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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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Description
An account of the previously unheralded but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program describes how they were segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws in spite of their groundbreaking successes.
7) Gravity
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
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Description
A young NASA doctor must combat a lethal microbe that is multiplying in the deadliest of environments: Space.
12) NASA
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the function of NASA and discusses its various space exploration programs and achievements.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W. S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord," "the Godfather," and "UNO" (unidentified NASA official) by those within NASA. From young pilot and wannabe astronaut to engineer, bureaucrat, and finally director of the Johnson Space Center ("mission control"), Abbey's story has never been fully told--until now. This fascinating account takes readers inside NASA to learn the real story...
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Fred Haise,Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 13, offers a detailed firsthand account of when disaster struck three days into his mission to the moon. An oxygen tank exploded, a crewmate uttered the now iconic words, “Houston, we’ve had a problem here,” and the world anxiously watched as one of history’s most incredible rescue missions unfolded. Haise brings readers into the heart of his experience on the challenging mission--considered NASA’s...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1967, during the height of the Cold War, two young CIA agents go undercover at NASA to investigate a possible Russian mole. In disguise as documentary filmmakers, they tap phones and break into offices while purporting to learn more about the Apollo project. But when they end up uncovering a shocking NASA secret, and a major government cover-up; they decide to embark on a new mission that puts their own lives at risk.
Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver's firsthand account of how a handful of revolutionaries overcame the political patronage and bureaucracy that threatened the space agency. The success of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, and countless other commercial space efforts were preceded by decades of work by a group of people Garver calls “space pirates.” Their quest to transform NASA put Garver...
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