Explains how spacecraft go into orbit, describes the inner workings of fifteen spacecraft, including the V-2 rocket, space shuttle, and the International Space Station, and features cutaway illustrations and a glossary.
An illustrated guide to the airships and cruisers from "Star Wars: The Clone Wars, " featuring eight cross-sections of such vehicles as the "Malevolence, " the "Twilight, " "Vulture's Claw, " and others, and covering key moments from the animated television series.
As the forest begins to change, the animals and birds, no longer happy there, fly away in Professor Noah's amazing spaceship. Where do they go and what do they find there?.
Outlines the operational characteristics and uses of various vehicles sent to explore outer space. Includes full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.
A group of American scientists descend to the ocean floor to investigate a spaceship of phenomenal dimensions, apparently undamaged by its fall, and three hundred years old.
The spacecraft Discovery journeys to the outer edge of the solar system, and two navigators become uneasy when Hal, the craft's talking computer system, demonstrates unusual behavior.
Ziggy and the other members of the Black Dinosaurs go to Space Camp where they learn about the space program and speculate about the existence of extraterrestrial beings.
Looks at rockets, lunar modules, shuttles, satellites, and probes, in terms of basic space travel theory, gravity, drag, sources of power, design, and steering.
