New True Books: Space
6 primary works • 17 total works
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An introduction to Spacelab, a reusable space laboratory for studying many scientific areas, first sent aloft in 1983.
Describes man's first landing on the moon, later moon walks in Project Apollo, and the importance of these missions to our exploration of space.
Describes the general characteristics of comets and gives a brief history of Halley's comet discussing its expected reappearance in late 1985-early 1986.
Describes the planet Mercury and humanity's search for knowledge about its nature.
Discusses the giant planet, how it was named, and the information astronomers have gathered about it.
Discusses the characteristics of Saturn and how information about it has been gathered from ancient times to the present day when the Voyager probes sent back a series of photographs of the ringed planet.
Examines the planet Mars and investigations both past and future to increase our knowledge of it.
Discusses the seventh planet, how it was named, and the information astronomers have gathered about it.
Presents facts about the large, gaseous planet, from its discovery to the latest findings from the Voyage II space probe which passed by Neptune in 1986.
Describes the characteristics of the second closest planet to the sun.
Discusses the Earth as a planet and describes its temperatures, movements in space, and other characteristics.
Discusses the ninth planet, how it was named, and the information astronomers have gathered about it.
Describes in simple terms the meteors, comets, and asteroids that are part of our solar system and discusses the various theories concerning their origin and their effect on life on Earth.
Describes man's exploration of the solar system, with emphasis on the Voyager probes sent to the outer planets beyond the asteroid belt.