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Science and technology, Adventure and exploration, United States travel and geography
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Overview of the Apollo 11 mission that sent the first astronauts to land on the Moon in the summer of 1969. For grades K-3. 2009
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Science and technology, Biography, Science and medicine biography, General non-fiction, Parenting
Human-narrated audio
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly was the first to spend an entire year in space! Discover his awe-inspiring journey in this…
fascinating picture book memoir (the perfect companion to his adult book Endurance) that takes readers from Scott's childhood as an average student to his record-breaking year among the stars. For grades K-3
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Biography, Science and technology, Women biography, Science and medicine biography, United States travel and geography
Human-narrated audio
Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or astronauts walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as…
"human computers" used their knowledge, pencils, adding machines, and writing paper to calculate the orbital mechanics needed to launch spacecraft. Katherine Johnson was one of these mathematicians who used trajectories and complex equations to chart the space program. Even as Virginia's Jim Crow laws were in place in the early 1950s, Katherine worked analyzing data at the NACA (later NASA) Langley laboratory. For grades 2-4