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"With the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. And that milestone carried major implications: Silicon Valley, not NASA, was suddenly cemented as the epicenter of the new Space Age. Start-ups and the wealthy investors behind them began to realize that the universe--ungoverned and infinite--was open for business. Welcome to the wild west of aerospace...

Shows the journey of a spacewalker, from training to EVA day. Includes the story of how Kathy Sullivan became the first American to walk in space.

Grace's excitement to accompany her "fun" mom on delivery to Titan quickly turns to frustration when her mom is too preoccupied with her mission to spend time with Grace, yet when their ship stops working on their return home it's up to Grace to save the day.

Ten-year-old Starr is thrilled to be one of the first humans to visit Mars, along with the rest of her family and two children from the space tourism program--but when the planetary exploration vehicle that Starr and the other children are in malfunctions it is up to her to figure out a way to contact the adults so they can be rescued.

On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. 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 experience...

After mastering the ability to walk between dimensions, sixteen-year-old Joey Harker and his fellow InterWorld freedom fighters embark on a mission to maintain peace between the rival powers of magic and science who seek to control all worlds.

Led by Masterharper Robinton and F'lar and Lessa, the people of Pern excavate the ancient remains of the planet's original settlement and uncover the colonist's voice-activated artificial intelligence system.

After escaping her abusive family's interstellar merchant ship, seventeen-year-old Pendt lands on a remote space station run by the Brannick twins, and together they make plans to thwart the destinies they never wanted.

A young boy looks at a plane in the sky and imagines flying one all the way to the moon.

1968. Sheldon and Meg Crane have just moved their family to the small town of Black Mountain, NC after Sheldon was ousted from the ministry due to an illicit affair. Burdened by his wife's unforgiveness and his daughter's resentment over the move, Sheldon finds a measure of solace in the ability of his son, Digger, to cope. Settling into an old house on the side of a mountain, the family discovers they can occasionally see and speak with the home's...