space flight

In 1969 Houston, Texas, thirteen-year-old Scott learns to fly from his father, an Air Force flight instructor, but when NASA needs him for a secret space mission, Scott's elation is tempered by concern that his mother, who has moved to Florida, will find out.

Photographs and text describe everyday life on space stations.

NASA Mission Control flight director Gene Kranz recounts his three decades of involvement with America's space program, describing the drama that surrounded Apollo 11 and Apollo 13, and the pressures and payoffs of the job.

When Jedi Padawan Nuru Kungurama returns to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and an alien escape pod is missing from the Jedi Archives, he is forced into a fight with Ring-Sol Ambase.

Presents information about the universe and describes the history of space travel and astronomy.

Photographs, illustrations, and simple text teach children about space; includes listings of helpful Internet sites.

SpongeBob and Patrick accidentally take off to the moon in Sandy's rocket ship, but when they land, everything looks strangely similar to Bikini Bottom.

Photos and simple text describe the activities of astronauts aboard the space shuttle.

A brief history of man's experience in space as he circled the Earth, landed on the moon, and sent spaceships farther away than humans can safely go.

Impey Barbicane, president of the elite Baltimore Gun Club in the years following the Civil War, suggests the members build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon, but things get out of control when an adversary wagers against the project, and a volunteer lobbies to make the mission a manned flight.