Tells the true story of America's first women astronauts--six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle. When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps, arguing that only military test pilots--a group then made up exclusively of men--had the right stuff. It was an era in which women were steered away from jobs in science and deemed unqualified for space...

"A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize-winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in twenty-four hours. A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots a day in the lives of six women and men hurtling through space-not toward the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its...

In this book, a young girl imagines that the moon is her friend as it goes through its ever-changing phases. As a waxing crescent, the moon seems like it's playing peek-a-boo. As a waning gibbous, it looks like a bag of candies and cookies. Readers will learn the phases of the moon through this wonderfully imaginative story in rhyme. This book is sure to spark curiosity and wonder in young readers and encourage them to think critically about shapes...

Yasmin wants to be an astronaut someday, but after a class trip to the space museum, she's not sure she's cut out for space flight. Then a tour of the mission control exhibit gives Yasmin another idea about how her future might lift off! Bestselling author Saadia Faruqi shares another delightful story featuring Yasmin and her multi-generational Pakistani American family.

Is the resistance everything it seems, or is there an underlying agenda? When Levi was selected to go to Acury once his time at Planet Camp was up, it is safe to say he was more than a little excited. Acury represented a chance to experience new things, learn from experts on the planet, and interact with like-minded individuals. Only when he actually got there, it was nothing like that at all. Locked doors, heightened security, and a strict schedule...

Abby is taking a giant leap onto the lunar surface. On a field trip to the moon, Abby is excited to try low-gravity bouncing and lunar rover rides. Unfortunately, her friend Gracie's older sister Claire is seriously spoiling the mood with her constant criticism of Abby. When Abby accidentally gets her friends trapped in an abandoned lab, she starts to wonder if Claire is right after all. Can Abby prove her wrong, escape the lab, and do something...

George is thrilled to visit the Space Center to help Professor Pizza and Professor Einstein. First up, he's making a special delivery to the international space station. Then it's time to help solve a problem with the Mars rover, and George dreams of going where no monkey (or human) has gone before-Mars! Join George on an exciting journey into outer space and learn all about space travel, gravity, the solar system, and Mars. Based on the Emmy-winning...

Thirteen-year-old Houston Williams is smart. Very smart. So, no one is surprised, when he earns a scholarship to attend a prestigious NASA space camp. At the training facility, he immediately bonds with his new team, including a girl named Teal. He also clashes with a girl on a rival team named Ashley, who matches or beats him in every exercise. The three of them impress the directors so much they are, invited to join a top-secret research project...

A magical celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing from the bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Years ago there was a little boy who dreamed of rocketing to the moon, of landing on the crumbly rock and walking across the Sea of Tranquility. He borrowed library books and read how astronauts had orbited the earth and walked in space. And every night he hoped that they would find a way to land on the...

"When the United States was scrambling to catch up to the Soviets after their successful launch of Sputnik, they didn't turn to Mercury Seven astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn. Rather, they began bringing chimpanzees to Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico for a top-secret program. The goal? To do everything America needed to make space travel safe for humans and beat the Soviets. Based on extensive research and interviews with living members...