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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
In 2019, teens Mia, Antoine, and Midori are selected by lottery to join experienced astronauts on a NASA mission to the once top-secret moon base, DARLAH 2, while in a Florida nursing home, a former astronaut struggles to warn someone of the terrible danger there.
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Language
English
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The sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space when he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
Ryland Grace has been asleep for a very, very long time. He's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. He can't remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how...
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Series
CatStronauts volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When one of Pom Pom's botany experiments goes awry on the International Space Station, the CatStronauts must find a way to tame the weeds gone haywire and get back to Earth without help from Mission Control.
Author
Series
CatStronauts volume 6
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Description
"The CatStronauts, the elite group of cat astronauts, are back! This time, they've been invited to the first-ever space hotel. It's anything but relaxing when the hotel's Artificial Intelligence starts wreaking digital havoc!"--
Author
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Description
"CatStronauts, you are needed! When the world is thrust into darkness due to a global energy shortage, the Worlds Best Scientist comes up with a bold plan to set up a solar power plant on the moon. But someone has to go up there to set it up, and that adventure falls to the CatStronauts, the best space cats on the planet! Meet the fearless commander Major Meowser, brave-but-hungry pilot Waffles, genius technician and inventor Blanket, and quick thinking...
7) The Martian
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Language
English
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"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 evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
8) Offworld
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Language
English
Description
When Commander Christopher Burke and his crew return triumphantly to Earth after a mission to Mars, they find that everyone there is gone.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Description
"It’s time to visit Gramps and Grammers and that means Waffles, Pancake, and Mom Cat are taking a very early flight. This is the kittens’ first airplane ride and while Pancake is excited to get on board, Waffles is a little more nervous. How does it stay up in the air?" -Provided by Publisher
Author
Series
Waffles and Pancake volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When the CatStronauts shuttle launch is delayed, Waffles and Pancake take matters into their own hands and build a spaceship"--
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
"Jeffrey Stepakoff's The Melody of Secrets is an epic love story set against the 1960s U.S. space program, where deeply-buried secrets could threaten not just a marriage, but a country. Maria was barely eighteen when WWII was coming to its explosive end. A brilliant violinist, she tries to comfort herself with the Sibelius Concerto as American bombs rain down. James Cooper wasn't much older. A roguish fighter pilot stationed in London, he was shot...
12) Gravity
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Language
English
Description
An organism harmless on earth where it is subject to gravity terrorizes a research station in space. Scientists die violently and from their insides spill creatures that are part human, part frog and part mouse. A medical thriller by the author of Bloodstream.
13) Robot rescue
Author
Series
CatStronauts volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
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Description
When Cat-Stro-Bot gets into trouble while helping the CatStronauts team with their research on Europa, the CatStronauts defy mission control and undertake a secret mission to save their friend on Jupiter's frozen moon.
14) Mission Moon
Author
Series
CatStronauts volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Description
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.
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Language
English
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Description
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 and neither can afford to rescue her on their own if they act separately. Ambrose wakes up on board with successfully reaching his sister the primary thought in his mind until he notices several strange circumstances: he doesn't remember the launch, the ship's OS is voiced by his...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A struggling event planner and a sinfully hot astronaut must decide if their fake relationship is worth a shot at happily-ever-after, in this starry debut. Risk-averse event planner Amerie Price is jobless, newly single, and about to lose her apartment. With no choice but to gamble on her shaky start-up, the last thing she needed was to run into her smug ex and his new, less complicated girlfriend at Amerie's favorite coffee shop. Panicked, she pretends...
19) Hot moon
Author
Series
Apollo rising volume Book 1
Publisher
Caezik SF & Fantasy, an imprint of Arc Manor LLC
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In an alternate 1979, the United States and the Soviet Union have permanent Moon bases, crewed spy satellites, and frequent hostilities. Vivian Carter, commander of Apollo 32, is on a mission to explore a volcanic region of the Moon when she is caught in the crossfire of a Soviet attack. Barely escaping, she and her crew are redirected to land at Hadley Base, a NASA outpost. Hadley Base, though, soon comes under attack, and the unarmed astronauts...
20) The space walk
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
"When Astronaut Randolph Witherspoon takes a walk--a space walk, that is!--he doesn't hear Ground Control's order to not talk to strangers and winds up making a new friend"--
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