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1) Orbiter
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English
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Warren Ellis's and Colleen Doran's acclaimed original VERTIGO graphic novel. When a space shuttle crash lands on Earth after being missing for a decade, it unlocks a mystery that will unfold deep in outer space. Can a team of three specialists cheated out of their dream of spaceflight discover the nature of this bizarre space-borne anomaly?
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English
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From 1966 to 1980, Damon Knight created the Orbit series of anthologies of science fiction, representing the finest writing in the genre. Nineteen of Kate Wilhelm's stories were included in this series of twenty-one volumes. Among these are "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang," an exploration of infertility and cloning in the aftermath of global environmental collapse. It won the Locus, Jupiter, and Hugo Awards for Best Novel in 1977. "The Planners"...
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Ocean/Orbiter volume 1
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English
Description
Leaving the Earth is a dangerous business, and probably always will be. But in the long run, the greater danger is not leaving - something that legendary comics writer Warren Ellis makes vacuum-clear in this pair of suspense-filled space adventures, collected here for the first time in a single volume.
In OCEAN, the acclaimed art team of Chris Sprouse and Karl Story joins Ellis for a journey to the research station Cold Harbor orbiting the Jovian...
4) Frozen Orbit
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English
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The beginning of life awaits at the end of the solar system. A frozen answer at the edge of planetary space.
Set to embark on NASA's first expedition to the outer planets, the crew of the spacecraft Magellan learns someone else has beaten them by a few decades: a top-secret Soviet project codenamed Arkangel.
Now during their long race to the Kuiper Belt, astronauts Jack Templeton and Traci Keene must unwind a decades-old mystery buried in the pages...
5) Blast off!
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Abby in orbit volume 1
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It is Abby Baxter's first day of third grade on the OASIS International Space Station and she is determined not to make any mistakes, but getting used to microgravity, watching her little brother, Nico, and meeting her new classmates, causes her to almost mess up Mami' big experiment.
6) Space race
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Abby in orbit volume 2
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Abby and her classmate Dmitry, both eager to win the Space Race virtual reality obstacle, neglect to pay close attention to the rules, so when they accidentally get stuck in the simulation, they realize they will have to work together if they want to find a way out.
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Series
Abby in orbit volume 3
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Hardcover.
Language
English
Description
How can Abby Baxter prove she's not a Bad Baxter, but an Awesome Abby? On Career Day, Abby Baxter's classmates are excited to learn about all the jobs adults do on the space station. But Abby has no idea what her career should be―next to her brilliant doctor parents, she always feels like a Bad Baxter. Even worse, she makes a few mistakes that cause systems on the space station to start going haywire. Can Abby untangle the mess and find her own...
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