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'Part thriller, part fable, this is fascinating, funny and very moving - highly recommended.' - GUARDIAN 'Brilliant, compulsive and thrilling. I will be reading this book again!' - Alice Winn, author of IN MEMORIAM 'One of the best novels I've read this year.' - Joanna Quinn, author of The...

A tense, darkly funny, and politically resonant novel of life under authoritarian rule. Romania, 1989, the twilight of Ceausescu's dictatorship: A time when every neighbor, every friend, every family member may be an informant for the regime. When news emerges of a maneating bear terrorizing the...

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth is an inspirational memoir of space exploration and hard-won wisdom, from an astronaut who has spent a lifetime making the impossible a reality. Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4,000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft, and become a YouTube sensation with his performance of David Bowie's ‘Space Oddity' in space.

Who better to inspire us and help us build better lives than astronauts - people who have spent much of their life training for and living in one of the most extreme environments on (or in this case, off) earth? They’ve gone through some of the most rigorous training, intensive health screening, and psychological testing in the world – and that’s before they even leave Earth’s atmosphere. It’s training that could prove invaluable to people here on earth too.

Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz craft: three NASA astronauts and three cosmonauts, joining to celebrate a new dawn of Soviet-American cooperation. But as NASA Flight Controller Kaz Zemeckis listens in from Earth, a deadly accident...

Brought to you by Penguin. AN EPIC NOVEL SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE 1980S SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS WE GO TO LIVE AND LOVE BEYOND OUR LIMITS. In the summer of 1980, astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin begins training to be an astronaut at Houston’s Johnson...

Der neue Science-Fiction-Thriller von Andy Weir, dem Autor des Weltbestsellers "Der Marsianer". Als Ryland Grace erwacht, muss er feststellen, dass er ganz allein ist. Er ist anscheinend der einzige Überlebende einer Raumfahrtmission, Millionen Kilometer von zu Hause entfernt, auf einem Flug ins Tau-Ceti-Sternsystem. Aber was erwartet ihn dort? Und warum sind alle anderen Besatzungsmitglieder tot? Nach und nach dämmert es Grace, dass von seinem Überleben nicht nur die Mission, sondern die Zukunft der gesamten Erdbevölkerung abhängt.

Madame Isabelle est une enseignante un peu magicienne. Dans sa classe, chaque élève peut vivre une aventure dans la peau du personnage de son choix. Nathan, lui, rêve de devenir astronaute… Sa mission : trouver la petite-petite planète Verte. Avec l’aide de son ami William le copilote, Nathan affronte météorite, poissons voraces et panne de moteur. Il faut être prêt à surmonter les embûches pour réaliser ses rêves. Mais l’aventure en vaut la peine, surtout entouré de bons amis !

O céu sempre foi lugar de mistério, ciência, fé, imaginação e disputa. Em Entre Deuses e Astronautas, novo podcast narrativo da Alma Preta com apoio do Instituto Serrapilheira, Vinicius Martins conduz uma viagem em quatro episódios pelas diferentes formas de explicar o céu e o universo. A série atravessa astronomia, cosmologias, racismo científico, colonização e futuro do espaço, com reflexões e sonhos de cientistas e pesquisadores negros do Brasil que veem no céu pistas sobre o sentido do nosso mundo.

Une femme. Une mission. Sauver le monde. 1952. Une météorite s'écrase au large de Washington, dévastant une grande partie de la côte Est des États-Unis. Par chance, Elma York et son mari, Nathaniel, en congé dans les Poconos, échappent au cataclysme et parviennent à rejoindre une base militaire. Elma, génie mathématique et pilote pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et Nathaniel, ingénieur spatial, tentent de convaincre les militaires que la météorite n'a pu être dirigée par les Russes.

Astronauta é um livro com rimas embaralhadas, mostrando a confusão que é se perder no universo da poesia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever wonder what it actually takes to become a NASA astronaut? Join Cosmo Ray as he unpacks the decade-long grind, brutal training, and selection odds that turn space dreams into reality. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Mars, terminus, tout le monde descend ! Alors qu'une sonde robotisée se pose enfin sur Mars, prélude à une première mission habitée vers la planète rouge, Elma York embarque à bord de la navette qui la ramènera sur Terre après une affectation de trois mois sur la Lune. Mais le retour ne se passe pas comme prévu : un incident contraint son appareil à se poser en urgence dans un champ désert, loin du lieu d'atterrissage initial.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love...

In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time.

On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the East Coast of the US, including Washington, DC. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the Earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space and requires a much-larger share of humanity to take part in the process. Elma York’s drive to become the first lady astronaut is so strong that even the most dearly held conventions of society may not stand a chance against her.

Vols habités jusqu'à Mars et au-delà, débris orbitaux, astéroïdes tueurs, énergie et matière noire... l'astrophysique et l'astronautique recèlent encore bien des mystères, pour les passionnés autant que pour toute personne ayant un jour levé les yeux vers les étoiles. Que pourra-t-on voir dans le ciel en 2040 ?

Audie Award, History/Biography, 2016. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Based on in-depth interviews with 23 of the 24 moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, A Man on the Moon conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail.

This program includes a bonus conversation with Commander Frank Borman plus archival audio from Apollo 8's lunar orbit and from the cockpit during the mission. The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our blackest, bloodiest years with a nearly unimaginable...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind’s historic first mission to the Moon, from the bestselling author of Shadow Divers. “Robert Kurson tells the tale of Apollo 8 with novelistic detail and immediacy...