Bondor-Stone, Annabeth
Summary: "This is a scientific history of pooping in space. From the earliest NASA missions up through the innovative results of their recent Space Poop Challenge design competition, we'll see the evolution of pooping on the final frontier. With fascinating facts and a few mishaps and discarded technologies along the way, we'll learn why it's so hard to deal with waste management in space"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 BONDye, Paul (Paul F.)
Summary: Dye, NASA's longest-serving Flight Director, examines the split-second decisions that the directors and astronauts were forced to make in a field where mistakes are unthinkable, and where errors led to the loss of national resources-- and more importantly, one's crew. From the powerful fiery ascent to the majesty of on-orbit operations to the high-speed and critical re-entry and landing of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B DYE DYESummary: NASA's space shuttle was the world's first reusable spacecraft, accomplishing many firsts and inspiring generations across its 30-year lifespan as America's iconic spaceship. In Space Shuttle Stories, shuttle astronaut Tom Jones interviewed more than 130 fellow astronauts for personal vignettes from each mission, complemented by their written accounts for all 135 space shuttle missions, from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.44 SPACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.44 SPAStabenow, Dana.
Summary: A renegade terrorist with a personal and vindictive grudge against all things American targets the space shuttle as NASA prepares to launch an important mission with a high-profile payload and a wealthy visitor on board.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martins Minotaur 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M STASummary: Send young imaginations into orbit with these space-themed transportation builders! The set includes 3 different vehicles made up of 3 durable plastic pieces with built-in magnets that lock together—for a frustration-free way to develop fine motor skills. Children match the 9 magnetic pieces to build realistic space vehicles...or mix them up to invent their very own! The set even includes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lakeshore
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Place a hold to request this item.Bagby, Meredith E.
Summary: "The never-before-told story of the barrier-breaking NASA class of 1978, which for the first time consisted of a diverse crew of women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and more, and their triumphs and tragedies working on the newly launched space shuttle program, with the exclusive cooperation of five astronauts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 BAGHohler, Robert T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 HOHDickmann, Nancy
Summary: Readers will get a peek into what it's like to visit the moon, climb aboard the International Space Station, and explore many other parts of space.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books, an imprint of Rosen Publishing 2019
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 523.2 DICBranley, Franklyn Mansfield
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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.477 BRARide, Sally.
Summary: Describes in text and photographs what it is like to be an astronaut on the space shuttle. Includes a glossary of terms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beech Tree 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 RIDKelly, Mark E.
Summary: A small, but plucky, mouse named Mike is sure that he can help the Space Shuttle astronauts, and ends up saving the whole mission.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Kelly 2012Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KELMcNeese, Tim.
Summary: Recounts events surrounding the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, the first shuttle to carry a civilian passenger, and discusses the impact of this disaster on the United States space program.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363 MCNFurniss, Tim.
Summary: Few events in history have been more monumental than the emergence of the Space Age, which began with the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957. During the next two decades, more than 1,600 spacecraft of all varieties were launched, mostly into the earth's orbit. In addition, twelve men walked on the moon and returned home. By the end of the 1980s, there were more than 300 operational spacecraft and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.4 FUREllis, Warren.
Summary: Three specialists investigate when a space shuttle returns to Earth after a disappearance of ten years with its pilot mentally deranged, the rest of its crew missing, and with Martian sand in its landing gear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2003
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ELLSummary: This book looks at the Space Shuttle experience, as told by the astronauts themselves. The editors of Air & Space/Smithsonian Magazine wrote all of the people who have flown on the Space Shuttle since 1981 with a simple request: Tell us your best stories. The astronauts' candid responses reveal the drama of the Shuttle experience, from launch to landing. The book includes more than 300 pictures...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.441 SPASummary: "[A] group of bright but incorrigible high school students spend...their summer at the NASA SpaceCamp. But when a frightening miscommunication occurs during a space shuttle training mission, the teens and their astronaut instructor are accidentally launched into orbit. Can this young team of unlikely heroes work together to survive the outer-space adventure of a lifetime?" --container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family SpaceRead, Jennifer
Summary: "Since the early days of flight, animals have helped researchers learn how to survive in the sky, and their role continues as humanity voyages into outer space. In 1783 a rooster, a duck and a sheep were placed in a basket attached to the first hot-air balloon. In the age of rockets and space travel, many more animals have travelled into orbit, and most have returned safely to earth. This book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Formac Publishing Company Limited 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 READean, Margaret Lazarus
Summary: In the 1960s, humans took their first steps away from Earth, and for a time our possibilities in space seemed endless. But in a time of austerity and in the wake of high-profile disasters like Challenger, that dream has ended. In early 2011, Margaret Lazarus Dean traveled to Cape Canaveral for NASA's last three space shuttle launches in order to bear witness to the end of an era. With Dean as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629 DEANaujokaitis, Pranas T.
Summary: "In History Comics: The Challenger Disaster, we turn the clock back to January 28, 1986. Seven astronauts boarded the space shuttle Challenger on what would be a routine mission. All eyes and cameras were on crew member Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher, who was set to become the first private citizen in space. Excitement filled the air as the clock counted down to liftoff. But at T-plus...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.124 NAULeinbach, Michael D.
Summary: On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation's eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center was a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service, and dozens more federal, state, and local agencies combed rural east...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Space LeinbachSander, Sonia.
Summary: Lego astronauts board the space shuttle and set to work exploring space.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Ponto, Joanna
Summary: Students will explore the planets, stars, moon, and other celestial bodies as they create ten astronomy-related projects, including a mobile depicting the lunar phases, a watercolor painting of the Great Bear constellation, and a North Star finder. Simple step-by-step directions accompanied by images let students learn about the science of space as they build the essential skills of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2019