Spilsbury, Richard
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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Raintree 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.4 SPIStowell, Louie
Summary: A funny and fascinating how-to guide for budding astronauts, providing a crash course on what it takes to travel into space. Answers all the big questions about space travel, from “How do rockets work?” and “What do astronauts do all day?” to “How do you go to the toilet on a spaceship?” Explores the technology that astronauts use, from space suits to Soyuz spacecraft, and the scientific...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629 STOSummary: Teenager Jim Hawkins travels across the universe as a cabin boy aboard a majestic space galleon only to realize that his friend Silver, the ship's cook, is a space pirate.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY TRESummary: A group of soldiers, scientists and civilians, fleeing an attack, is stranded billions of miles from Earth on an Ancient ship known as the Destiny. Locked on an unknown course, they must fight to survive and find a way home. The danger, adventure, and hope they find on board the Destiny will reveal the heroes and villains among them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010