exploration

Traveling inside his toy rocket, young Jake's survival depends on the help of eight friendly planets, who magically talk and sing. The planets help Jake make it through the dangerous asteroid belt and get back home before his mother discovers that he is gone. Includes a kid-friendly look at why Pluto is no longer a planet.

"Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong's famous words as he first set foot on the moon: 'one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.' He made it look easy, but America's journey to the moon was anything but simple. In 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite, into orbit, America had barely crossed the starting line of the great Space Race. Later that year, our first attempt was such a failure that the media nicknamed it 'Kaputnik.' Still, we didn't give up. With each failure, we gleaned valuable information about what went wrong, and how to avoid it in the future. So we tried again. And again. And each time we failed, we failed a little bit better"--Amazon.com.

"Since ancient times, people have envisioned the possibility of space travel. Spaceflight finally became a reality after many centuries of scientific study on two fronts: astronomy and flight. Theories about the solar system were proposed, tested, and revised. Instruments for examining the night skies were invented and improved. Flight was accomplished as a result of countless experiments, some of them deadly. This resource traces space exploration, one of the most exciting pursuits in history, from the legend of Icarus to the reality of Sputnik.".

Simple text and "out-of-this-world" photography introduce readers to the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, and its mission to study Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Important details include Rosetta's planning and construction, its launch, its orbit around the comet, the fateful crash of its Philae lander, and the science discoveries of the orbiter. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Simple text and "out-of-this-world" photography introduce readers to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, and its mission to photograph the wonders of the universe, far above the atmosphere of Earth. Important details covered include the space observatory's planning and engineering, its launch, its scientific discoveries, and how its images have changed our perception of the cosmos. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Simple text and "out-of-this-world" photography introduce readers to NASA's Cassini-Huygens space probe, and its mission to explore the gas giant Saturn. Important details include the probe's construction, its launch, the landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan, and Cassini's continuing mission to unlock the secrets of Saturn's rings and other unique features. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Friends of the spacemice have disappeared on a strange ice planet, Polarix! Geronimo Stiltonix and his crew are called to search for them. When the spacemice arrive on Polarix, they're surprised at the inhabitants -- cute little aliens that look like colorful fuzz balls! But are these creatures as harmless as they look?.

"A brief history and discussion of the planets and outer space objects encountered by spacecraft Voyager"--OCLC.

"Space has become increasingly crowded since the end of the Cold War, with new countries, companies, and even private citizens operating satellite and becoming spacefarers. This book offers general readers a valuable primer on space policy from an international perspective. It examines the rival themes of space competition and cooperation while providing readers with an understanding of the basics of space technology, diplomacy, commerce, science, and military applications"--Dust jacket.