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Men first flew into space in 1961, but until The Right Stuff was first published in 1979 few people had a sense of the most engrossing side of that adventure: namely, the perceptions and goals of the astronauts themselves, aloft and during certain remarkable odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner world of the early astronauts, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and their confreres, that Tom Wolfe describes with his extraordinary powers of empathy....
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[2018].
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The Department of Defense is reorganizing the national security space structure and enhancing space capabilities. There are many discussions and studies taking place to identify what this enterprise will do and how it will be structured, but in Colorado we believe one thing is clear: Colorado is the right home for Department of Defense space assets now and into the future.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 335
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1981.
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Introduces a climate index based on radiative transfer theory and derived from the spectral radiances typically used to retrieve temperature profiles.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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On February 20, 1962, John Glenn strapped himself into the seat of the Friendship 7. He was about to become the third American in space and the first American to orbit Earth. Find out more in NASA and the Astronauts, one of the titles in the Space Exploration series.
13) Women in space: 23 stories of first flights, scientific missions, and gravity-breaking adventures
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[2014]
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When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be 19 years before another woman got a chance—cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982—followed by American astronaut Sally Ride a year later. By breaking the stratospheric ceiling, these women forged a path for many female astronauts, cosmonauts, and mission specialists to follow.
Women in Space profiles 23
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[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Have you ever stared into the night sky, full of stars and planets? As a kid, Neil deGrasse Tyson was star-struck when he first visited a planetarium. The universe was calling him. Tyson pursued his interest in astronomy and studied to be an astrophysicist. In 1996, he became the director of New York's Hayden Planetarium. He is passionate about teaching people about the universe. Known for making science fun and easy to understand, he has hosted...
15) A rover's story
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
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Built to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet.
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Tells the true story of America's first women astronauts--six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle.
When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps, arguing that only military test pilots--a group then made up exclusively of men--had the right stuff. It was an era in which women were steered away from jobs in science and deemed unqualified for space...
17) Space
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2002.
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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100 Facts Space is bursting with incredible images, fun activities and exactly 100 fantastic facts. Children aged 7+ will learn everything they need to know about the Universe and the Solar System.
18) ABCs of space
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[2018]
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Colorful and simple introduction for babies and grownups to a new astronomical concept for every letter of the alphabet. Each page features multiple levels of text so the book grows along with your little astronomer.
19) Mars rovers
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2018.
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IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"Engaging images accompany information about Mars rovers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
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[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
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"Being lost is scary. Being lost in space is terrifying. These true tales of surviving a disaster in space follow real astronauts through harrowing ordeals in which they relied on their training, instincts, and courage to survive."--