space vehicles

Mr. Flinn's best students go to the space museum a few hours away from Tellis, their planet, but Mr. Flinn is fed up with them when they argue and don't get along.

Mr. Flinn's best students go to the space museum a few hours away from Tellis, their planet. But Mr. Flinn is fed up with them. They argue. And they don't get along. They certainly aren't setting an example for the best and brightest Tellis has to offer. But on the way home, Mr. Flinn is knocked out when their self-driving space bus is hit by a space rock, which knocks out the engine. The eight sixth graders have to figure out how to work together, especially when they learn something more sinister than a rock disabled their bus.

Addresses the obstacles of construction, the impact on society, and the science of engineering such superstructures.

"Mike Leinbach was the launch director of the space shuttle program when Columbia disintegrated on reentry before a nation's eyes on February 1, 2003. And it would be Mike Leinbach who would be a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service, and dozens more federal, state, and local agencies combed an area of rural east Texas the size of Rhode Island for every piece of the shuttle and her crew they could find. Assisted by hundreds of volunteers, it would become the largest ground search operation in US history"--Jacket flap.

Molly's class is going on a field trip to the Space Science Center, and, despite what everyone tells her, Molly is convinced that they will find a real rocket there and blast off into outer space--but when she sneaks away from the class and tries to take off in the "spaceship" she finds herself totally grounded.

"Beep and his best friend, Bob, are accused of stealing guests' jewelry during Lani's birthday voyage on luxurious Starship Titanic, but things go downhill when Titanic plummets toward Neptune. Includes facts about Neptune"--Provided by publisher.

When the Mars colony turns their ship away, Braden Green, Gabriel Lopez and Misty Everest must figure out how to convince the colony to let them in.

This book explains the myths and mysteries associated with Mars, outlining the role played by probes and rovers in its exploration and discussing the possibility of eventually sending people to the planet.

"When LEGO City crook Hank Cooper steals a space shuttle, his adventure quickly goes away and it's up to the fire department and the police to help clean up the mess!"--Information from Amazon.com.

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?.