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"With the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. And that milestone carried major implications: Silicon Valley, not NASA, was suddenly cemented as the epicenter of the new Space Age. Start-ups and the wealthy investors behind them began to realize that the universe-ungoverned and infinite-was open for business. Welcome to the wild west of aerospace...
4) Hold zero!
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Language
English
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Four amateur scientists cause an upset in their community when they build a carefully controlled rocket. Grades 5-7.
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Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about how rockets work. What are Newton's Three Laws of Motion? Why are thrust, weight and control important to rocketry? How do you design a rocket? What is triangulation? How can engineers determine the exact position of a rocket? The answers to these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics and exciting video. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce...
11) Rockets
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Engaging images accompany information about rockets. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Narrative nonfiction with fictional characters who visit various work sites to find out how rockets are built. Full-color illustrations and photographs throughout"--
"Kids are fascinated by how things are constructed, especially big things! This brand-new STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) series will take readers on visits to various work sites so they can see exactly How It's Built! Kids will follow along as a small group...
13) The rocket
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Lao
Description
A boy who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him leads his family and two new friends through Laos to find a new home. After a calamity-filled journey through a land scarred by the legacy of war, to prove he's not bad luck he builds a giant rocket to enter the most exciting and dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket Festival.
14) Rockets
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English
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The most futuristic of humankinds inventions is also one of the oldest. Author Ron Miller tells the story of rockets, from their humble beginnings as toys one thousand years ago to their initiation as fearsome weapons of war. Most recently, rockets have enabled human beings to escape the bonds of Earth, travel into space, and explore other worlds. This is a story of great geniuses, personal sacrifices, and grand adventure.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Captain McSqueaky and his crew of pirate mice are trying to fly to the moon to steal moon cheese, but to get there they need some help from Oliver and his cookies. This charmingly illustrated story about Oliver and a band of pirate mice uses leveled text to help young children learn to read.
16) Rockets
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Series
Language
English
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"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to how rockets work. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
17) Racing the moon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
In 1947, eleven-year-old Alex and her impulsive, older brother Chuck befriend an army scientist who shares their interest in rockets and outer space travel.
Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 57
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1978]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Two teenage sleuths help their detective father search for a famous rocket scientist whose disappearance endangers the launching of the Firebird Rocket.
The launching of the Firebird Rocket is endangered when a famous rocket scientist disappears without a trace on his way to the Woomera Monitoring Station in Australia. Assigned to the case, Fenton Hardy tells his sons he needs their help. And Frank and Joe must turn down a request that they find...
Author
Series
Waffles and Pancake volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When the CatStronauts shuttle launch is delayed, Waffles and Pancake take matters into their own hands and build a spaceship"--
20) Rocket
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Series
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
With layered die-cuts and fun facts, little ones learn all about rockets and space travel.