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Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An account of the fateful April 1970 mission to the moon follows the harrowing experiences of its three astronauts, who fought to return safely to Earth in the wake of a disastrous explosion.
Grades 4 to 6.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
On the eve of the Challenger explosion in 1986 one engineer goes to the extreme to stop the launch. This hotheaded engineer makes a desperate race against the clock to call off the billion-dollar Challenger launch, convinced the O-ring seals would fail and kill everyone on board. The rocket contracting company, Marshall Space Flight Center and NASA made a business decision. He made a human decision.
4) Gravity
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When an unusual solar flare damages his space shuttle and causes astronaut Hank Henshaw and his crew--including his wife--to mutate, he blames Superman and as his surviving consciousness learns to fuse with technology he vows revenge.
7) Apollo 13
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An all-new recording of the landmark #1 bestseller!
In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon. Only fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a mysterious explosion rocked the ship, and soon its oxygen and power began draining away. Written with all the color and drama of the best fiction,...
In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon. Only fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a mysterious explosion rocked the ship, and soon its oxygen and power began draining away. Written with all the color and drama of the best fiction,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A historical account--including eyewitness quotes--of the devastating 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger and its effect on NASA's programs, ending with how the disaster is memorialized today"--
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