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Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
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This title explores the military origins of the Space Race, including the geopolitics of the Cold War, the race to build intercontinental ballistic missiles, and sophisticated reconnaissance satellites. Will include information about Germany's development of the V-1 "buzz bomb" and V-2 missiles of World War II, and the United States enlistment of Wernher von Braun, the German scientist known as the father of rocketry.
2) In the black
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English
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"In a demilitarized zone on the border of human space, long range spy satellites are mysteriously going quiet, and no one knows why. Captain Susan Kamala and her crew are dispatched to figure out what's going on and solve the problem. That problem, however, is a mysterious, bleeding edge alien ship that no human vessel could hope to match in open conflict. But, it's not spoiling for a fight. Now, the Captain and her Crew must figure out how to navigate...
3) Satellites
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Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This title takes a close look at what satellites are and how they get into orbit around Earth and other planets and moons, and the things they make possible on Earth, like GPS.
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Language
English
Description
Agent 007 must race to prevent a nuclear war between the superpowers when U.S. and Soviet manned spaceships are hijacked in Earth's orbit. His dangerous mission takes him to Japan, where he battles the evil SPECTRE organization and its diabolical leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
5) Westwind
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English
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"In Europe, the Americans are pulling out their troops in a tide of isolationism. Britain, torn between loyalties to America and the continent, is caught in the middle. Across the pond, a space shuttle crashes on landing, killing all but one of the crew on board: A British citizen named Mike Dreyfuss, who will become vilified by the US press and protesters. Halfway across the world, at English ground control headquarters, Martin Hepton watches with...
7) Silver tower
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English
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In 1992, America is on the brink of nuclear war after the Soviets invade Iran, and the key to the world's future may lie in an experimental space station--the Silver Tower--capable of destroying Soviet missiles.
17) Spy satellites
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Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, technology, and uses of spy satellites, looking especially at the various reconnaissance satellite programs of the United States, from the mid-twentieth century to the present.
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