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2) Warp speed
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen Pub. Enterprises
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Dr. Neil Anson Clemons was born at the very moment that men first landed on the moon and always strived to become an astronaut and reach the stars. Neil devoted his life to staying physically fit as any astronaut should be through martial arts and mentally fit by studying and becoming one of the world's foremost experts in quantum physics and gravitational theory. Now he and his team have achieved a breakthrough, both in building a warp drive, and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
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.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A small but plucky mouse named Mike is sure that he can help the Space Shuttle astronauts, and ends up saving the whole mission. Includes facts about NASA and space travel.
Author
Series
CatStronauts volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Alerted to a global energy crisis, the President consults with the World's Best Scientist, who suggests sending a special group of astronauts to turn the Moon into a solar power plant.
Author
Series
CatStronauts volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"With national pride and valuable scientific research on the line, the CatStronauts race against the CosmoCats and others to be the first cats to Mars"--
10) Life on Mars
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young astronaut is trying to find life on Mars, but he's made a very big oversight"--
11) The darkest dark
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Young Chris loves pretending he's a brave astronaut, exploring the universe. Only one problem--at night, he's afraid of the dark. Only when he watches the moon landing on TV does he realize how exciting the unknown can be. Inspired by the childhood of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield"--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When his volatile father is picked to become an astronaut for NASA's mission to Mars, seventeen-year-old Cal, an aspiring journalist, reluctantly moves from Brooklyn to Houston, Texas, and looks for a story to report, finding an ally (and crush) in Leon, the son of another astronaut.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2015], [2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the space penguins answer a distress signal, they find themselves captured by a predatory space station run by a former crewmember who deserted several years before--and who has now transformed himself into a super mechanical pengbot.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2015], [2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pursued by their former crewmate, turned enemy, the space penguins splash-land on an ocean planet, and find themselves in the tentacles of a monstrous squid--can they find a way to extract themselves and their ship before it is too late?
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although the space penguins manage to escape an attack by a fleet of starships, they soon discover that the Tunafish has been boarded by shape shifters, and they need to devise a plan--the only problem is that it involves summoning their deadly enemies to "rescue" them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2015], [2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pilot Rocky Waddle wants to enter the Superchase Space Race, and when the penguins rescue a racing spaceship, and the owner tells them to keep it, he gets his chance--but the Space Race is a dangerous event, and some pilots will do anything to win.
17) The wanderers
Author
Language
English
Description
"Station Eleven meets The Martian in this brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them--and their families--changed forever In an age of space exploration, we search to find ourselves. In four years Prime Space will put the first humans on Mars. Helen Kane, Yoshi Tanaka, and Sergei...
18) Long time coming
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marnie Hibbs, having raised her nephew since the death of her sister twelve years earlier, is shocked when the boy's father, famous astronaut Law Kincaid, shows up at her house claiming she is trying to blackmail him by threatening to tell the world that he fathered a child he never knew existed.
Author
Series
AstroNuts volume 2
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On their second mission to find another habitable planet, the four mutant animals, LaserShark, AstroWolf, SmartHawk, and StinkBug, splash land on the Water Planet, run by some suspiciously friendly clams, who are very eager to swap planets--and if the AstroNuts can stop arguing among themselves they may find out why before it is too late.
Author
Series
Hell divers volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2018, c2017.
Language
English
Description
Ten years ago, Hell Diver Xavier "X" Rodriguez fell to Earth. Those he left behind went on without him aboard the airship he once called home. Michael Everhart -- the boy once known as Tin -- has grown into a man and the commander of Hell Diver Raptor Team. While Michael dives to help keep the Hive in the air, Captain Leon Jordan rules with an iron fist at the helm of the ship. But unrest stirs under his strict leadership as a prophecy of hope sweeps...
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