The Shuttle
Explains what the space shuttle is and how it was designed, looks at the different parts of the shuttle, discusses how it is launched and how it lands, and examines its role in space exploration.
629.44
year: 2009
copies: 2
call number/section: 629.44
lexile:
Living In Space
Traces the history of manned space flights from Mercury to the Shuttle program, examines the medical effects of weightlessness on astronauts, the difficulties of eating, working, sleeping, and cleaning oneself on board, and future plans for a space station.
629.45
year: 2009
copies: 1
call number/section: 629.45
lexile:
subjects: space colonies, outer space [X], astronautics, astronauts, life support systems (space environment), space flight, space shuttles