space stations

Explains the vital roles of satellites, what space stations are, and how people work in them.

The Peanuts pals join Charlie Brown on a 90 day mission on a NASA space station.

Station -- Space truck -- Supply craft -- Bigger and bigger -- Power supply -- Robot arm -- Worldwide space project -- Space station fold-out -- Destiny laboratory -- Columbus and Jules Verne -- More from Europe -- Kibo module -- Research panorama -- Spacesuit -- Mission to the ISS -- Living in space -- Space junk -- Into the future.

Explains the construction and purpose of the International Space Station and the life of the astronauts on board.

Naram is not happy when she has to spend her birthday on the moon, and tries to find a way to still have a fun party with her friends. Includes facts about outer space.

Examines the history of space stations, beginning with the launch of Salyut 1 by the Soviet Union in 1971 and Skylab bythe U. S. in 1973, discusses space station architecture and technology, looks at what it is like to live in outer space, and examines some of the discoveries that have been made as a result of space station research.

Introductory text and full-color images explore the history and function of space stations.

Presents examples of space stations and explains how astronauts live and work in them.