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Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Readers will want to grab a telescope and explore the night skies after finishing this overview of our solar system. Our solar system consists of eight planets, as well as numerous moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. For thousands of years, humans believed that Earth was at the center of the Universe, but all of that changed in the 17th century. Astronomers like Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton proposed...
8) Space
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Only a small percentage of people will visit space in their lifetime, but now you don't have to be an astronaut to see our universe in stunning detail! In Space: The Definitive Visual Catalog, you will be transported to our solar system and galaxies far beyond with the help of incredibly detailed color photographs from NASA and the International Space Station. Full of amazing facts and key information about the planets and stars...
9) Voyager
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Important new scientific data was collected on the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto by the telescopes aboard the "Voyager" spacecrafts. For the first time, scientists were able to collect information by studying the giant planets at close range.
11) Living in space
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Discover what early space triumphs and failures have taught us, physical and mental problems encountered during space flights and how they are being solved, the next step in the space program--modular space stations and spaceports, international cooperation in space exploration, future plans for the space shuttle, a blueprint for colonizing Mars, and how we can travel to the stars.
12) What is NASA?
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Find out all about NASA in this out-of-this-world addition to the What Was? series. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, and the many missions and discoveries that have taken...
Author
Publisher
Miles Kelly Publishing LTD
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Discover the wonders of our Universe-From vast galaxies, supernova explosions and black holes to the search for extra terrestrials. Spread across five sections, this book reveals space technologies, the science of space travel and incredible findings by famous astronomers.
