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"Meet India's space visionaries and adventurers, and learn about their amazing achievements. Blast off into the fascinating world of rocket launches, satellites, and space missions, as India ventures into the great unknown. This colorful book, packed with fantastic photographs from the Indian Space Research Organisation, takes you on an incredible journey toward the final frontier"--
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"With the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. And that milestone carried major implications: Silicon Valley, not NASA, was suddenly cemented as the epicenter of the new Space Age. Start-ups and the wealthy investors behind them began to realize that the universe--ungoverned and infinite--was open for business. Welcome to the wild west of aerospace...
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I'm Sam Wu and I am not afraid of anything! And definitely not space, with all its black holes, meteors and imploding stars. So when I went to Space Camp with my friends this summer, I knew that we had to: 1) be seen as the bravest space explorers and 2) win the Space Camp Challenge trophy. Easy as landing on the moon, right?
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"July 25th, 2234. The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly. On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII: a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide. Its curve not of nature, but design. Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across the surface to learn who built the hole and why. But they all carry the burdens of lives carved out on disparate colonies in the cruel cold of space. For some the mission is the dream of the lifetime, for others...
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Former astronaut Clayton Anderson takes readers on an A to Z flight through the alphabet from astronaut and blastoff to spacewalk and Zulu Time. Topics cover the history of NASA, science, and practical aspects of being an astronaut using fun poems for each letter paired with longer expository text in the sidebars.
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"The Conclusion of the Multiple Eisner Award-Nominated Epic Sci-fi Series, Flashing Forward 50 Years into a Fateful Future! It began with questioning the Gods. It ends here... once again... at the edge of the universe. Thierry-9, an A.I. cultured from the corpse of God Malik, awakens face-to-face with Jason Hauer, now a shell of a man at the end of his life. Their conversations lead Thierry-9 on a journey through space, time, and Malik's memories,...
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"NASA has confirmed the existence of 5,000 exoplanets (planets that lie outside of our solar system), and that number is growing! Exoplanets, the first book of its kind for kids, is a visually packed guide to the exoplanets of our universe. You'll learn the four main types of exoplanets, techniques scientists use to discover them, the probability of finding life as we know it beyond Earth, plus detailed information about dozens of some of the most...
10) The green slime
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Two officers vie for control of a space station that is being taken over by green tentacled, multi-eyed, energy-devouring aliens.
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Final Architecture trilogy volume 3
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From the Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time, this third and final novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy depicts humanity on the brink of extinction--and reveals how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all. Lords of Uncreation is the final high-octane installment in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture space opera trilogy.
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"Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away--no climate change, no war, no Twitter--beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of research, they aren't so sure it's a good idea. Space technologies and space business are progressing fast, but we lack the knowledge...
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Dai dark volume 5
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"Fourteen-year-old Zaha Sanko is the most wanted man in the universe. Wherever he goes, everybody tries to kill him, but things got unusually dire when his enemies send an immortal "photonuclear man" to try and snuff him out. Somehow, Sanko and company survive, and decide to make a pit stop at Darknest, the mysterious planet of darkness. Darknest holds all sorts of secrets, but the biggest of all might be Hajime Damemaru, one of Sanko's companions....
16) Record breakers!
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Record Breakers brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world. Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2�C/-128.6�F); see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, and much more. The greatest human achievements are showcased, from pioneering inventors to modern feats of engineering,...
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"This oversized volume offers a fact-filled and action-packed look at the amazing universe of outer space. Bursting with 40 flaps, pop-ups, pull tabs, and movable parts, The Ultimate Book of Space provides a richly illustrated, hands-on exploration of space travel, the Earth's place in our galaxy, the solar system, and so much more!"--Amazon website.
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Malachi Constant, "the richest man in America," gives up his indulgent lifestyle to follow an urgent calling to probe the depths of space. He participates in a Martian invasion of Earth, mates with the wife of an astronaut adrift on the tides of time, and follows the lure of the "Sirens of Titan."
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"Meet Astrid and Stella! These best friends are ready to fire up the turbo pumps and blast off into the stratosphere! In their first adventure, they will discover the cute-and-cuddly planet Caturn and beach-covered planet Bloop. At each stop, they'll meet new pals, solve friendship conundrums, and stop one evil tyrant -- with lots of dance breaks and snack attacks along the way." --
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