Rector, Rebecca Kraft
Summary: From the first time a person looked up at the sky and wondered 'What's out there?" humans have dreamed about exploring the cosmos. In 1998, scientists from around the world worked together to build a science lab in outer space. Since then, the ISS has orbited the earth more than 120,000 times and been home to more than 200 astronauts! ISS scientists have conducted experiments on topics,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2022
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Summary: How does it feel to work in zero gravity in a laboratory more than 200 miles above Earth? What kinds of experiments do astronauts carry out? Learn the answers to these questions and more as you get ready to blast off into space!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 LAWReynolds, Donna
Summary: "Humans have long been fascinated with exploring the vast expanse of space, despite the inherent dangers of surviving beyond Earth's atmosphere. This volume delves into the history of human space exploration, from the first pioneering missions to the cutting-edge technology being developed today. Readers discover the physical and psychological challenges that come with living in space, from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 REYCollins, A. L. (Ai Lynn)
Summary: Fifth-grader Yin is really excited about her class trip to the International Space Station Three and the station museum's newest exhibit, the Star Cabbage, an alien plant discovered floating in space and considered harmless; but the station is on lockdown, the crew is not in evidence, and something large and growling is stalking the halls--but Yin is determined to investigate and find out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2019
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Summary: When most of the adults on space station Wilnick come down with the flu, Sanity and Tallulah are tasked with delivering turbopumps to another station, but when they take a shortcut, they accidentally end up on the other side of the blockade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BROCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series BrooksBrown, Carron
Summary: Watch as astronauts blast off into space with this beautifully illustrated book. By simply holding the book up to the light, or shining a torch behind each page, young readers will be able to discover how astronauts work, eat and exercise on a space station, and will delight in following a crew from lift-off to touch-down. The innovative see-through feature fulfills a similar function to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPANISH BROBuckley, James
Summary: Home is a long way from home! There are no refrigerators in space - think about it! Life on the International Space Station is well, another, way of life: you wake up in a sleeping bag tied to the wall; open a food package which keeps your meals from floating away, and then maybe go to work...walking in space! (And the toilet? That's a story!) A lively reader about the daily life on the ISS. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR RED BUCSummary: Relena and Heero have come aboard the Libra in a last-ditch hope to talk some sense into Zechs, but he will not listen. Treize and his forces arrive, and Treize challenges Zechs to a one-on-one duel to decide the fate of the war, but Zechs refuses. Now the immense ships Libra and Peacmillion are on a collision course with one another, and the resulting collision could destroy all life on Earth....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bandai Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME MOBThompson, Mark
Summary: Imagine living on an alien planet! But to really do that you'll need to apply a fair bit of science. This book has twelve scientific investigations to help you understand how force fields help us, why taking a shower is space is tricky and how tiny specs of space dust can be deadly. Discover why insulation is important and what would happen if you went out into space without a spacesuit - and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 THOTaylor, Helen Springhetti
Summary: "A kid-friendly, accessible, and humorous text that describes the sometimes complicated task of eating while in space"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.44 TAYHirsch, Rebecca E
Summary: "Find out the latest discoveries in space stations with animated 3D models that bring space alive in augmented reality."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.44 HIRHadfield, Chris
Summary: 1973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon. As Russian and American crews sprint for a secret bounty hidden away on the lunar surface, old rivalries blossom and the political stakes are stretched to the breaking point back on Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADSummary: Adapted from a Stanislaw Lem novel. Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of theSolaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he experiences the strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN SOLHamilton, John
Summary: Simple text and "out-of-this-world" photography introduce readers to the International Space Station, NASA's science lab in space. Important details include space station history, planning and international cooperation, construction of the ISS, modules, solar arrays, and daily life aboard the space station. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629 HAMNixon, David
Summary: In 1984 President Ronald Reagan gave NASA the go-ahead to build a Space Station. A generation later, the International Space Station is an established and highly successful research centre in Earth orbit. The history of this extraordinary project is a complex weave of powerful threads - political, diplomatic, financial and technological among them - but none is more fascinating than the story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Circa Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.442 NIXBrown, Carron
Summary: Watch as astronauts blast off into space with this beautifully illustrated book. By simply holding the book up to the light, or shining a torch behind each page, young readers will be able to discover how astronauts work, eat and exercise on a space station, and will delight in following a crew from lift-off to touch-down. The innovative see-through feature fulfils a similar function to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Set Shine Light Brown 2016Bondor-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 BONSummary: Four features from the television series shown in 1990-1993, America's only show that makes fun of really bad B movies from the comfort of a spaceship floating above earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MYSHadfield, Chris
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 secret Soviet space station spying on America, and Apollo 18 may be the only chance to stop it. But even as Kaz races to keep the NASA crew one step ahead of their Russian rivals, a deadly accident...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HADSummary: Sheridan attempts to wage peace for the Interstellar Alliance, plus the ultimate fireball destruction of the outmoded station in this final season of Babylon 5.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BABSummary: "Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere. Fight dreadful creatures, face the Cosmic Gods and unravel their twisted story" --Developer's website.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Four features from the 1993 television series, America's only show that makes fun of really bad B movies from the comfort of a spaceship floating above earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Home Video 2003