Top 10 Best "Astronauts" Books

I Want to Be an Astronaut

Stephanie Maze

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DK Readers

Deborah Lock

Astronauts

DK Readers

With Eyewitness Readers, children will learn to read ---- then read to learn! What does it take to hold down a job in zero gravity? Find out what it's really like to be an Astronaut: Living in Space. Longer sentences and an expanded vocabulary make this series of 48--page books slightly more challenging: Level 2 is appropriate for children who have started to read but still need help. Information boxes full of background information will stimulate inquisitive minds. These books contain between 700 and 850 words, and they are approximately 70 percent pictures and 30 percent text. The Dorling Kindersley Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high--interest, easy--to--read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4.

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We Seven

M. Scott Carpenter
Gordon L. Cooper
John H. Glenn
Virgil I. Grissom
Walter M. Schirra

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Astronaut Handbook

Meghan McCarthy

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Space Heroes

James Buckley
DK Publishing
Caryn Jenner

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Falling to Earth

Al Worden
Francis French
Tom Stafford
Dick Gordon

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If I Were an Astronaut (Dream Big!)

Eric Braun
Sharon Harmer

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A Is for Astronaut

Traci N. Todd
Sara Gillingham

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I Want to Be an Astronaut

Byron Barton

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Thomas Marcinko

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Prepare for Launch

Today's astronauts require many different abilities. They must not only be expert in performing flight simulations but must also be proficient in such dissimilar subjects as photography, thermodynamics, electrical repairs, flight procedures, oceanography, public affairs, and geology. In Prepare for Launch, the author introduces the technologies and myriad activities that constitute or affect astronaut training, such as the part-task trainers, emergency procedures, the fixed-based and motion-based simulators, virtual environment training, and the demands of training in the Weightless Environment Training Facility. With plans to return to the Moon and future missions to Mars, the current selection criteria and training are very different from those used for short duration mission Space Shuttle crews. Dr. Erik Seedhouse in this book focuses on how astronaut candidates are taught to cope with different needs and environments (for example, hibernation, artificial gravity, and bioethics issues) and also includes brief discussions of the astronaut application and selection proce...

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Prepare for Launch

Erik Seedhouse

Astronauts

Flying to the Moon

Michael Collins

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