Screen LibraryEyewitness space exploration /
Describes rockets, exploratory vehicles, and other technological aspects of space exploration, satellites, space stations, and the life and work of astronauts.--
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DK Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2014. ©2014 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Relaunch edition. |
| Series: |
DK eyewitness books |
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| Summary: |
Describes rockets, exploratory vehicles, and other technological aspects of space exploration, satellites, space stations, and the life and work of astronauts.-- |
| Item Description: |
"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. |
| Carrier Form: | 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 69) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780241013601 9781465426215 1465426213 0241013607 9781465426161 1465426167 |
| Index Number: | TL793 |
| CLC: | P1-4 |
| Call Number: | P1-4/S888/rel.ed. |
| 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. |