Résultats pour "Astronaut" dans Fiction

'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 Whalebone Theatre 'You will love this book!' - Jennifer Croft, translator of Flights by Olga Tokarczuk and...

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...

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.

Sur Terre, la situation est critique : le climat se détériore inexorablement et les tensions politiques s’accroissent. Une coalition internationale espère envoyer le plus de gens possible sur Mars avant que la planète bleue ne devienne inhabitable, mais il est évident que tout le monde ne pourra pas partir. Les manifestations contre le projet de conquête spatiale virent à l’émeute et des tentatives de sabotage des fusées sont mises au jour.

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.

Years after a meteorite strike obliterated Washington, DC—triggering an extinction-level global-warming event—Earth’s survivors have started an international effort to establish homes on space stations and the Moon. The next step–Mars. Elma York, the Lady Astronaut, lands on the Red Planet, optimistic about preparing for the first true wave of inhabitants. The mission objective is more than just building the infrastructure of a habitat–they are trying to preserve the many cultures and nuances of life on Earth without importing the hate. But from the moment she arrives, something is off.

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.

Ten years ago, retired astronaut Jim Mayfield closed himself up inside Bear Creek Inn, and he hasn't been seen since. Just when the small town of Bear Creek had almost forgotten about their reclusive and mysterious resident, a man from out-of-town flies in on a private jet to meet with the astronaut. The visit prompts the good people of the small town to begin asking questions.

The Earth is coming to the boiling point as the climate disaster of the meteor strike becomes more and more clear, but the political situation is already overheated. Riots and sabotage plague the space program. The IAC's goal of getting as many people as possible off Earth before it becomes uninhabitable is being threatened.

Todos sabemos desde la infancia qué personas forman nuestra familia y cuáles son los lazos que nos unen a cada una de ellas. Todos menos la protagonista de esta novela, a quien nunca contaron que ella también, en algún momento de su vida, había tenido una. ¿Qué sucedió en aquellos años para que todos los vestigios de la época desaparecieran?

A brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them—and their families—changed forever. “A transcendent, cross-cultural, and...

RJ is an experienced astronaut. He's a veteran of several deep-space expeditions into the unknown, so he's ready for anything the universe might throw at him. Or, so he thinks. When their brand-new state-of-the-art starship suddenly begins to fail, RJ is left alone to save the mission from utter failure as the rest of the crew abandons ship. But once they're all gone, RJ finds himself alone with...something that wants to know him in ways he's not entirely sure about.

Die gute Miss Gladys kann sich nicht mehr alles merken, aber dieser Telefonanruf ist unvergesslich: Der Astronaut Thomas Major ist am Apparat, gerade auf dem Weg zum Mars. Er hat sich natürlich verwählt und will am liebsten gleich wieder auflegen. Aber Miss Gladys und ihre Enkel brauchen seine Hilfe. Zögerlich und leise fluchend wird der Mann im All zum Helfer in der Not. Tausende von Kilometern entfernt, führt er die drei auf seine ganz eigene Art durch schwere Zeiten, denn Familie Ormerod droht ihr Zuhause zu verlieren. Miss Gladys und ihr Astronaut brauchen einen galaktisch guten Plan...

Un canto a la imaginación y a la fantasía más desbordante de la mano de dos personajes únicos; una pintora de almas que sueña con las hormigas de la luna y un hombre perdido que a su vez busca a una mujer que es la suma de todas las mujeres. La prosa hipnótica de Félix J. Palma nos lleva al encuentro de estos dos náufragos de los sentimientos.

‘Exquisite and deeply felt’ VOGUE ‘Beautifully rendered’ GRAZIA ‘Magnificent … melds sharp insight with great heart’ NICOLA DINAN ‘Thoughtful and beautifully compelling’ ALICE WINN A beautiful, heartbreaking novel about ambition, love and space from the award-winning author of...

After the loss of his father aboard Earth's first starship, 12-year-old Micah Alfero is feeling awfully alone in the world. He's had to move to a new city and a new school where the principal is upset because Micah took it upon himself to stand up for his new friend Hannelore Allbrooks. The local bully isn't making things any easier. Life takes a dramatic turn, however, when a huge alien spaceship shows up over his home of Garden City. The leader of the invasion is demanding a device called the Convergence that no one seems to know anything about.

As the human population fades away, one man decides to spend the rest of his life amongst the stars. He isn't trying to escape the extinction. He's trying to get away from something else.

A tense, claustrophobic and gripping science fiction thriller from the author of The Testimony. When journalist Cormac Easton is selected to document the first manned mission into deep space, he dreams of securing his place in history as one of humanity’s great explorers. But in space, nothing...