space travelers

"Plucky mechanic Pan has finally escaped her dead-end planet, building a new sort of family with the rebel gladiators Bee & Cass and the mysterious hacktivist Kate. They've even rescued a princess. . .But what if this princess has her own ideas? Whatever happened to Pan's childhood friend Tara? And if they become galactic fugitives, will the immense pressure of life on the run threaten to tear them apart, just in time for the biggest heist of their lives?"--Back dust jacket.

Lu and Fassen are from different worlds and separate solar systems, so when the war of Fassen's world invades Lu's peaceful home, they find themselves at the forefront of a battle they hoped would never happen.

"Pan's life used to be very small. Work in her dad's body shop, sneak out with her friend Tara to go dancing, and watch the skies for freighter ships. It didn't even matter that Tara was a princess... until one day it very much did matter, and Pan had to say goodbye forever. Years later, when a charismatic pair of off-world gladiators show up on her doorstep, she finds that life may not be as small as she thought. On the run and off the galactic grid, Pan discovers the astonishing secrets of her neo-medieval world... and the intoxicating possibility of burning it all down"--Back cover flap.

Rocket Raccoon continues his quest to try to fix his past ... um, bad calls, but as a stranger stalks him from the shadows, he just might cause a cosmic calamity on the dreaded Winter Planet! Then, what happens when you water Groot a little too much? Grootzilla! He's faster than a speeding Rocket, more powerful than Drax the Destroyer, able to eat tall buildings in a single gulp - and he's not happy! And Rocket's skills will be put to the ultimate test as he challenges everything he's known about himself. Does the Book of Half-World - the mythical text of Rocket's early adventures- actually exist, or was it all a big hoax? Is Rocket really the last of his kind? Find out once and for all, right here!.

An imagined mission to Mars by five astronauts in the year 2050 reveals facts about the planet's environment, atmosphere, landscape, and weather.

"Known across the galaxy as the Bloody Baroness, Captain Androma Racella and her motley crew of space-bound privateers roam the Mirabel galaxy on the glass starship Marauder, taking what mercenary work they can find to stay alive. When a routine job goes awry, the Marauder's all-girl crew find themselves placed at the mercy of a dangerous bounty hunter from Andi's past. Coerced into a life-threatening mission, and straight into the path of a shadowy ruler bent on revenge, Andi and her crew will either restore order to the ship-or start a war that will devour worlds"--Amazon.

"It's taken four hundred years of travel, but the starship Venture has finally arrived at its destination, Beta Earth, an uninhabited, untouched planet. The first night seventeen-year-old engineer Ursa is on Beta Earth, she encounters a dead body. She's positive she saw a large creature with sharp teeth, something that shouldn't even be on the planet, but nobody believes her. As injuries and bodies start piling up, Ursa must figure out who to trust when her fellow crewmates start taking sides between maintaining Venture's safety and the hope of creating a home on Beta Earth"--Amazon.com.

Profiles non-government figures who are using their personal fortunes to advance the field of space flight, building their own rockets and space stations, which will open up space exploration for ordinary people.