space vehicles

Five young thrill seekers steal a spaceship for a joy-ride to the stars, but one of them has a plan--to blast beyond the Tachyon Web. There they will find excitement and heart-stopping adventure, if they survive.

Captain Kirk and his crew are ordered to Alnath II to challenge the Klingon starship Terror. Unfortunately everyone onboard seems to be losing their minds and the Klingons are ready to destroy them.

Looks at rockets, lunar modules, shuttles, satellites, and probes, in terms of basic space travel theory, gravity, drag, sources of power, design, and steering. Presented in Spanish.

Text and illustrations examine the characteristics and functions of various types of spacecraft.

The reader is taken aboard a space cruiser to research two different planets and can choose between alternative adventures, each leading to forty-two possible endings.

Examines the various equipment that is used in space exploration including land, space, and radio telescopes, the Space Shuttle, satellites, the space probe Pathfinder that landed on Mars, and other interesting facts for children.

Briefly discusses various spacecraft, including rockets, satellites, and space shuttles, and the jobs they perform.

Describes American space vehicles and their uses, including various space probes, the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo capsules, Skylab, the space shuttles, and the International Space Station.

Illustrations and text describe how humans have tried to learn more about space and some of the equipment and vehicles used to do this.

Explores how spaceships are built and how they fly.