space stations

Text and pictures describe how people will live in space stations and on the moon and Mars.

When the alien Givers came to Earth, they built giant towers that rose 36,000 miles into space leading to space stations that powered the Earth. After the aliens disappeared, only highly skilled children could perform maintenance to keep the power flowing to Earth. Two of those children, Robbi and Azure, become entangled in the mystery that may solve the mystery of the Givers.

Young inventor Tom Swift and his sister Sandy are invited to the opening of Apogee, the world's first space hotel, and are having a great time experiencing weightlessness, meeting the robotic staff, and playing zero-gravity badminton--until a billionaire guest goes missing.

Examines current space research and future space projects such as a permanent space station, an observatory and research base on the moon, and the search for extraterrestrial life.

Photographs and text describe everyday life on space stations.

On a space station abandoned by Earth support, scientist Gail Smith searches for Aaron Pardell, a special human child who may possess powers to fight the Quill, the deadly alien force that threatens the colonists' survival.

The starship Phoenix returns to the planet it abandoned two centuries earlier in the hopes of convincing the planet's aliens to trade technology for the manpower needed to rebuild their space station.

Explains the history of the International Space Station, describes the components associated with the massive spacecraft, and details the significance of the experiments performed on the station.