planets

Briefly describes, through photographs and text, the characteristics of the sun and planets of our solar system and some of the still unsolved mysteries of the universe.

Describes the nine planets of the solar system and provides brief information on their discovery and exploration.

Chronicles NASA's exploration of Venus and Mercury, describing the missions and scientific discoveries made by Mariner and Pioneer.

Photographs and simple, repetitive text describe outer space, discussing space shuttles, astronauts, planets, and more.

Describes the tools that astronomers use to map space; and contains charts, diagrams, and images of constellations, planets, and galaxies.

Presents an imaginary tour of the outer solar system's "gas giants" Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and explores some of their major moons; includes statistics, diagrams, and information about the planets' physical properties and conditions.

Presents a tour of Mercury, Venus, Earth and its moon, and Mars and explains how they revolve around the sun, providing statistics and diagrams and discussing the physical properties and conditions of the inner planets.

Discusses what is known of the occupants of the "deep freeze regions" of the solar system, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, based on current NASA data.

Describes the sun's family of planets, moons, and comets based on information from space probes.

Presents facts about the Moon, the planets, and space exploration through a tour of a planetarium.