Space Exploration Titles in the SEC Library
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This list blends fiction and non-fiction titles, covering topics ranging from historic astronauts and the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster to the cutting-edge world of space robotics. Dive into thought-provoking reads on the ethics of space colonization, the search for extraterrestrial life, and the mysteries surrounding the origins of life on Earth. The selection also includes award-winning fiction authors such as Nnedi Okorafor, Kim Stanley Robinson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Samantha Harvey, Emily St. John Mandel, and Andy Weir.
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Alien oceans : the search for life in the depths of space
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Call Number: QB54 .H36 2020Publication Date: 2020-04-07 -
A portrait of the scientist as a young woman
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Call Number: Q143.E544 A3 2022Publication Date: 2022-06-07 -
Asteroids : how love, fear, and greed will determine our future in space
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The Atlas of Mars : mapping its geography and geology
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Call Number: G1000.5.M3 C6 2019Publication Date: 2019-08-22 -
The boy who reached for the stars : a memoir
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Challenger : a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space
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Call Number: TL867 .H54 2024Publication Date: 2024-05-14Awards: Kirkus Prize, Nonfiction, 2024 -
A city on Mars : can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through?
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Call Number: TL795.7 .W45 2023Publication Date: 2023-11-07 -
The end of astronauts : why robots are the future of exploration
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Extraterrestrial : the first sign of intelligent life beyond Earth
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Call Number: QB54 .L63 2021Publication Date: 2021-01-26Massachusetts Book Awards Must-Read Book (Nonfiction), 2022
Avi Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science. -
Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race
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Call Number: QA27.5 .L44 2016New York Times Best Seller List.
ALA Black Caucus Award, 2017 (Nonfiction)
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Interstellar : the search for extraterrestrial life and our future in the stars
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Call Number: QB54 .L632Publication Date: 2023-08-29Avi Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science. -
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The new guys : the historic class of astronauts that broke barriers and changed the face of space travel
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Call Number: TL789.85.A1 B34 2023Publication Date: 2023-02-07 -
Off-Earth : ethical questions and quandaries for living in outer space
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Call Number: TL795.7 .N47 2023Publication Date: 2023-03-07 -
Pillars of creation : how the James Webb Telescope unlocked the secrets of the cosmos
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Call Number: QB500.269 .P36 2024Publication Date: 2024-10-22 -
The secret life of the universe : an astrobiologist's search for the origins and frontiers of life
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Sharing space : an astronaut's guide to mission, wonder, and making change
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Call Number: BF575.S48 C654 2024Publication Date: 2024-07-02 -
The sirens of Mars : searching for life on another world
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Spacefarers : how humans will settle the Moon, Mars, and beyond
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Call Number: CB440 .W36 2020Publication Date: 2020-04-14
Fiction Titles
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Ancillary Justice
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Call Number: PS3612.E3353 A83 2013Awards: Nebula Award for Best Novel, 2013.
Awards: BSFA Award for Best Novel, 2013.
Awards: Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2014.
Awards: Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2014.
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Binti: Home
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Call Number: PS3615.K67 B56 2017The thrilling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula-winning Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, and a finalist for the 2018 Hugo and Nommo Awards. -
Blue Mars
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Call Number: PS3568.O2893 B58 2021Mars trilogy; book 3
Hugo Award for Best Novel, 1997 -
The Calculating Stars
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Call Number: PS3611.O74948 C35 2018Publication Date: 2018-07-03Lady Astronaut novels, bk. 1
Winner 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Winner 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novel
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The Fated Sky
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Call Number: PS3611.O74948 F38 2018Publication Date: 2018-08-21Lady Astronaut novels, bk. 2 -
Green Mars
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Call Number: PS3568.O2893 G7 2021Mars trilogy; book 2
Hugo Award for Best Novel, 1994 -
Orbital : a novel
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Call Number: PR6108.A7875 O73 2023Publication Date: 2023-12-05Awards: Booker Prize, 2024 -
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The Terraformers : a novel
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