science writer and documentarian Rod Pyle presents an insider's perspective on the most unusual and bizarre space missions ever devised inside and outside of NASA. The incredible projects described here were not merely flights of fancy dreamed up by space enthusiasts, but actual missions planned by leading aeronautical engineers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629 PYLDrozd, Anne
Summary: "Meet the visionary physicists, chemists, engineers, and entertainers (as well as mice, bears, tortoises, and more) who took rockets from illuminations in the sky to the most powerful vehicles ever known. You'll also find out how using a gyroscope, swinging on a swing set, and spraying water from a garden hose are the keys to understanding space travel"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629 DROGorn, Michael H
Summary: Spacecraft chronicles the historic and contemporary most important spacecraft. American, Soviet (then Russian), and Chinese rockets, shuttles, satellites, labs, and more are chronicled--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.4 GOROttaviani, Jim
Summary: "The U.S. may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space. It took years to catch up, but soon NASA's first female astronauts were racing past milestones of their own. The trail-blazing women of Group 9, NASA's first mixed gender class, had the challenging task of convincing the powers that be that a woman's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 OTTJackson, Libby
Summary: Filled with beautiful full-color illustrations, a groundbreaking compendium honoring the amazing true stories of fifty inspirational women who helped fuel some of the greatest achievements in space exploration from the nineteenth century to today--including Hidden Figure's Mary Jackson and Katherine Johnson as well as former NASA Chief Astronaut Peggy Whitson, the record-holding American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 JACKranz, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2000
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Summary: A veteran space correspondent traces America's space history throughout the past fifty years, in an account that shares anecdotal portraits of astronauts and the author's fellow journalists while revealing how the space program and its press coverage have evolved.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books/Collins 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.4509 BARVon Braun, Wernher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.43 VONBOdenwald, Sten F
Summary: "From Galileo's telescope to the International Space Station - a stunningly photo-filled tour through the milestones of space exploration, examining iconic objects from Sputnik to Skylab and their effect on what we know and how we think about space"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520.9 ODECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520.9 ODELaunius, Roger D.
Summary: Throughout history, humans have been fascinated by space. From the Babylonian astronomers of 700 BCE who charted the paths of planets, to the ancient Inca and Aztec builders of early astronomical observatories, to the launch of Sputnik 1 and the Moon landing, through today's private and public space exploration endeavors, we have always looked to the skies to learn about our place in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.4 LAUMara, Wil
Summary: Readers will learn about some of the greatest space missions in history and find out what today's top engineers and scientists are doing to advance space exploration to new heights. They will also find out what it takes to begin a career in space exploration and how different workers can fill a variety of roles in the quest to reach distant planets and stars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 629.4 MARRinard, Judith E.
Summary: Summary: The major milestones in flight history illustrated from the collections of the National Air and Space Museum. Includes the development of flight and diagrams explaining flight science and technology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.1309 RINLaunius, Roger D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.4 LAUHolt, Nathalia
Summary: During World War Il, when the brand-new minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate jet velocities and plot missile trajectories, they recruited an elite group of young women--known as "computers"--who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design and helped bring about America's first ballistic missiles. But they were never...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016