Meet NASA inventor Masahiro Ono and his team's asteroid-harpooning hitcher / writer, Jeff De La Rosa.
"A volume explaining engineer Masahiro Ono's plan to create a space probe that will be able to hitch itself to an asteroid as the asteroid is traveling through our galaxy"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780716661610
- ISBN: 0716661616
- Physical Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Publisher: Chicago Illinois : World Book, Inc., [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The leftovers -- Why study the leftovers? -- Inventor feature : the traveler -- Visiting the asteroids -- Stopping in -- Hitching an asteroid -- Inventor feature : growing up -- Big idea : tethers -- Big idea : carbon nanotubes -- Inventor feature : crossing the ocean to reach the stars -- An expensive harpoon -- Playing out the line -- Braking -- Big idea : regenerative braking -- Far from the sun -- A local train in the outer solar system -- Taking off again -- Inventor feature : Icy Moon Cryovolcano Explorer -- Masahiro Ono and his team.
- Target Audience Note:
- Ages 5-11.990L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.6 1 192888.
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- Ono, Masahiro, 1982- > Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography > Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography.
Space flight to asteroids > Juvenile literature.
Asteroids > Juvenile literature.
Aerospace engineering > Juvenile literature.
Outer space > Exploration > Juvenile literature. - Genre:
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- 8 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | J629.43 A (Text) | 39493110000264 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Graham County Library | J 629.43 MEE (Text) | 80605001383610 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hoke County Bookmobile | J 629.43544 D (Text) | 28198000322818 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hoke County Public Library | J 629.43544 D (Text) | 28198000294504 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hudson (Fontana) | J629.435 AST (Text) | 39493108529738 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Jackson County Public Library | J629.43 D (Text) | 39493108388903 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Montgomery County Public Library | J 629.43 D (Text) | 38198000235604 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Paddison Memorial Branch | J629.435 A (Text) | 0112521842413 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
