Astronautics category: 1620 books
Rocket Man
Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2003
More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, the troubled, solitary genius Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) was the American father of rocketry and space flight, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets and the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. Supported by Charles Lindbergh...
by Sarah Scoles
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
*For anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered, "Are we alone?" * A brilliant examination of the science behind the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and its pioneer, Jill Tarter, the inspiration for the main character in Carl Sagan's Contact.
Jill Tarter...
Von Braun
Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Curator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of controversial space pioneer Wernher von Braun.
Chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program, Wernher von Braun is a source...
The Right Kind of Crazy
A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
From Adam Steltzner, who led the Entry, Descent, and Landing team in landing the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, comes a profound book about breakthrough innovation in the face of the impossible
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is home to some of history’s most jaw-dropping feats...
Reggie The Rocket
What Goes Up Usually Comes Back Down
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
The story of Reggie The Rocket closely tracks the history of the 1960s British Blue Streak rocket program. The author Douglas Anderson worked on the assembly and testing of the Rolls-Royce RZ2 engines powering the Blue Streak and was present in Woomera, Australia, for the launch of F3. Based on that...
Moonbound
Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
On a summer night in 1969, two men climbed down a ladder onto a sea of dust at the edge of an ancient dream. When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on lunar soil, the moon ceased to be a place of mystery and myth. It became a destination.
Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of that...
by Kou Yaginuma
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
In the ninth volume of Twin Spica, Asumi and her classmates are getting closer and closer towards graduation, and changes in store for this group of friends. There will be good-byes to be said and that might end up causing some tension within this group. Some of that friction might be spurred on from...
by Rosie McCormick
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
This 1,065-word book uses a question and answer format to explain everything about space, from space exploration, to telescopes, to planets, to our solar system. Photography, diagrams, and timelines cover everything young readers will want to know about space, and discussion questions aid in reading...
by Frieda Wishinsky
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
This 703-word book teaches everything about the Moon and explains why it would be so difficult to live there! It covers topics such as air, water, weather, and gravity. This title also includes a section of recommended reading for young space fanatics, an index, a glossary of terms, and discussion...
by Danica Kassebaum
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Design a flexible protective layer for a space suit. Space suits have come a long way. The look and function of space suits has evolved over time, but their purpose has always been the same--to keep astronauts safe. From the first suits worn during the Mercury missions, to the latest suits being tested...
Rocket to the Moon!
Big Ideas That Changed the World #1
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasn’t just one man who got us to the moon. Rocket to the Moon! explores the people and technology that made the moon landing possible. Instead of examining...
by Brad Meltzer
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Neil Armstrong's journey to the moon is the focus of the fifteenth picture book in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes.
This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically...
Rocketry
Investigate the Science and Technology of Rockets and Ballistics
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Rocketry: Investigate the Science and Technology of Rockets and Ballistics introduces students to the fascinating world of rocketry and ballistics. Readers discover the history of rocket development, from the earliest fire arrows in China to modern-day space shuttles, as well as the main concepts...
by Chris Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
DID YOU KNOW THAT. . . HUMANS have sent JELLYFISH into SPACE, or that there is a PLANET made of ICE that’s on FIRE?DO YOU WANT TO KNOW . . . Why SPACE smells like RASPBERRIES?AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS . . . With PLANETS made from DIAMONDS, STARS that could destroy our SOLAR SYSTEM and how long HUMANS could...