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The Ultimate Guide to Space Exploration
Language
English
Description
This special issue looks at iconic spacecraft and the current missions exploring the Solar System and the deeper cosmos. Plus find out about the plans for manned missions to the Moon and Mars, and our search for habitable planets - and aliens.
13) Moon missions
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Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Explains how the Apollo program helped the United States overcome its second-place standing in space against the Soviet Union to become the only nation to land men on the moon.
14) Space pioneers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the first men and women who traveled into space, from Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to John Glenn.
15) Space shuttles
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Explores the successes of the shuttle program, including the daring recovery and repair of satellites by space-walking astronauts, and examines the human and technological costs of its tragic failures, such as the losses the Challenger and Columbia.
16) Space stations
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of space homes such as the Soviet's Salyut 1, Mir, the United States's Skylab, and the International Space Station, a truly international venture between several countries and scheduled for completion in 2008.
Language
English
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Description
"An introduction to Earth and its moon for primary and intermediate grade students with information about their features and exploration. Includes charts and diagrams, a list of highlights for each chapter, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Language
English
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Description
"An introduction to human space exploration for primary and intermediate grade students, with information about the early history of space travel and current space exploration. Includes a list of highlights for each chapter, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index"--
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