Astronautics Space Science category: 571 books

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this NASA report presents an end-to-end approach to ensure system reliability, crew health, and planetary protection in regolith environments. It also recommends technology investments that would be required to implement...

Have you ever watched video of astronauts walking on the moon? Margaret Hamilton programmed software that helped get them there. As a girl, Hamilton loved math and science. She grew up during a time when very few women studied computer science, but Hamilton knew she wanted to write code. As an adult,...

The long-buried truth about the dawn of the Space Age: lies, spies, socialism, and sex magick. Los Angeles, 1930s: Everyone knows that rockets are just toys, the stuff of cranks and pulp magazines. Nevertheless, an earnest engineering student named Frank Malina sets out to prove the doubters...

SPACE 2013 - Die spannende Welt der Raumfahrt. Die zehnte Ausgabe des Raumfahrt-Klassikers. Aouda.X: Mars-Simulation in der Dachstein Rieseneishöhle * Curiosity: Acht Monate ruhige Reise und sieben Minuten Terror * Höhenflug von Shenzou Neun: Erste Chinesin im All * Der Flug des Drachen: Vertrauen...

DID YOU KNOW THAT. . . HUMANS have sent JELLYFISH into SPACE, or that there is a PLANET made of ICE that’s on FIRE?DO YOU WANT TO KNOW . . . Why SPACE smells like RASPBERRIES?AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS . . . With PLANETS made from DIAMONDS, STARS that could destroy our SOLAR SYSTEM and how long HUMANS could...

This beautiful book is the latest addition to the National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book series. These colorful pages will introduce young children to the wonders of space, with colorful illustrations by David Aguilar and simple text that is perfect for beginning readers or for reading aloud....

From rovers to shuttles and probes, Spaceships and Rockets covers everything there is to know about spacecraft. Spaceships and Rockets takes an up-close look at the history of rockets and space travel, and technology development for space travel planned for the future. Find out how a rocket...

Blast off into space and get to know Mae Jemison—the first African-American woman to ever go to space—with this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people “you should meet.” Meet Mae Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut!...

THE AMAZING VOYAGE OF NEFERTITI, THE SPIDERNAUT -- Most spiders spin a web and passively wait for prey to come to them. Jumping spiders, by contrast, actively hunt by jumping to catch their food. What if a jumping spider was sent to the International Space Station? When it jumped, it would...

SPACE is full of incredible images and mind-blowing facts about the solar system, galaaxies, satellites, and much more! Readers will be fascinated to elarn about everything from shooting stars to space travel.Is it possible for humans to live in space? How many starts are there in the universe? How did the planets get their names? SPACE has the answers to all of these questions and many more!

Children will find out about the universe, our solar system, observations of the starry skies, and the mind-blowing wonders of outer space. From the birth of stars to the mysteries of black holes, the Universe has been constantly studied to understand how it works. Learn about icy planets and...

Space! Written by Spencer Jones and published by eBook Kids,"Space! Kids Book About the Solar System - Pictures & Fun Facts & information on Galaxies,Space Ships & more" Learning and entertainment tool for kids of all ages.

Where am I in the solar system? A beloved bestseller, now refreshed with new art from Christine Gore, that will help children discover their place in the Milky Way. Where is the earth? Where is the sun? Where are the stars? Now with new art by Christine Gore, here is an out-of-this world...

From a stray on the streets to the first dog in the stars! Aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2, Laika became the first living creature to travel to outer space. See the story unfold as one heroic little dog makes a huge sacrifice to help people learn about space travel.