space flight

Riddles and jokes, including knock-knock jokes about astronauts, planets, robots, rockets, and features of outer space.

Michael and Norman's giant sock-eating pet plants, Stanley and Fluffy, are chosen as part of a school project to go into space, where they keep the astronauts on their toes.

Learn about the tools, equipment, and machinery used in space, and how they allow scientists to continue making discoveries about the universe.

After an introduction that looks at the military beginnings of rocketry...tells the story of manned spaceflight in five main chapters: The Race to Space, The Race to the Moon, After the Moon, The Outer Planets, and The Future.

Details the journey of Dennis Tito, the wealthy businessman who made a trip into space by purchasing a seat aboard a Russian spacecraft.

Presents the official NASA documents associated with the ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission and the investigation and accident hearings that followed; also includes a CD-ROM with five videos, including television footage and interviews, and several reference materials related to the mission.

Captain Fact and Knowledge travel to Mars in order to save a monkey who runs out of bananas. Contains some facts about space flight and the planets.

Takes a look at the work and tools of treasure hunters; tornado chasers; and the water patrol in Hawaii, who protect big-wave surfers; and explores the future of space tourism.