Illustrated throughout, this is a supersonic journey into Space, from the rockets that took men to the Moon to the satellites that circle the Earth and the probes that investigate other planets.
After working as an in-house journalist and editor in consumer electronics magazines, Ian Graham became a freelance writer. He has written more than 230 illustrated non-fiction books for children and teens, and contributed chapters to books including Dorling Kindersley’s Know it All and Big Ideas that Changed the World. He has a degree in applied physics and a postgraduate diploma in journalism.