Exploring Space: A Guide to Exploration of the Universe
- ISBN-10
- 0606113061
- ISBN-13
- 9780606113069
- Series
- Exploring Space
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991-09
- Publisher
- Turtleback Books
- Author
- Mark R. Chartrand
Description
Sketches the history of space flight, and discusses satellites, space medicine, life in space, spacesuits, rockets, and spaceports.
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