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The true story of a girl whose mastery of a domestic art propelled her to the elite NASA sisterhood who shielded the space shuttle astronauts from heat and radiation. Did you know that the white material on the outside of space shuttles was not metal or glass but actually fabric? Specialized quilts, two inches thick, covered the space shuttles and protected the astronauts from deadly heat and radiation. Jean Wright was one of the eighteen "Sew Sisters"...
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"This great STEM book has statistics, timelines and innovation timelines that profile the Space industry and 12 technological breakthroughs that have changed history and our society. Readers get tech information along with mini biographies and social history featuring: contributing factors, key players, and effects on our world. Organized chronologically on a timeline with backmatter and an almanac of additional fun facts that fill in the gaps between...
34) NASA
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"What do people do at NASA (and in outerspace)? Readers pick from eight different scenarios and experience "next best thing to being there yourself" opportunities for interactive career exploration. Sidebars promote additional learning activities and independent reaserch"--
35) Sky line
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"In 1979, Arthur C. Clarke wrote a novel about an elevator to space. The mind-expanding documentary Sky Line tells the story of the people who intend to build it. Dr. Bradley Edwards has a plan to build the elevator. All he needs to do is design the largest structure ever built, and material strong enough to make it work. Sky Line follows Dr. Edwards and his collaborators through their years working with NASA, raising equity, and creating companies...
36) Space scientists
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This book examines the human explorers who are uncovering new information about space, whether they launch into space themselves or explore the cosmos through telescopes and sophisticated scientific instruments.
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Come Fly with Us is the story of an elite group of space travelers who flew as members of many space shuttle crews from pre-Challenger days to Columbia in 2003. Not part of the regular NASA astronaut corps, these professionals known as "payload specialists" came from a wide variety of backgrounds and were chosen for an equally wide variety of scientific, political, and national security reasons. Melvin Croft and John Youskauskas focus on this special...
39) From engineering science to big science: the NACA and NASA Collier Trophy research project winners
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"The sun's rays heat up everything in our solar system. Without complex cooling systems for spacecraft, electronics break down and rocket fuel boils. What if there was a simple coating that could keep spacecraft cool? Learn how NASA engineer Robert Youngquist plans to use his Solar White coating to allow spacecraft to practically touch the sun!"--
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