Bibliograph

Exploring space, [writer, Shawn Brennan]

Type

Label

Exploring space, [writer, Shawn Brennan]

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

Ages 9-13

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Exploring space

Oclc number

1003673326

Responsibility statement

[writer, Shawn Brennan]

Series statement

Our solar system

Summary

""Presents facts about the history of piloted and unpiloted space exploration in our solar system and features large illustrations and photographs."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The awe and wonder of the night sky -- Space probes -- Space probes do what astronauts cannot -- Venturing out -- The first piloted spacecraft -- Walking on the moon -- Space probes to Venus and Mercury -- Destination Mars! -- Space pioneers -- The Voyager probes -- Voyager 2's grand tour -- Gravity assist -- Return to Mars -- Mars rovers -- Phoenix and Curiosity discoveries on Mars -- New lunar probes -- More Jupiter probes -- Cassini at Saturn -- New Horizons -- Solar probes -- Touching the sun -- Probing comets -- Probes to asteroids -- Returning humans to space -- Microgravity and space travel -- Effects of space travel on the human body -- Suiting up -- To the moon and beyond

Target audience

juvenile

Classification