This fascinating Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press covers the entire spectrum of space exploration.
Exploring Space
Describes how humans have attempted to explore beyond the Earth; traces the development of telescopes, rocketry, and space flight; and profiles notable astronomers, inventors, and astronauts.
"Space exploration has a fascinating history and will continue into the future, with many nations now involved in the International Space Station and the exploration of Mars" (publisher).
After traveling to Jupiter, Voyager 2 went onward to Saturn. Here it detected temperatures ranging from 312 degrees F ( 191degrees C) to 18 degrees F (7 degrees C), and wind speeds up to 1,100 miles (1,750 km) per hour.
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The travel into space is an adventure, knowledge building and ever learning about the heavens and star within it.
100 facts on man's exploration of outer space.
Offers coverage of human explorations into space - from 19th-century fantasy to 20th-century achievement and the future of space exploration in the 21st century - giving information about the current state of exploration in the final ...
How does NASA, the spaceagency of the United States,work?
Exploring Space
Color Overheads Included! The exciting discoveries of recent space explorations are described in this book which deals with rockets, space probes, and space stations. The scientific exploration of our solar system and beyond is described.
Throughout history, people have always explored new frontiers.
Provides ideas for work on identification and description of shapes, their construction, pattern, simple symmetry, position, movement and transformations.
The convenient page layout also includes colorful photographs paired with succinct, easy-to-digest captions. This high-interest volume is sure to engage and excite readers of many levels.
Covers the "race to space" from the ancient Greeks to Galileo to the construction of the International Space Station.
Traces the history of space travel, from the design of the first rockets to the space shuttle missions.
The travel into space is an adventure, knowledge building and ever learning about the heavens and star within it.
Survey of the history and future of the exploration of outer space.
The convenient page layout also includes colorful photographs paired with succinct, easy-to-digest captions. This high-interest volume is sure to engage and excite readers of many levels.