satellites

Text, illustrations and photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope provide a picture of the conditions that exist on the solar system's nine known planets and their sixty-one moons.

Describes dwarf planets and other celestial bodies within the solar system, including asteroids, comets, and meteors, and discusses the nature of the solar system and how and why satellites move in orbit.

Explores the technical developments of satellite communication during the 1960s and highlights the raw images captured by photojournalists around the world during the decade.

Describes the physical characteristics of the moons in our solar system and the processes and space craft used to gather information about them.

A chronological presentation of the launching of satellites for observation of the solar system and deep space, with a discussion of what we have learned from such satellites.

Discusses the origins and characteristics of the natural satellites that travel around seven of the nine planets.

Introduces readers to the planets and moons of the solar system including the moons of Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter.

A tour of the solar system, explaining what it is, providing brief descriptions of the sun, planets, and moons, and discussing the discovery of other solar systems.

Collects "Countdown to Infinite Crisis," the "OMAC Project" miniseries, and "Wonder Woman" 219, in which Maxwell Lord seizes control of the government's Checkmate spy division and the "Brother I" satellite, sparking a war between Earth's superheroes and the OMACs--normal humans turned armored warriors under Lord's control--and takes over the mind of Superman, leading Wonder Woman to make a risky move.

Examines the history, technology, and uses of spy satellites, looking especially at the various reconnaissance satellite programs of the United States, from the mid-twentieth century to the present.