Adventure in space: the flight to fix the Hubble

Elaine Scott, Margaret Miller

Hyperion Books for Children, Mar 1, 1995 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 64 pages

This comprehensive observation is about one of the most important scientific achievements of our time. Scott gives a wealth of scientific information and presents the mission's human side as well. Readers get the scoop on what astronauts eat, as well as actual full-color pictures of the astronauts repairing the telescope.

Contents

• Introduction: 5
• The Adventurers: 14
• Practice Practice Practice: 22

About the author

Elaine Scott, a veteran nonfiction writer, is often praised for making complicated scientific concepts accessible for young readers. She lives in Houston, Texas.

Miller Was Born in Romania in 1945 and Spent Her Earliest Years in Germany Before Coming to America. She Has Two Grown Children and Lives with Her Husband in Long Island, NY.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Adventure in space: the flight to fix the Hubble
• Authors: Elaine Scott, Margaret Miller
• Photographs by: Margaret Miller
• Illustrated by: Margaret Miller
• Contributor: Margaret Miller
• Edition: illustrated, large print
• Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children, 1995
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 2, 2009
• ISBN: 0786820314, 9780786820313
• Length: 64 pages
• Subjects: Astronautics in astronomy; Astronautics in astronomy/ Juvenile literature; Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Astronomy; Juvenile Nonfiction / Technology / Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science; Outer space; Science / Astronomy; Technology & Engineering / Aeronautics & Astronautics