space flight

Provides a simple description of how astronauts aboard a space shuttle perform everyday activities such as eating, drinking, and sleeping.

A simple overview of some of the preparations leading up to the launch of a space shuttle.

This book describes the requirements, training, tasks and duties of astronauts and covers such topics as operating a spacecraft and living in space.

A detailed description of space flight and exploration along with hands-on experiments and observations and full-color photographs taken by telescopes on Earth and in space.

Examines the history of space exploration, and looks at telescopes, manned and unmanned missions, and plans for the future. Includes a glossary and resources for further study.

Describes the physical characteristics of space shuttles and life aboard them, and provides a history of the NASA space shuttle program.

Describes the efforts of the Soviet Union and the United States to be the first to put a man into space, focusing on the early missions of Project Mercury.

Discusses information about space tourism within recent years as well as the future of space tourism.

Readers will learn about rockets and how they are used in space.