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1) Luciana
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Luciana is going to space camp, but when picked as the leader for her team, she steers them into trouble. After that her team doesn't trust her, or like her that much either. It's great to be good at science, but she needs more to make it to Mars. Luci needs to become someone her team can depend on, no matter what.
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Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts offers an insider's guide to astronauting--a behind-the-scenes look at the training, the basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel, including how to deal with a dead body in space, what it's like to film an IMAX movie in orbit, what exactly to do when nature calls, and much more.
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"Luciana Vega wants to be the first kid on Mars. But first she's got to be a good team player here on Earth."--Page [4] of cover.
In her second novel, Luciana is off to youth astronaut training camp! She hopes to be chosen to dive to an underwater habitat where real astronauts train for life in space. But when Luci accuses her diving partner of sabotage, no one believes her and her chances of making the diving team sink fast. Things hit rock bottom...
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In this encouraging nonfiction title, children visit an actual space camp! Readers will learn what astronauts eat, where they sleep, and how they prepare for journeys into space through the help of robots and stimulators. Featuring vibrant images, informative text, and fun, interesting facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction title encourages readers to discover what they would want to explore in space!
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"The untold story of a national trauma--NASA's Challenger explosion--and what really happened to America's Teacher in Space, illuminating the tragic cost of humanity setting its sight on the stars"--
January 28, 1986. NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded after blasting off from Cape Canaveral. Christa McAuliffe, America's "Teacher in Space" was instantly killed, along with the other six members of the mission. At least that's what most of us...
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"In her third story, Luciana and her family are headed to Chile for winter break. Luci can't wait to see her cousins - but the reunion doesn't go as planned, and Luci feels like an outsider in her own family. Just then she receives a surprise invite from Claire Jacobs, her frenemy from astronaut training camp, to join her at the Mars habitat in the desert and watch NASA scientists at work. It's an offer too good to refuse, so Luci decides to leave...
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"An out-of-this-world romantic comedy featuring an astronaut tasked with training a Hollywood actor for a space flick. Regina 'Reggie' Hayes wants to be the first woman on the moon...But after a PR disaster, Reggie is off the list for a lunar mission. To rehabilitate her reputation...she agrees to a different kind of assignment: astronaut 'training' with a Hollywood action hero. Jon Leo is a charmer...He's pumped about his own personal space camp...until...
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Ziggy and the other members of the Black Dinosaurs go to space camp where they learn about the space program and speculate about the existence of extraterrestrial beings. The Black Dinosaurs have always explored the past in their adventures, but now they're going into the future -- to Space Camp! They'll learn what weightlessness feels like, what astronauts eat, even how they go to the bathroom! Ziggy, of course, really wants to meet up with aliens...
10) Luciana
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When Luciana steers her group straight into trouble at space camp, she learns there's more to being an astronaut than simply being good at science.
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