Sorell, Traci

Summary: "Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Air Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROS

Dye, Paul (Paul F.)

Summary: Dye, NASA's longest-serving Flight Director, examines the split-second decisions that the directors and astronauts were forced to make in a field where mistakes are unthinkable, and where errors led to the loss of national resources-- and more importantly, one's crew. From the powerful fiery ascent to the majesty of on-orbit operations to the high-speed and critical re-entry and landing of a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B DYE DYE

Cassutt, Michael

Summary: "One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W.S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord," "the Godfather," and "UNO" (unidentified NASA official) by those within NASA. He was said to be secretive, despotic, a Space Age Machiavelli. Yet Abbey had more influence on human spaceflight than almost anyone in history. From young pilot and wannabe astronaut to engineer,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 ABBEY, GEORGE CAS

Harris, Duchess

Summary: In the 1950s, NASA relied on human computers. These skilled women did calculations by hand. While astronauts and their accomplishments were well known, human computers often worked behind the scenes. Hidden Heroes: The Human Computers of NASA explores the legacy of NASA's human computers.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J629.45 HAR

Davenport, Christian

Summary: Traces the historic quest to rekindle the human exploration of space as navigated by billionaire entrepreneurs, sharing insights into how professional rivalry and Silicon Valley innovations are lowering the cost of space travel and exceeding the achievements of NASA. "The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 DAV

Summary: Tim Thomas was a gifted aerospace engineer with a beautiful wife. Then, while using his cell phone while driving, his car wandered across lanes and he became responsible for the deaths of 7 others, including his wife. Unable to forgive himself, Tim sets out to give 'pounds of flesh' that will give new life to seven deserving individuals to make up for the seven lives he destroyed. Tim intends...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SEV

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SEV

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Seven 2009

Day, Kate Hope

Summary: "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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAY

Hickam, Homer H.

Summary: Homer Hickam, the introspective son of a mine superintendent and a mother determined to get him out of Coalwood, West Virginia forever, nurtures a dream to send rockets into outer space--an ambition that changes his life and the lives of everyone living in Coalwood in 1957.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Books 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.4092 HIC

Edwards, Sue Bradford

Summary: Discusses how in the 1950s, black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 EDW
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 EDW

Harris, Robert

Summary: A World War II German rocket engineer under orders to launch V2 rockets at London from Occupied Holland and an actress-turned-English intelligence officer with a mission to neutralize the bombings land on opposite sides in a desperate hunt for a saboteur.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAR

Ing, Dean.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2000

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ING

Olson, Elsie

Summary: This title explores tools, methods, discoveries, and careers in the Engineering field. Accompanying the main text are activities from a mini flashlight to a test-and-fly glider. These crafts encourage readers to engage with what they learned, solidifying their new knowledge. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO 2024

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J507.8 OLS