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by
Colleen A Sexton
(11)
Summary: People must go through difficult training to become astronauts. Learn how astronauts prepare for life in space, complete their missions, and survive above the atmosphere.
BOOK
Call #: J READER 629.45 SEX
Location: Junior Readers Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Allison Lassieur
(6)
Summary: Describes how astronauts are trained and how they live and work in space and discusses some famous male and female astronauts.
BOOK
Call #: J 629.45 LAS
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Carmen Bredeson
Series:
I Like Space!
(9)
Summary: "Introduces early readers to subjects about space in Q&A format"--Provided by publisher.
BOOK
Call #: J 629.45 BRE
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Liesbet Slegers , illustrator
(18)
Summary: Astronauts do what no on else does. They go into space. They do that in a space shuttle, which is sort of like a rocket plane. They buckle up and get ready. The engines start. 3-2-1-go! Soon the...
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BOOK
Call #: J P SCIENCE SLEGERS
Location: Junior Picture Books - Science
copies in: 0 of 1
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![The astronaut's wife [DVD]](https://www.johnstonlibrary.com/wp_pac/full/images/noimage.gif)
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Summary: When a NASA astronaut's mission loses contact with the crew on earth for two minutes of terror, his wife goes through the longest 120 seconds of her life -- until contact is resumed, he touches...
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DVD
Call #: DVD DRAMA ASTRONAUT'S
Location: DVDs Drama
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Scott Kelly
(70)
Summary: People think astronauts are always perfect, but Kelly believes that our mistakes and challenges can lead to greatness. Using ten life-changing moments, he shares advice for success. Most of us need...
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BOOK
Call #: B KELLY YA
Location: YA Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Rebecca Siegel
(87)
Summary: It's the 1960's, and the United States and the Soviet Union are locked in a heated race to launch the first human into space. NASA selects seven men, superstar test pilots and former military air...
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BOOK
Call #: 629.45 SIE YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(28)
BOOK
Call #: 629.441 SPA
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Pandorum [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/46912@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. The only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can't remember who they are or what...
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DVD
Call #: DVD SCI FIC PANDORUM
Location: DVDs SCI-FI
copies in: 1 of 1
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Summary: At the Dawn of Man, a group of hominids encounters a mysterious black monolith that is alien to their surroundings. A hominid discovers the first weapon, using a bone to kill prey. The bone is tossed...
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BLU-RAY
Call #: BLU SCI FIC TWO
Location: Blu-rays SCI-FI
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Scott Kelly
(416)
Summary: Scott wasn't sure what he wanted to be when he grew up. He struggled in school and often got in trouble with his twin brother, Mark. Then one day Scott discovered a book about test pilots and...
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BOOK
Call #: J READER B KELLY
Location: Junior Readers Biographies
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Lori Alexander
(150)
Summary: Discover all the out-of-this-world ways babies of today can become astronauts of the future. Includes fun astronaut facts.
BOOK
Call #: BB ALE
Location: Board Books
copies in: 1 of 1
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![The right stuff [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/28563@2x.jpg)
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Summary: The story of how seven cocky pilots became the astronauts of Project Mercury and pioneered America's launch into the space race.
DVD
Call #: DVD DRAMA RIGHT
Location: DVDs Drama
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Mike Barfield
(6)
Summary: Presents graphic illustrations of miscellaneous facts about the solar system, space travel and the life of astronauts, and the exploration of outer space.
BOOK
Call #: J GN BAR
Location: Junior Graphic Novels
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Mark E. Kelly
(1,121)
Summary: A small, but plucky, mouse named Meteor is sure that he can help the Space Shuttle astronauts. Meteor ends up saving the whole mission. Includes facts about NASA and space travel.
BOOK
Call #: J P SCIENCE KELLY
Location: Junior Picture Books - Science
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Franklyn M. Branley
(89)
Summary: Examines life aboard a space shuttle, describing how astronauts deal with weightlessness, how they eat and exercise, some of the work they do, and more.
BOOK
Call #: J P SCIENCE BRANLEY
Location: Junior Picture Books - Science
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Drew Brockington
Series:
CatStronauts
(2,688)
Summary: Alerted to a global energy crisis, the President consults with the World's Best Scientist, who suggests sending a special group of astronauts to turn the Moon into a solar power plant.
BOOK
Call #: J GN BRO
Location: Junior Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Drew Brockington , artist
(768)
Summary: "The CatStronauts--elite cat astronauts--are aboard the International Space Station to repair the faulty Hubba Bubba Telescope, but have to contend with communications interference and a near...
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BOOK
Call #: J GN BRO
Location: Junior Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jon Scieszka
Series:
AstroNuts
(279)
Summary: Carbon dioxide is out of control on Earth, and the fate of humankind rests in the paws of four experimental, untested Animal Astronauts (AlphaWolf, SmartHawk, LaserShark, and StinkBug) who are...
