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Space Missions: From Sputnik to SpaceShipOne: The History of Space Flight
3-2-1: Lift off! Experience the exhilaration of space flight, from Sputnik to Spaceship One in this entertaining and educational journey into the universe. Space Missions features the following.
• Learn how space exploration impacts life on Earth as astronauts gather critical information that could help doctors treat tumors and diabetes more effectively.
• Join the astronauts for a journey through the history of space exploration from the earliest days of the space race to modern multi-national missions.
• This book covers every significant space mission since Sputnik, including Voyager I and II, the Apollo moon landings, the shuttle missions, the Hubble telescope and Cassini's voyage to Saturn.
• Fascinating information and more than 500 spectacular color illustrations and photographs fill this amazing book.
• This offers a remarkable, riveting adventure for anyone who ever wanted to be an astronaut when they grew up.
• Learn how space exploration impacts life on Earth as astronauts gather critical information that could help doctors treat tumors and diabetes more effectively.
• Join the astronauts for a journey through the history of space exploration from the earliest days of the space race to modern multi-national missions.
• This book covers every significant space mission since Sputnik, including Voyager I and II, the Apollo moon landings, the shuttle missions, the Hubble telescope and Cassini's voyage to Saturn.
• Fascinating information and more than 500 spectacular color illustrations and photographs fill this amazing book.
• This offers a remarkable, riveting adventure for anyone who ever wanted to be an astronaut when they grew up.
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256 pages, Hardcover
First published May 9, 2006
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August 1, 2016
This book I got as a gift in 2012, and soon after I started reading. It's got some good things to learn. Each 'entry' is a two-page spread. There's the descriptorial text,there's a What If? mini-section about how something might've turned out another way,and a 'pertinent stats' infobar. Oh, and also a large scale illustration wherever possible. There's also usually a 'Mission Diary' feature that I found kinda useful. The book is divided into thematic sections:
Early Spaceflight,which includes Sputnik,Explorer,Vostok,Mercury,Vostok, and Gemini.
Rockets,which obviously is about rockets.
Satellites,which covers various satellite projects.
On Orbit covers space stations and space shuttles,and has some amusing tidbits.
Moon Missions deals with the Luna,Ranger,Surveyor,Lunar Orbiter,Apollo, and Lunar Prospector programs,the Soviet L3 lunar missions having gotten a shoutout in Rockets.
Mars and Venus deals with the Venera,Mariner,Pioneer,Mars Global Surveyor,Mars Pathfinder,Mars Express/Beagle 2,and Mars Exploration Rover missions.
Finally,Exploring Beyond deals with Voyager,Galileo,Cassini,the Russian 'Grand Tour' probe, and Genesis.
Early Spaceflight,which includes Sputnik,Explorer,Vostok,Mercury,Vostok, and Gemini.
Rockets,which obviously is about rockets.
Satellites,which covers various satellite projects.
On Orbit covers space stations and space shuttles,and has some amusing tidbits.
Moon Missions deals with the Luna,Ranger,Surveyor,Lunar Orbiter,Apollo, and Lunar Prospector programs,the Soviet L3 lunar missions having gotten a shoutout in Rockets.
Mars and Venus deals with the Venera,Mariner,Pioneer,Mars Global Surveyor,Mars Pathfinder,Mars Express/Beagle 2,and Mars Exploration Rover missions.
Finally,Exploring Beyond deals with Voyager,Galileo,Cassini,the Russian 'Grand Tour' probe, and Genesis.
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