This immersive book will be a popular addition to any library among avid and reluctant readers alike.
first human in space When humans decided to go into outer space, the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first. He entered the Vostok 1 space capsule on April 12, 1961, and was blasted into Earth's orbit.
The former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena surveys the history of America's unmanned space program, and looks at the issues and technical challenges that it faced
This is the first series of Journey Into Space, digitally remastered. Set in 1965, which was then in the future, it tells of the conquest of the moon and of what happened to the first astronauts to set foot on the lunar surface.
Journey Into Space: Part 1 Operation Lunar
Humankind has taken a fateful journey into space . . . A vast generation ship hurtles away from a violent, troubled Earth to settle a distant planet orbiting an alien...
Lively writing and breathtaking photographs reveal findings from 30 years of space exploration, and give an exciting glimpse of future colonization plans now under study. 80 color photos and 25 drawings.