space stations

Explores various perspectives on the International Space Station.

Space stations charts the story of humanity’s in low Earth orbit, from the costs and challenges to the demands made on humans who choose to live in space.

Max the dog goes to a space station and teaches students about the life of an astronaut while preventing a disaster.

"Beaten and left for dead, fourteen-year-old Tula Bane finds herself abandoned on a space station called Yertina Feray after traveling with the colonist group, Children of the Earth"--Provided by publisher.

"In this follow-up to TIN STAR, the desolate planet below the Yertina Feray space station is discovered to have overwhelming amounts of an invaluable resource, which suddenly makes the station a major player in intergalactic politics"--.

Eleven-year-old best friends Robbi and Azure are excited when they are accepted into Laddertop Academy to be trained to work on the Ladders, technology given to the human race by aliens that supply power to the entire planet and the space stations they support. Although only one of them makes it to the Ladders, the girls eventually end up working together to solve an ancient mystery that could mean either the end or the salvation of the human race.

A space station is a very unique place to live. How do people who live on space stations get food, air, and water? What kinds of experiments are conducted on them? Readers find out as they explore what life has been like on space stations throughout their history. They tour the Soviet Union space stations of the past as well as today’s International Space Station through enlightening text and detailed photographs. Fun fact boxes provide readers with additional information about space stations and their role in space exploration.

"Books in the Fantasy Field Trips series take the reader on field trips to the most unlikely of destinations! In this book, strap yourself in as we prepare to blast off to explore a space station far above the Earth's surface. Our 'tour' includes a look at daily life on board, how astronauts exercise, work and even go to the toilet, and how astronauts and their supplies are transported between Earth and the space station"--From the publisher's web site.

Captain Abraham Idaho Cleveland is in a remote section of Fleetspace overseeing the decommissioning of a semi-deserted space station. He finds dozens of problems aboard the station, not the least of which is a woman's voice on an old-fashioned space radio that warns of coming danger.

Former astronaut Scott Blackstone, director of NASA's Citizen Observer program, finds himself vilified after a Space Shuttle accident claims the life of a famous sports figure; but his concerns take a backseat when Pakistan deploys a nuclear device endangering the lives of the crew of the International Space Station, and Scott, along with his brother Nick, an aerospace researcher, hold the key to their rescue.