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The little spacecraft that could

New Horizons' amazing journey to Pluto and Arrokoth
2021
"Ride along with the New Horizons spacecraft as she rockets three billion miles to Pluto! Watch her take the first close-up photos of Pluto, and then journey another billion miles to mini-world Arrokoth. You'll whiz through space at more than 10 miles per second; learn how giant planet Jupiter helped the little spacecraft reach Pluto; and discover the astonishing surface feature that made the world fall in love with Pluto"--Provided by publisher.

Revenge of the space pirates

2020
"Cosmoe's been taken hostage by space pirate Rani, the same pirate who seized him years earlier, beginning his life in space. As memories of Cosmoe's and Humphree's first days of the Neon Weiner unfold, the danger right now is big-time bad... Just when Cosmoe was getting the hang of this hero thing, he loses the one part of him he can't imagine succeeding without"--Provided by publisher.

The wiener strikes back

2020
"Cosmoe the Earth-boy and his space-adventuring partners, Big Humphree and Princess Dagger, return--just in time to save the galaxy...Crostini's Cosmic Carnival is a strange, monster-filled space train that travels the galaxy. When Cosmoe catches the attention of the carnival's ringmaster, the Neon Wiener, hot-dog-selling spaceship, becomes part of the show. Cosmoe is now known as Cosmoe the Monster-Tamer--and he's a hit across the galaxy! Just one problem--Cosmoe and his buddies are in some serious danger, and not only from the wild monsters Cosmoe's facing in the ring. Can they save the day and still sell enough wieners to keep Galactic Hot Dogs in business?"--Publisher.

Aurora's end

2021
"When we last saw Squad 312, they working together seamlessly (aka, freaking out) as an intergalactic battle raged and an ancient superweapon threatened to obliterate Earth. Everything went horribly wrong, naturally. But as it turns out, not all endings are endings, and the team has one last chance to rewrite theirs. Maybe two. It's complicated. Cue Zila, Fin, and Scarlett (and MAGELLAN!): making friends, making enemies, and making history? Sure, no problem. Cue Tyler, Kal, and Auri: uniting with two of the galaxy's most hated villains? Um, okay. That, too. Actually saving the galaxy, though? Now that will take a miracle."--Amazon.

A history of what comes next

2021
"Always run, never fight. Preserve the knowledge. Survive at all cost. Take them to the stars. Over 99 identical generations, Mia's family has shaped human history to push them to the stars, making brutal, wrenching choices and sacrificing countless lives. Her turn comes at the dawn of the age of rocketry. Her mission: to lure Wernher Von Braun away from the Nazi party and into the American rocket program, and secure the future of the space race"--Provided by publisher.

Liftoff

Elon Musk and the desperate early days that launched SpaceX
2021
"Less than 20 years after its founding, SpaceX boasts the largest constellation of commercial satellites in orbit, has pioneered reusable rockets, and in 2020 became the first private company to launch human beings into orbit. [The author] takes readers inside the . . . early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the . . . journey from . . . underdog to aerospace pioneer. He draws upon interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk"--OCLC.

Destination moon

the remarkable and improbable voyage of Apollo 11
Traces the history of the Apollo program, relating stories about such topics as those involved with all aspects of the program, the origins of the program, and the legacy the program left for subsequent space travel.

The space race of 1869

A year after his mother disappeared in her hot air balloon, Seraphin and his father receive a clue that sends them to a Bavarian castle where lurks a force that would stop at nothing to conquer the stars.

Pirate's price

Honda Ohnaka, a space pirate, hero of the Rebellion, and a villain according to Obi-Wan Kenobi. He tells stories of the most amazing ship, the Millennium Falcon, including his very first time onboard and a few occasions where he actually flew the Falcon. It includes some familiar character such as Han Solo and the Wookiee Chewbacca, plus some new characters on these wild rides that's traveling at lightspeed.

The amazing story of space travel

Max Axiom STEM adventures
"In graphic novel format, follows Max Axiom as he explains how astronauts travel to and from outer space"--Provided by publisher.

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