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Series
Progress in astronautics and aeronautics volume 99
Publisher
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Language
English
Formats
5) Randoms
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
"A twelve-year-old boy is chosen to join a four-person applicant team to work towards membership in the Confederation of United Planets, and stumbles across conspiracies resembling science fiction he's been a fan of his entire life"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
Describes space stations, the International Space Station, the training and activities of its crew, and the conditions that will exist on it, including weightlessness and the dangers of radiation and meteors. Includes experiments and activities simulating conditions in space.
Series
Progress in astronautics and aeronautics volume 127
Publisher
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrew Moriarty
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Jakes back. He's older, wiser, and better dressed. He's going to be the coolest spy ever, then he fails his pilot exam. Disgraced, Dashi sends him out hunting missing food shipments. It's boring, but Nadine's shadowing him. Is it to find out what he knows, or just to snoop on that slinky redhead free trader pilot he took to dinner? Why is so much food missing? How does it disappear so completely? And why does Nadine care? His new free trader friend...
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrew Moriarty
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Novice spy Jake is ready to be a hero. His boss wants a delivery driver. Jake tries hard, but spying is a tough job. When a botched pickup and a drunken indiscretion drop him in jail, he's sent to serve his sentence in the Milita. His new commander wants Jake's next tour to be out an airlock without a suit. At least his fellow conscript is friendly, and has a sexy single sister! But an accidental shooting and a boarding by his old friend Nadine complicate...
14) Uranus
Author
Series
Outer planets trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A religious idealist, a billionaire financier, and a prestigious scientist battle for control over a space mission to search for life on Uranus.
Humans can't live on the gas giants, making instead a life in orbit. Kyle Umber, a religious idealist, has built Haven, a privately financed orbital habitat above Uranus. He invites "the tired, the sick, the poor" of Earth to his orbital retreat where men and women can find spiritual peace and refuge from...
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrew Moriarty
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Jake is the first belter ever to study at the TGI Orbital station to be a merchant officer. He's quiet, hard-working, conscientious, and a good student. In other words, boring. He's so poor he can't afford to buy beer, but that doesn't matter - his scholarship pays for everything and he just has to keep his head down study hard, and graduate. But life is full of surprises. Suddenly he's expelled and accused of murder. The planetary militia is searching...
18) Elysium
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
"In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on a overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Delacourt ... will stop at nothing to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium--but that doesn't stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can"--Container.
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