Children’s Space Resources
Aim high and dream big!
Maybe you want to become a scientist who works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a center for the design and control of robotic spacecraft. Or you’re thinking of being a flight systems engineer who designs, builds and tests a spacecraft that will visit the outer planets of our solar system beyond the reaches of the heliosphere. Perhaps a career as a launch engineer who makes sure that spacecraft launches blast into the sky without a hitch.
The sky is the limit and so are your dreams. At NASA, anyone can work as an astronomer, astrophysicists, engineer or scientist.
This webpage is designed for children who are inspired to enter the fields of science and engineering, to help them find out what it takes to make their dreams come true. Books about NASA’s astronauts, spaceships, the International Space Station, as well as the Milky Way’s planets and stars and the cosmos beyond, are available to read at the NASA Headquarters Library.
For information on borrowing books, NASA Headquarters employees and contractors, call ext. 0168 or email library@hq.nasa.gov. Members of the public, contact your local library for availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees also can request additional materials or research on this topic and hundreds of others related to space. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.
Today’s students are tomorrow’s space explorers. We all can be part of that journey.
BOOKS
Abbey, Alan D. (2003). Journey of Hope, The Story of Ilan Ramon, Israel’s First Astronaut. Hewlett, NY: Gefen Books.
TL 789.85 .R36 A23 2003 Bookstacks
Aldrin, Buzz. (2005). Buzz Aldrin, Reaching for the Moon. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
TL 789.85 .A4 A3 2005 Bookstacks
Baker, David. (2012). International Space Station 1998-2011 (all stages) Owners’ Workshop Manual, An insight into the history, development, collaboration, production and role of the permanently manned earth-orbiting complex. Newbury Park, CA: Haynes North America Inc.
TL 797 .B352 2012 Bookstacks
Bennett, Jeffrey, et al. (2009) Max Goes to Jupiter, A Science Adventure with Max the Dog. Boulder, CO: Big Kid Science.
PZ7 .B43995 MAJ 2009 Bookstacks
Butcher, Ginger and Broadhurst. (2000). The Adventures of the Echo The Bat. Greenbelt, MD: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Available online, https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/Echo_the_bat/Echo_the_Bat_Story/story.html
QL 737 .C5 B35 2000 Bookstacks
Butterfield, Moira. (1985). Satellites & Space Stations. Tulsa, OK: EDC Publishing.
TL 793 .B88 1985 Bookstacks
Caprara, Giovanni. (2000). Living in Space. Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, Inc.
TL 797 .C26 2000 Bookstacks
Denne, Ben and O’Brien, Eileen. (2002). Space. Tulsa, OK: EDC Publishing.
QB 46 .D46 2002 Bookstacks
Hopping, Lorraine Jean. (2005). Space Rocks, the story of planetary geologist Adriana Ocampo. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press.
QB 454.2 O23 H67 2005 Bookstacks
Jackson, Garnet Nelson. (1994). Mae Jemison Astronaut. Cleveland, OH: Modern Curriculum Press.
TL 789.85 .J4 J33 1994 Bookstacks
Jones, Stanley P. and Tripp, L. Octavia. (1998). African-American Astronauts, Guion S. Bluford Jr., Charles F. Bolden Jr., Frederick D. Gregory, Bernard A. Harris Jr., Mae C. Jemison. Mankato, MN: Capstone Press.
TL 789.85 .A1 J66 1998 Bookstacks
Lusted, Marcia Amidon. (2005). The International Space Station. Farmington Hills, MI: Lucent Books.
TL 797 .I58 L87 2005 Bookstacks
O’Connor, Karen. (1983). Sally Ride and the New Astronauts Scientists in Space. New York, NY: Franklin Watts.
TL 793 .O28 1983 Bookstacks
Pogue, William R. (1991). How Do You Go To The Bathroom in Space? New York, NY: Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.
TL 793 .P54 1991 Bookstacks
Read, John A. (2019). 50 Things To See On The Moon. Halifax, NS, Canada: Formac Publishing Company Limited.
QB 64 .R43 2019 Bookstacks
Schorer, Lonnie Jones. (2006). Kids to Space: A Space Traveler’s Guide. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Apogee Kids’ Book.
TL 793 .S36 2006 Bookstacks
Walliman, Dominic, Dr. (2013). Professor Astro Cat’s Frontiers of Space. London, England: Flying Eye Books.
QB 46 .W355 P764 2013 Bookstacks
Woodmansee, Laura S. (2002). Women Astronauts. Ontario, Canada: Apogee Books.
TL 789.85 .A1 W66 2002 Bookstacks
Out of This World Series
Hoyt, Robert. (2017). Out of this World, Meet NASA Inventor Robert Hoyt and His Team’s Web-Spinning Space Spiders. Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc.
TL 795 .M44 2017 Bookstacks
Landis, Geoffrey. (2017). Out of this World Meet NASA Geoffrey Landis and His Team’s Land-Sailing Venus Rover. Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc.
TL 475.L36 2017 Bookstacks
Lubin, Philip. (2017). Out of This World Meet NASA Inventor Philip Lubin and His Team’s Laser-Sailing Starships. Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc.
TL 795.L37 2017 Bookstacks
Ono, Hiro. (2017). Out of This World Meet NASA Inventor Masahiro Ono and His Team’s Asteroid – Harpooning Hitcher. Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc.
QB 651 .A847 2017 Bookstacks
Peck, Mason. (2017). Out of this World, Meet NASA Inventor Mason Peck and His Team’s Squishy, Fishy Robot Explorers. Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc.
TL 795.3 .S68 2017 Bookstacks
Short, Kendra. (2017). Out of this World, Meet NASA Inventor Kendra Short and Her Printable Probes and Cosmic Confetti. Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc.
TL 795.3.P75 2017 Bookstacks
Walton, Darwin McBeth. (2000). Overcoming Challenges, The Life of Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn, Company.
TL 789.85 .B65 W35 2000 Bookstacks
Whittaker, Red. (2017). Out of This World Meet NASA Inventor William “Red” Whittaker and His Team’s Alien Cave Explorers. Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc.
TL 1097.A45 2017 Bookstacks
Wiegmann, Bruce. (2017). Out of This World Meet NASA Inventor Bruce Wiegmann and His Team’s Solar-Wind-Riding Electric Sail. Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc.
TL 475 .S65 2017 Bookstacks
INTERNET RESOURCES
NASA Glenn Research Center, The Beginner’s Guide to Aeronautics
https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/index.html
NASA Kids’ Club
https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html
NASA For Students
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/index.html
NASA Aeronautics Pre-K (Grades Pre-K)
https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/resources/k-12/aero-for-prek
NASA Space Place, Explore Earth and Science!
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/
NASA StarChild, A Learning Center For Young Astronomers
https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html