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"A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize-winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in twenty-four hours. A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots a day in the lives of six women and men hurtling through space -- not toward the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet. Selected for one of the last space station missions of...
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xvi, 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest man-made structure to orbit Earth and has been conducting research for close to a decade and a half. Yet it is only the latest in a long line of space stations and laboratories that have flown in orbit since the early 1970s. The histories of these earlier programs have been all but forgotten as the public focused on other, higher-profile adventures such as the Apollo moon landings. A vast trove...
4) Astronaut
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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"It's a busy day for astronauts Jenny, Chen, and Kim. They are going to the space station on an important mission. The crew are there to help them but what is wrong with Robo-bot?"-- Back cover.
Explains all the important things that Jenny and her fellow astronauts do each day while on the Space Station.
5) Gemina
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Illuminae files volume 2
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"When the space station Heimdall is invaded, Hannah and Nik must work together to defeat the enemy"-- Provided by publisher.
On board the Jump Station Heimdall, Hanna is the captain's pampered daughter; Nik a member of a notorious crime family. While they are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy's most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the...
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What's longer than a football field, weighs more than 450 cars, yet flies miles above Earth's surface? It's the International Space Station. In this book, you'll learn how the station was built and how crew members live and work there.
Looks at the International Space Station, the work astronauts do on board, getting supplies, daily life on the space station, and possible future developments.
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The illegitimate daughter of a commoner and a duke, Synali von Hauteclare, survives an attack by an assassin hired by her father and plans her revenge by riding and fighting on a giant robot.
In a massive space station that houses the last of humanity, the king rules. Nobles dance. Commoners starve. And when they aren't starving, they watch the riding tournaments between the giant robots called "steeds" -- once used in the war against the enemy,...
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3 videodiscs (544 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Ninety-seven years after nuclear Armageddon destroyed the planet, humanity's sole survivors live on the Ark, an aging space station experiencing overpopulation and inadequate resources. When faced with difficult choices, the Ark leaders decide to send 100 juvenile prisoners back to Earth to test its living conditions.
10) Satellite
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453 pages ; 22 cm
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"Born and raised on Moon 2, Leo and the twins, Orion and Libra, are finally old enough and strong enough to endure the dangerous trip to Earth. They've been parented by teams of astronauts since birth and have run countless drills to ready themselves for every conceivable difficulty they might face on the flight. But has anything really prepared them for life on terra firma?"--Jacket flap.
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1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"Although astronauts routinely perform science experiments on spacecraft, we rarely have seen just how catastrophic they can be-until now. When a particle accelerator goes awry, suddenly the entire crew of a spacecraft must fight to stay alive. Relying upon all of their considerable skills and talents, they will need to improvise in ways they have never even imagined before. With each passing second making their prospects of a potential escape more...
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Criterion collection volume 164
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2 videodiscs (approximately 169 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
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Russian
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Adapted from a Stanislaw Lem novel. Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris 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.
14) Central Station
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A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is literally a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap, and data is cheaper. When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris' ex-lover is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the datastream of a mind with the touch of a finger. His cousin is infatuated...
16) Station Eternity
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Midsolar murders volume 1
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456 pages ; 21 cm.
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"Amateur detective Mallory Viridian's talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove her to live on an alien space station, but her problems still follow her in this witty, self-aware novel that puts a speculative spin on murder mysteries, from the Hugo-nominated author of Six Wakes. From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban landscapes, Mallory Viridian is constantly embroiled in murder cases that only she has the insight to...
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48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 19 x 24 cm.
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"The International Space Station (ISS) is a huge science laboratory that orbits Earth. It's about as long as a football field and is home to astronauts from different countries. With each mission to ISS, astronauts learn more about our incredible universe! This book takes readers on an exciting out-of-this-world voyage and uncovers cutting-edge technology while supporting STEM and NGSS standards. Each book contains fact boxes, sidebars, a glossary,...
18) This is the year
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360 pages ; 22 cm
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"Seventeen-year-old self-proclaimed goth and aspiring writer Julieta Villarreal is drowning. She's grieving her twin sister who died in a hit-and-run, her Florida home is crumbling under the weight of climate disaster, and she isn't sure how much longer she can stay in a place that doesn't seem to have room for her. So when she is recruited by Cometa, a private space program seeking gifted immigrant teens for a mission to establish humanity's first...
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388 pages ; 24 cm
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"The gripping story of one scientist in outer space, another who watches over him, the family left behind, and the lengths people will go to protect the people and planet they love Scientist Alex Welch-Peters has believed for twenty years that his super-algae can reverse the effects of climate change. His obsession with his research has jeopardized his marriage, his relationships with his kids, and his own professional future. When Sensus, the colossal...
20) Space stations
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"From landing on the Moon to discovering distant stars, the study of space is always expanding. This series highlights eight was humans explore space, explaining each topic's essential history and recent developments."-- Page 4 of cover.
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