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2) Ellen Ochoa
Author
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"A biography of the famous astronaut drawing on personal and family photographs from her childhood, school days, college, life in the astronaut corps, and afterward."--Provided by publisher.
4) Sally Ride
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Sally Ride was the first American female astronaut to go to space. She worked on a space shuttle for two different missions. But Sally Ride did more than just travel to space. She also was a teacher, an author, and a scientist. Learn more about her amazing life in this new level 3 biography!,"--page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The definitive biography of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, with exclusive insights from Ride's family and partner, by the ABC reporter who covered NASA during its transformation from a test-pilot boys' club to a more inclusive elite.
7) Sally Ride
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Sally Ride in the She Persisted series. As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well. "--
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Kathy Sullivan wanted to go everywhere. She loved blueprints and maps. She loved languages and the ocean. She didn’t like the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” She wanted to explore and do exciting things that girls weren’t supposed to be able to do. Only men had the exciting jobs. Kathy liked fishing and swimming; flying planes and studying science. That’s what she liked and that’s what...
10) Neil Armstrong
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of Neil Armstrong, the first human being to walk on the moon.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Celebrate the groundbreaking life of astronaut and Johnson Space Center director Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina in space, in this latest book in the award-winning Big Words biography series. Young Ellen loved to learn. Encouraged by her mother, she graduated at the top of her high school and college classes, and studied electrical engineering in graduate school. An accomplished engineer by age 30, with three patents to her name, she kept learning...
15) Neil Armstrong
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong, who was the first man on the moon.
16) Ellen Ochoa
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Meet award-winning engineer and veteran astronaut Ellen Ochoa--once just a girl from Los Angeles, California. The granddaughter of Mexican immigrants, Ellen would pursue a career in physics at a young age and go on to earn master's and doctorate degreesin electrical engineering from Stanford University. In 1993, Ellen became the first Latina in space. As a retired astronaut, she became the first Hispanic and second female director of the Johnson...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Language
English
Formats
Description
A memoir by an unlikely astronaut who helped save the Hubble telescope describes his early attempts to gain admission into NASA, his first spacewalks, the loss of his fellow astronauts in the Columbia disaster, and his ongoing support of future space travel ventures.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
I Walked on the Moon. This is my journey. It didn't begin when I stepped on board Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969. It began the day I was born -- Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr., whom everyone called Buzz. Becoming an astronaut took more than education, discipline, and physical strength. It took years of determination and believing that any goal is possible -- from riding a bike alone across the George Washington Bridge at age ten to making a footprint on the...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Formats
Description
The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a sphere utterly inimical to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the pressures of constant close cohabitation;...
20) Mae Jemison
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African American astronaut.
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