Showing results for "Space Exploration" in Science Fiction

Zero, Nyx, and the other Pathfinder colonists have adjusted to life on Kaguya. But Earth has built much faster starships-the Dreamcatcher arrives 10 years early, and the Stargazer arrives so early it actually got there before the Pathfinder did! Now the Stargazer is a lost shipwreck, and the race is on to find it, and who should show up looking for it but Nyx's dangerous family: Big Mama, Jim, and Kratt. Nyx and Zero will face kidnappers, pirates, shipwrecks, warlords, dragons, and maybe a new ally or two on their way to save the day once again.

Zak Nine and his friend Erro are on the run! While avoiding a band of patrolling prison guards, the boys meet another escapee who tells them the legend of an abandoned spacecraft. The boys believe that if they can find the ancient ship, they'll be able to fix it and blast off from the Planet Alcatraz. But first, they must cross the Igneous Quag an uncharted swamp full of flame-spitting snakes and hidden geysers of fatal fire!

En la escuela, Pedro ha estado leyendo libros sobre el planeta Marte. Cuando llega a casa, imagina cómo sería vivir en el planeta rojo. ¿Podría escalar la superficie rocosa de Marte? ¿Sobreviviría sin helado? ¿Será que su gran imaginación lo lleve a quedarse en Marte o decidirá que prefiere vivir en el planeta Tierra?

Mars likes peace and quiet, and is not happy when unexpected visitors start showing up. But when they leave, Mars realizes being alone isn't all that great. Mars reaches out to his space friends—including his best bud, Earth—for comfort and help. Maybe Mars is a people planet after all!

Diesmal erleben Gordon, Dale und Dr. Zarkow im sechzehnten Sonnensystem Abenteuer, die sie an die Grenze der menschlichen und technischen Möglichkeiten führt. Auf der Suche nach verschollenen Raumschiffen bekommen sie es mit dem scheinbar allmächtigen Gott des Volkes der Oktopoden „Slam" zu tun; diese Wesen brauchen das geheimnisvolle „Kryptonit C" zum Leben. Im Alleingang riskiert Dr. Zarkow Kopf und Kragen. Wird es Commander Flash Gordon gelingen, mit seiner Mannschaft lebend aus dieser Gefahr herauszukommen?

Hop in your rocket ship for a trip to the stars! In this fantasy rhyming poem about flying through space, listeners will visit Mars, the purple kitties of the planet Fuzz, and an asteroid inhabited by dinosaurs—all in plenty of time to return home for lunch!

When Space Captains Star Girl, Galactic 6 and Star Cluster are sent to investigate, they find there's more than just hot springs letting off steam. Planet Molteyser's springs are losing their minerals, and the brontoneysers are getting sick.

Planet Botanicus has been struck by a strange and sudden drought, and the purple-eyed trappers are drying up. When Space Cadets Star Girl, Star Cluster and White Dwarf are sent to find out why, things get a little too hot to handle. Can they shut down the heat on Botanicus in time to save the planet and its alien purple-eyed trappers?

Adam é um garoto curioso e sonhador que deseja, acima de tudo, ser astronauta. Entre engenhocas inventadas no quarto e noites de imaginação sem limites, ele constrói um foguete com uma máquina de lavar roupas antiga que seria sua cabine e o motor de uma geladeira velha que funcionava com bateria e alguns ventiladores, e decide partir em sua primeira grande aventura espacial. Lá, Adam descobre rios de suco de frutas, árvores de algodão-doce e os simpáticos Poin-Poins, seres divertidos e criativos que vivem movidos por alegria, amizade e curiosidade.

When unexpected debris from outer space crashes onto their peaceful planet, the Clangers explore these strange arrivals with curiosity and wonder. Among the scattered objects, a hoot, a trumpet-like creature, falls into one of the Clangers' caves. Small and Tiny Clanger swiftly pull the poor hoot to safety. The Hoot Planet comes to retrieve the missing hoot, but Tiny's pipe organ chimes in wishing to go with the hoots. As Tiny attaches the pipe organ to the planet, the Hoot Planet recklessly takes off hoisting Tiny into space. Frantically rushing after her, Small and Major Clanger save her.

