international cooperation

Discusses the need for the proposed international space station, its design, and purpose, based partly on experiences with space station Mir.

Explores the history of the International Space Station, revealing how it was built, how it is used, and what its future holds. Chronicles a day in the life of an astronaut living on the ISS and includes full-color photographs and illustrations, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Describes the history of efforts by the World Health Organization to ensure universal access to health care and to contain communicable diseases.

An introduction to life aboard the International Space Station, covering being weightless, personal hygiene, jobs and scientific experiments, crewmembers, and more.

Billionaire oil trader Marc Rich reveals details about his private life, discussing his childhood, family, religion, marriages, divorce, children, business, success, legal problems, and other related topics.

Chronicles space exploration's history, discussing such topics as the race to the moon and the advent of the Space Shuttle and Skylab, and includes biographies of astronauts, scientists, and others related to space exploration; primary documents; a table of American space flights; and an annotated bibliography.

Chronicles the history of achievement in space exploration, discusses the benefits and costs of the endeavor, looks at everyday products that have been developed through space research, and provides accounts of problems and risks.

Describes the efforts and accomplishments of both the United States and the Soviet Union to develop space stations over the past quarter century.