Traveling in SpaceAccessible text paired with fascinating full-color photographs and illustrations helps kids learn more about an ever-popular subject -- space. |
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Exploring space | 4 |
Space shuttles | 10 |
Working in space | 16 |
Copyright | |
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12-year journey aircraft engines American space shuttle Apollo 11 Ariane rocket back to Earth burn captured the satellite circled the Earth collect information command module cooling suit Earth orbit Earth's atmosphere flew past flight float four giant planets glow red hot gravity pulls everything huge inside Kvant Laika layer little jets live in space lunar module Lunar Rover Lunokhod main rocket engines Maneuvering Unit manmade satellite miles Moon or Mars moon rock NASA Neil Armstrong Neptune in 1989 orbiting the Earth pounds of moon radio signals reached Neptune return to Earth robot spacecraft Salyut satellites help Saturn 5 rocket scientists send telephone calls sending back sends TV Skylab solar cells Soviet Soyuz spacecraft space cities space plane Space probes Space rubbish Space shuttle astronauts space travel Sputnik stage takes surface telescopes travel in space Uranus Venera probes Venus visited Voyager VSVN wear space suits weightlessness Yuri Gagarin