In this enchanting Clangers story, read by Oliver Postgate, a mysterious gift from the Iron Chicken leads Tiny and Small on a musical adventure. With only two notes left, Small Clanger carefully plants them in the rocky ground, hoping they might grow again. To bring them to life, the pair must ask the Cloud for help — but only polite requests will do. When the rain finally falls, the notes blossom into beautiful Music Trees, their branches hung with fruit-shaped notes that sing in harmony.

An underwater world is being poisoned, and the aquamantas are getting sick. Star Girl is eager to help, but she soon discovers that looks can be deceiving. Can the space cadets find the source of the poison and stop it in time to save the planet and its inhabitants?

Hochfliegende Pläne in Valleby: Ein Astronaut macht mit seiner Raumkapsel in der Kleinstadt Station und will als Nächstes den Planeten Neptun ansteuern. Wer sich ebenfalls als Astronaut oder Astronautin eignet, darf mitfliegen! Den Detektiven Lasse und Maja kommt schnell der Verdacht, dass an der Geschichte etwas faul ist und der Astronaut nur auf Spendengelder aus ist. Tatsächlich ist sein Plan aber noch viel raffinierter als zuerst gedacht ...

Elio è un ragazzino di 11 anni con una fervida immaginazione e una passione per lo spazio. Un giorno viene accidentalmente teletrasportato nel Communiverso, un'organizzazione interplanetaria con rappresentanti di galassie lontane, dove viene erroneamente identificato come il leader della Terra. Ora Elio deve affrontare la sfida di costruire un rapporto con gli eccentrici alieni, attraversare una crisi intergalattica e scoprire chi è veramente e qual è il suo posto.

Centuries ago, Earth's plants turned deadly, and humanity took to space to cultivate new homes. Myra Hodger is in her first year at an elite school on the Moon, and she's crumbling under the pressure. She doesn't fit in, and worse, the tattoos that signal her Number Whisperer magic aren't developing. In her heart, she knows she doesn't have a Creer, and soon everyone else will, too. Wandering the halls while cutting class, she discovers a secret lab hidden behind one of the unused classrooms and, beyond that, a secret garden overflowing with plants. Dangerous toxic plants.

Embárcate en el Halcón Milenario en una aventura galáctica que explora los orígenes de uno de los mayores héroes de Star Wars. El sueño de Han Solo es convertirse en el mejor piloto de la galaxia, algo casi imposible para los huérfanos como él que sobreviven en los suburbios de Corellia. Pero Han es el más intrépido y un día roba coaxium, un raro y valioso combustible, con la esperanza de usarlo para escapar del planeta junto a su novia Qi’ra.

Suzie Wen LOVES gadgets and inventing things – but her inventions don’t always turn out how she expects... And after a massive invention mishap, Suzie is now living on board the space ship from her favourite TV show – exploring new planets and saving the universe!

The Story Shop is packed full of plots, costumes and characters galore. And shopkeepers Wilbur and Fred are ready and waiting to find every customer their perfect adventure! When a daredevil mouse visits the shop, Wilbur and Fred have just the thing – an out-of-this-world space mission! Join Space Mouse as he nibbles his way into trouble on the Moon, bets his tail on a game of Tiddlywonks with Phoebe Fairplay and causes chaos on Planet Cog with his over-the-top inventions …

Francesca Cavallo, una de las creadoras del fenómeno Cuentos de buenas noches para Niñas Rebeldes, les habla en este libro a todos, pero en especial a los niños. El mundo futuro es también de ellos. Por eso necesitan historias nuevas que les ayuden a darle forma. Este libro ha llegado desde los rincones más apartados del universo, ahí donde sólo llega tu imaginación.

Spilling Secrets: Planet Catlabrator is awash with water and the catralabs are drowning. When Space Agent Star Girl is sent to investigate with SA Asteroid she learns that some mission buddies are more trouble than they're worth. Can she work with Asteroid to save the planet and its alien catralabs?