SpaceWell-written concise text with over 60 full-color, high-quality photographs and illustrations in each book make this series ideal for children who are ready to read and enjoy reference books.Text and pictures present a basic introduction to space exploration, from rockets to men on the moon to space stations. |
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air to breathe airlock Aldrin antenna TV camera Apollo 11 Apollo spacecraft docked back to Earth cargo bay carried comet command module crater crew Earth's atmosphere Ed White engines are fired fire to correct flight deck front hatch gases giant solar panel Giotto probe heat shield inflatable domes inside Skylab John Glenn launch pad layer life-support system lift-off living quarters Lunar Module LM Lunar Orbiter Lunar Rover main rocket engine manipulator arm Mission Control Center Moon's surface multistage rocket Neil Armstrong oxygen pack panel solar panel parachute photographs picture shows astronaut planet pull of gravity radio signals return to Earth Robot probes satellite Saturn 5 rocket scientists Service Module solar cell solar panel antenna solar panel solar solar panel telescope space gun Space Shuttle space station space telescope spacecraft is launched Spacelab stage jettisoned stage rocket fires Sun's rays third stage thrusters unmanned wear space suits weightlessness