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Summary: "Since the early days of flight, animals have helped researchers learn how to survive in the sky, and their role continues as humanity voyages into outer space. In 1783 a rooster, a duck and a sheep were placed in a basket attached to the first hot-air balloon. In the age of rockets and space travel, many more animals have travelled into orbit, and most have returned safely to earth. This book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Formac Publishing Company Limited 2020
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Summary: "While on a mission to cement peace between the Sun Clans and the Thousand Worlds, Min the fox spirit and her ghost brother Jun get stranded on a death planet with Haneul the dragon spirit and Sebin the tiger spirit. To survive, the young cadets will have to rely on all their wits, training, and supernatural abilities. And let's not forget the Dragon Pearl . . .This thrilling conclusion of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEEMara, 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 MARJeffers, Oliver
Summary: Merging space travel with a road trip, a father drives all over the solar system at 37mph in order to allow his children to view the conflicts of Earth's history in the rearview mirror. Whether it's only been the 78 years it takes to drive to Venus or the 8,000 it takes to get to Neptune, humans have been fighting each other for small pieces of space on our planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022
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Summary: "Jide, Petra, and their intergalactic friends are back on the Potato (their orbiting classroom) for another out-of-this-world adventure. Their latest space mission brings them to the home planets of their schoolmates, where pranks must be avenged, new terrains must be explored, and the patience of Commander G must be tested!"--provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Jasper and his friends are the first group of cadets, called Bounders, to be trained as astronauts who use new spaceships to teleport, but soon are forced to go up against an alien society seeking revenge for stealing this brain-sync technology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC TESMoyle, Sabrina
Summary: "Astrid and Stella are best friends and intergalactic heroes ... After drifting into a dangerous force field powered by misunderstanding, it will take total teamwork to get back on track! Once they've recovered from that detour, a run-in with a fur-miliar villain and the rescue of an intergalactic pop star are enough to keep things interesting for Astrid, Stella, and their trusty robot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023
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Summary: Provides an introduction to how forces and motion work in space, including why astronauts feel heavy after take-off, why rockets are long and thin, and how spacecraft orbit Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Raintree 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.4 SPIJeffers, Oliver.
Summary: Stranded on the moon after his extraordinary airplane takes him into outer space, a boy meets a marooned young Martian with a broken spacecraft, and the two new friends work together to return to their respective homes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2008
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Summary: "Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON! There's only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon's savior and Earth's last hope! And that hero is . . . a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space! Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail clipping robot, the First Cat in Space journeys across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: When George and Annie are selected as junior astronauts, it is a dream come true until they learn that strange things are happening on Earth as well as in the skies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HAWSummary: It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI SUNLawrence, Ellen
Summary: "Young readers will learn all about space."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.44 LAWMass, Wendy
Summary: Earth is in danger! The only thing that can save the planet are six essential elements that can fuse into a new source of clean energy. But the elements are scattered throughout the galaxy. And it's up to the Voyagers-, a team of four remarkable kids and an alien, to gather them all and return to Earth. The Voyagers have made it to the last planet. If they complete this mission, they can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MASSummary: After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew heads toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin are facing the problems of waning supplies and crushed morale. Along the way they have to deal with the credible threat that Cylons may be aboard the ship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: SG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, on board the Odyssey, SG-1 travels to the Ori galaxy. The International Oversight Committee has their own plans and SG-1 finds themselves in a distant galaxy fighting two powerful enemies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor] 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STADrozd, 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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Summary: "Thirteen-year-old Min comes from a long line of fox spirits. But you'd never know it by looking at her. To keep the family safe, Min's mother insists that none of them use any fox magic, such as Charm or shape-shifting. They must appear human. Min feels hemmed in by the household rules and resents the endless chores, the cousins who crowd her, and the aunties who judge her. She would like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Dispatched on a rescue mission to the farthest reaches of space, the USS Enterprise is ambushed by Krall, a ruthless enemy sworn against the Federation. Crash-landing on an uncharted hostile world, Captain Kirk, Spock, and the crew are separated with no means of escape. Only Jaylah, a rebellious alien warrior, can help them reunite and find a way off the planet in a race against time to stop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Star 2016Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STACopies Available at Peninsula
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Summary: Learn from experienced astronauts what surprised them about their time off-Earth. Hear from future private astronauts how they are preparing for their trips to space. Get the inside scoop on lesser-known spaceflight training and preparations. Read the personal stories of how the breathtaking view of our planet from above, the disorientation of microgravity, and other unexpected details of space...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astralytical 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 FORLawrence, Ellen
Summary: How does it feel to work in zero gravity in a laboratory more than 200 miles above Earth? What kinds of experiments do astronauts carry out? Learn the answers to these questions and more as you get ready to blast off into space!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 LAWMurray, Julie
Summary: This book introduces young readers to American aerospace company, SpaceX, what it has accomplished and what it plans to do in the future. Colorful photographs, a glossary, and an index are also provided.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Zoom 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.41 MURRedgate, Riley
Summary: When the president's daughter--eighteen-year-old Leigh Chen--ends up on the only ship escaping a dying earth, she and a group of teenagers must grapple with the challenges of what it will take to survive as the last remnants of humanity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2022