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Fabiny, Sarah Launius, Roger D. Reynolds, Donna Shetterly, Margot Lee Slader, Erik Stone, RobertReynolds, Donna
Summary: "Humans have long been fascinated with exploring the vast expanse of space, despite the inherent dangers of surviving beyond Earth's atmosphere. This volume delves into the history of human space exploration, from the first pioneering missions to the cutting-edge technology being developed today. Readers discover the physical and psychological challenges that come with living in space, from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 REYLaunius, Roger D.
Summary: In Apollo's Legacy, space historian Roger D. Launius explores the many-faceted stories told about the meaning of the Apollo program and how it forever altered American society. The Apollo missions marked the first time human beings left Earth's orbit and visited another world, and thus they loom large in our collective memory. Many have detailed the exciting events of the Apollo program, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 LAUStone, Robert
Summary: In 1961, President John F. Kennedy proposed the nation spend twenty billion dollars to land a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. Stone and Andres reveal for the first time the unknown stories of the individuals whose imaginative work across several decades culminated in America's momentous achievement. They show that the moon landing-- now celebrating its fiftieth anniversary-- grew...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 STOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 629.45 STOFabiny, Sarah
Summary: "Find out all about NASA in this out-of-this-world addition to the What Was? series. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race againstthe Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.4 FABCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Space FabinySlader, 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 SLAShetterly, Margot Lee
Summary: Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016