space vehicle accidents

"NASA sent astronauts safely into space for many years. Then, their missions were put on hold after Challenger exploded at launch, killing all the astronauts on board. Despite their best efforts to prevent another catastrophe, this would not be the last deadly shuttle. Columbia broke apart on its return to Earth. Follow along with the true stories of two tragic space flights. Then, review that you've learned with a recap timeline and a quick quiz to check how much doomed history you remember"--Provided by publisher.

"The events surrounding the space shuttle Columbia disaster did not look the same to everyone involved. Readers can step back in time and into the shoes of a news reporter, a potential future astronaut, and a family as readers act out scenes and compare and contrast various perspectives. Written with simplified, considerate text to help struggling readers, books in this series are made to build confidence as readers engage and read aloud. Includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, and timeline"--Provided by publisher.

"On-point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the story of the Challenger explosion to life. Kids will learn about how it happened, the subsequent investigation into its causes, and how it set back U.S. investment in space exploration. As an added bonus, readers will learn about how this played out on TV. By the time of the Challenger, the only network covering it in live time was CNN, as people thought of space flight as 'old hat.' This brought space flight back into the public consciousness, albeit not in a good way"--Provided by publisher.

". . . tells the story of the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. It was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program and the third that was meant to land onthe Moon. The landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded, threatening all lives onboard the craft. The crew did return home safely. This book explores how the team worked together and what the space program learned from the experience"--.

"Introduces readers to the skills and technology that came together to help bring the Apollo 13 crew home after the command module was knocked out two days into the mission"--Provided by publisher.

". . . turn the clock back to January 28, 1986. Seven astronauts boarded the space shuttle Challenger on what would be a routine mission. All eyes and cameras were on crew member Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher, who was set to become the first private citizen in space. Excitement filledthe air as the clock counted down to lift off. But at T-plus seventy-three seconds after launch, the unthinkable happened . . . What caused the midair explosion? In Pranas T. Naujokaitis's . . . tale, set in a far-off future, a group of curious kids investigate the hard questions surrounding the Challenger explosion"--Provided by the publisher.

"These true tales of surviving a disaster in space follow real astronauts through harrowing ordeals in which they relied on their training, instincts, and courage to survive"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the shocking survival story of the Apollo 13 spacecraft and her crew.

Recounts tales of triumph and of trajedy in outer space, including the Apollo missions, the first space walk, the Challenger disaster, and more.

"There are so many . . . missions to outer space that have succeeded. But for every success, there are mistakes, surprises, and flat-out failures that happen along the way. In this collection . . . recounts twelve such disasters, telling the stories of the astronauts and the cosmonauts, the trials and the errors, the missions and the misses"--Provided by publisher.