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Breaking the chains of gravity : the story of spaceflight before NASA / by Teitel, Amy Shira.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Aeronautics; Astronautics; Aeronautics and state; Aeronautics and state; Space race.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The rise of Earth / by Fry, Jason,1969-;
Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Pirates; Families; Space ships; Arms race;
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Hidden figures [videorecording] / by Costner, Kevin,actor.; Henson, Taraji P,actor.; Melfi, Theodore,film director.; Monáe, Janelle,actor.; Spencer, Octavia,actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,publisher.;
Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge.As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and some language.DVD, widescreen (2.39:1); Dolby digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American mathematicians; African American women; Female friendship; Space race; Women mathematicians;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hidden figures [videorecording] / by Costner, Kevin,actor.; Henson, Taraji P,actor.; Melfi, Theodore,film director.; Monáe, Janelle,actor.; Spencer, Octavia,actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,publisher.;
Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge.As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and some language.Blu-ray disc, AVC @ 24 MBPS (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American mathematicians; African American women; Female friendship; Space race; Women mathematicians;
For private home use only.
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StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson : everything you ever need to know about space travel, sci-fi, the human race, the universe, and beyond / by Tyson, Neil deGrasse.; Liu, Charles,1968 April 5-; Simons, Jeffrey Lee.;
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Subjects: Cosmology.; Earth sciences.; Human beings.; Science fiction;
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Incredible space missions / by Jeffrey, Gary; Lacey, Mike;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.Space race -- Early space technology -- The first spacewalk -- Apollo 11: the moon landing -- Apollo 13: disaster in space -- Shuttles and the ISS.
Subjects: Astronautics;
© 2008., Rosen Central,
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Katherine Johnson / by Wilkins, Ebony.; Ager, Charlotte.;
Counting on Katherine -- Asking questions -- Separate and unequal -- Breaking barriers -- A new journey -- Woman at work -- Pushing for change -- The space race -- Apollo 11 -- "One giant leap" -- An incredible career -- Awards and acclaim.Examines the life of mathematician Katherine Johnson, from her early education and career before working for NASA to her integral role in the space program.LSC
Subjects: Johnson, Katherine G.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American women mathematicians; Women mathematicians; African American women physicists; Women physicists;
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Satellite boy : the international manhunt for a master thief that launched the modern communication age / by Amelinckx, Andrew K.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Spanning the hemisphere from the underworld haunts of Montreal to Havana and Miami in the early days of the Cold War, Satellite Boy reveals the unlikely connection between an audacious bank heist and the other Space Race that gave birth to the modern communication age"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; True crime stories.; Lemay, Georges, 1925-2006.; Artificial satellites.; Bank robberies; Bank robberies; Electronics in criminal investigation.;
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Moon landings / by Weider, Shoshana Z.;
Moon Landings is a beautifully designed reader all about the human fascination with the moon and the 'space race' to be the first to land on it. The engaging text has been carefully leveled using Lexile so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about early astronauts, courageous missions and the scientists behind the scenes working to reach out into space.
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Moon; Outer space; Space flight to the moon;
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Spacebusters : race to the Moon / by Wilkinson, Philip,1955-;
"Young children can harness their reading superpowers as they blast off into space along with Apollo 11, to learn about the astronauts, the spacecraft, the science and the very first Moon walk"--
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Project Apollo (U.S.); Apollo 11 (Spacecraft); Space flight to the moon;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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