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2) Space travel
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Presents information about space exploration, astronauts, and the first moon landing, discussing such topics as the space race, space tourism, space careers, and the future of space travel.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Get ready for blast-off to learn all about rockets! Roaring Rockets follows the animal crew as they become astronauts heading to the Moon. Each page is filled with details that machine-mad kids will love: spacesuits, oxygen helmets, the lunar lander, and much more!
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"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 traveled into orbit, and most have returned safely to earth. This book tells the stories of 50 trips into space, with details about the animals and the scientists involved. The experiments, often designed by students, originate from many countries"--
10) Astronaut firsts
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Highlights momentous first in the history of space exploration, including the first animals and humans in space, the first American to orbit Earth, the first woman in space, the first spacewalk, and the first people to live in space.
11) Living in space
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An illustrated description of how astronauts live in space, especially on board the space shuttle.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Offers a bird's-eye view of the first airplanes, the fastest jet planes, beetles, birds, winged horses, flying dragons--even winged unicorns. There's fun, easy-to-read information on wings of all kinds, including plenty of STEM material, presented in a mixture of text and speech bubbles.
15) Amazing Animals
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Presents a collection of Guinness world records featuring animals, from the world's tallest cow and the largest crab migration to the fastest tortoise and the first ape to survive a space flight.