Shetterly, Margot Lee
Summary: Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918- ), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942- ).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SHEStine, Megan.
Summary: Looks at the life and career of the physicist and NASA astronaut who became the first American woman in space in 1983.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RIDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET RIDESummary: Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered. Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Communications 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WHEAnderson, AnnMarie
Summary: "Sally Ride was the first American female astronaut to go to space. She worked on a space shuttle for two different missions. But Sally Ride did more than just travel to space. She also was a teacher, an author, and a scientist. Learn more about her amazing life in this new level 3 biography!, "--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ANDFabiny, 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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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 629.4 FABClemons, Jack
Summary: "In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons -- a former lead engineer in support of NASA -- takes listeners behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years. Discover the people, the events, and the risks involved in one of the most important parts of space missions: bringing the astronauts back home to Earth."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 629.45 CLESummary: NASA launches a Mars Recovery Mission to investigate and bring back survivors from the first manned mission to Mars which has mysteriously disappeared.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 2000
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Mission 2000Johnson, Katherine G
Summary: Shares the life of the groundbreaking mathematician, including her childhood where she showed an incredible aptitude for math, the daily challenges she faced from both racism and sexism, and her work with NASA.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Hidden 2017Summary: Includes film from the May 2009 mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as images captured by the telescope, and a series of scientifically realistic space flights based on Hubble data.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2011
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HUBMezrich, Ben
Summary: In 2002, NASA fellow Thad Roberts hatched the most daring heist ever conceived: steal NASA's precious moon rocks. With the help of his girlfriend and another female cohort, both NASA interns, Roberts successfully stole the rocks. However, selling the invaluable stones proved to be Roberts' downfall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 ROBERTS, THAD MEZDavid, Leonard
Summary: "It seems a foregone conclusion: We will set foot on the Moon once more. Let this provocative, timely book by veteran space journalist Leonard David be your guide as it happens. Against an inspiring backdrop of history, science, and technology, he explains the explorations, enterprises, and most pressing issues surrounding our lunar satellite today..."--from Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Partners, LLC 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Becker, Helaine
Summary: "You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 [mission]. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure that Apollo 13 returned safely home? As a child, Katherine Johnson loved to count. She counted the steps on the road, the number of dishes and spoons she washed in the kitchen sink, everything! Boundless, curious, and excited by calculations, young Katherine longed to know as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOHKennan, Erlend A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.454 KENNataraj, Nirmala
Summary: The Planets features more than 200 stunning photographs of our solar system from the archives of NASA, each paired with a detailed caption. The content is organized by distance from the Sun--beginning with Mercury and moving outward through Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the planetary objects beyond.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Board a satellite in space to look back upon the shuttle as it orbits the Earth. Be part of the crew, working alongside the astronauts as they deploy and repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Travel millions of miles beyond Earth to soar above the remarkable contours of Venus and Mars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV 629.45 Destiny 2001Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
Summary: The astrophysicist director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York discusses the future of space travel and the importance of its exploration for the United States' economy, security, and morale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.4 TYSSummary: Go into space alongside the astronauts on the space shuttle. Experience working in zero gravity, and eating and sleeping in orbit. Witness the first spacewalk by an American woman, and the capture and repair of a satellite.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV 629.45 Dream 2001Summary: Shows how American and Russian astronauts train for life aboard the Russian space station Mir and, in film taken by the American astronauts in space, shows how the astronauts live, work, and entertain in a zero-gravity environment. Includes a brief review of the history of manned space flight. Features American astronaut Shannon Lucid.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV 629.44 Mission 2001Summary: Experience zero gravity and the thrill of life aboard the most complex scientific project ever assembled: The International Space Station. The Station hovers 220 miles above Earth and this piece shows how the Station was assembled and who did the assembling. The action is all captured in live you-are-there footage IMAX 3-D style.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV 629.442 Space 2005Summary: Based on a true story. This is how the biggest television event in history was almost not televised. Apollo 11 goes to the moon and the first step is to be televised around the globe. But right before the landing, the dish flatlines. Its up to the unconventional Aussie crew and the by-the-book NASA supervisor to work together to fix the dish before the landing occurs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DISBrinkley, Douglas
Summary: "July 20, 1969. It's a day that has earned a spot in history. It's the day that America was the first nation to succeed in sending two astronauts--Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong--to the moon. But what led to this unforgettable event? What were the stakes riding on the Apollo 11's safe landing? In acclaimed author Douglas Brinkley's first young readers' edition, space fans will get the riveting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.922 BRIFeldman, Thea
Summary: Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine's unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017