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Eyewitness space exploration
Title:
Eyewitness space exploration
Author:
Stott, Carole, author.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London : DK Publishing, 2014.

©2014
Physical Description:
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
Summary:
Describes rockets, exploratory vehicles, and other technological aspects of space exploration, satellites, space stations, and the life and work of astronauts.
General Note:
"Blast into space and hitch a ride on the earliest rockets and the latest probes"--Cover.

"First American Edition, 1997. This American Edition, 2014"--Title page verso.

Includes index.
Language:
English
Contents:
Space dreams -- What is space? -- Space nations -- Rocket science -- Reusable rocket -- The race for space -- Space travelers -- Man on the Moon -- Astronaut training -- Astronaut fashion -- Living in space -- Space work -- Rest and play -- Danger and disaster -- Space stations -- Science in space -- Equipment -- Lonely explorers -- Space investigators -- Space discoverers -- Satellite space -- Looking at Earth -- Looking into space -- Spin-offs -- New exploration -- The ISS -- Roving around -- Space tourism -- The way ahead -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Find out more.
Added Author:
ISBN:
9781465426215

9780241013601
Format :
Book