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BOOK
Call #: J GN SCI
Location: Junior Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Charles Soule
(12)
Summary: For the crew of the Clarke, crash-landed on Mars, the end comes in the form of the Builders, determined to wipe out the astronauts -- after they take Astra with them. For those on Earth, including...
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BOOK
Call #: 741.59 SOU
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jon Scieszka
Series:
AstroNuts
(37)
Summary: So far the AstroNuts have failed to find a suitable planet, but NNASA (Not-NASA) has come up with a new plan: send the four animal astronauts back through time on Earth where they are to contact...
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BOOK
Call #: J GN SCI
Location: Junior Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Chris Hadfield
(12,268)
Summary: NASA is about to launch Apollo 18. While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight controller Kazimieras "Kaz" Zemeckis knows there is a darker objective. Intelligence has discovered a...
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BOOK
Call #: F HADFIELD
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Mary Roach
(169)
Summary: What is it like to float weightlessly in the air? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a spacewalk? How do astronauts go to the bathroom? Is it true that they don't shower? Can farts...
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BOOK
Call #: J 629.4 ROA
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Charles Soule
(32)
Summary: Newly-elected president Stephen Blades hoped to tackle the most critical issues facing the nation: war, the economy, and health care. But in a letter penned by the outgoing president, Blades learns...
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BOOK
Call #: 741.59 SOU
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Summary: Nearly 40 years after Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin enthralled the nation when they became the first men to land on the moon, lunar exploration has returned to the headlines as new...
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DVD
Call #: DVD 629.454 DIR
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Max Barry
(5,274)
Summary: Gilly, Talia, Anders, and Jackson are astronauts captaining a new and supposedly indestructible ship in humanity's war against an alien race. Confined to the ship for years, each of them holding...
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BOOK
Call #: F BARRY
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Brian Biggs , illustrator
(236)
Summary: When Astronaut Randolph Witherspoon takes a walk -- a space walk, that is! -- he doesn't hear Ground Control's order not to talk to strangers and winds up making a new friend.
BOOK
Call #: J P EXPLORE BIGGS
Location: Junior Picture Books - Explore
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Roda Ahmed
(1,952)
Summary: Mae wanted to be an astronaut. She dreamed of dancing in space. She imagined herself surrounded by billions of stars, floating, gliding, and discovering. Her parents encouraged her, saying, "If you...
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BOOK
Call #: J P HISTORY AHMED
Location: Junior Picture Books - History
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Lucille Colandro
(277)
Summary: In this adaptation of the traditional nursery rhyme, an astronaut swallows the Moon and other celestial objects, while two children ask questions about the solar system and outer space.
BOOK
Call #: J P SCIENCE COLANDRO
Location: Junior Picture Books - Science
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jon J. Muth adapter, illustrator
(418)
Summary: In this graphic adaptation of a story by Stanislaw Lem, a meteoroid damages astronaut and space traveller Ijon's spaceship, and he finds himself caught in a time loop, contending with past and future versions of himself.
BOOK
Call #: J GN MUT
Location: Junior Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Phil Stamper
(22,189)
Summary: Cal Lewis's volatile father has been picked to become an astronaut for NASA's mission to Mars. This means leaving Brooklyn -- and Cal's career plans as an aspiring journalist -- to move to Houston,...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F STAMPER
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Sarah Howden
Series:
Fearless Girls
(6)
Summary: Roberta Bondar is ready to be the first Canadian woman to go into space. What new scientific discoveries await her?
BOOK
Call #: J READER B BONDAR
Location: Junior Readers Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Eliot Schrefer
(13,790)
Summary: Earth's population is divided between only two existing countries which cannot manage to cooperate in any way, until a distress signal arrives from Titan's first settler. Neither country can afford...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F SCHREFER
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Drew Brockington , artist
Series:
CatStronauts
(332)
Summary: Darby Fuzzelton, the world's richest cat, is determined to open the first-ever space hotel! Her first guests? The elite CatStronauts along with a few kittens who were top of their class at Space...
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BOOK
Call #: J GN BRO
Location: Junior Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Emily Skrutskie
Series:
Bloodright Trilogy - #1
(4,146)
Summary: A young pilot risks everything to save his best friend -- the man he trusts most and might even love -- only to learn that his friend is secretly the heir to a brutal galactic empire. Ettian's life...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F SKRUTSKIE
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jon Scieszka
Series:
AstroNuts
(98)
Summary: On their second mission to find another habitable planet, the four mutant animals, LaserShark, AstroWolf, SmartHawk, and StinkBug, splash land on the Water Planet, run by some suspiciously friendly...
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BOOK
Call #: J GN SCI
Location: Junior Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Andy Weir
(1,037,089)
Summary: Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to...
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BOOK
Call #: F WEIR
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Ximena Hastings
(43)
Summary: Sally Brown is reading a book about Sally Ride, the first woman in space. There's only one thing to do: become an astronaut, too!
BOOK
Call #: J READER BLUE SCHULZ
Location: Junior Readers Blue
copies in: 1 of 1
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