Astronautics Space Science category: 571 books

Was Mercury bigger in the past?How did Venus change the way people saw the world?What is happening to Mount Everest, the highest place on Earth?Does Mars have seasons?Is there a surface to the planet Jupiter?Who discovered Saturn’s rings?What is strange about the way Uranus spins?What is the coldest...

Each Flash Points: Liftoff! eShort is a single chapter from the full Flash Points: Liftoff! title, packaged as a mini eBook. Flash Points: Liftoff! eShorts include Sputnik, Apollo 11, Challenger, and Spirit & Opportunity.

Helicopters can take off from almost anywhere and change directions quickly. They can even hover. But how do they stay in the air? And how do pilots control these special aircraft? Read this book to find out!

Little Golden Books introduces your young reader to the solar system! This simple yet informative book brings our fascinating solar system to life for kids just learning how to read. They'll enjoy poring over the dramatic illustrations as they learn about planets, constellations, satellites,...

El professor Volt ha reunit amb urgència Geronimo i tots els seus companys perquè els vol encomanar una missió... molt espacial! Sí, sí, ho heu llegit bé: espacial. De la mà dels vostres ratolins preferits, coneixereu totes les curiositats que es troben dins l’Univers: els planetes més semblants...

On January 7, 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei turned his newly developed telescope to Jupiter. He discovered four objects orbiting the giant planet. It took him another night’s observations to clearly distinguish between two of them.He called them “The Medicean planets”, after the Medici...

Each Flash Points: Liftoff! eShort is a single chapter from the full Flash Points: Liftoff! title, packaged as a mini eBook. Flash Points: Liftoff! eShorts include Sputnik, Apollo 11, Challenger, and Spirit & Opportunity.

Hello, Pluto! What’s cold, dark, far away, and has a “heart” one thousand miles wide? Pluto! In this highly-visual Smithsonian book, kids can check out exciting information and sensational photographs transmitted by the New Horizons spacecraft on its historic fly-by of the distant and mysterious dwarf planet.

At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smaller than the Titanic! Also of a disastrous end, the zeppelin burst into flame as spectators watched it attempt to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. In under a minute, the Hindenburg was gone, people...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Helicopters can take off from almost anywhere and change directions quickly. They can even hover. But how do they stay in the air? And how do pilots control these special aircraft? Read this book to find out!

Weighing as much as a small car, a rover named Curiosity rolls quietly around Mars. Scientific instruments pack its body and cluster at the end of a mechanical arm. An arrangement of lenses and instruments tops its mast, like a face. To the many NASA workers involved in Curiosity’s mission on Mars,...

The sun brings light, heat, and energy to Earth! Leela's imagination takes her on a journey to explore the sun. Come aboard her spacecraft as she orbits around the sun and learns what makes it so hot! Find out more about the closest star to our planet.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! The sun brings light, heat, and energy to Earth! Leela's imagination takes her on a journey to explore the sun. Come aboard her spacecraft as she orbits around the sun and learns what makes it so hot! Find out more about the closest star to our planet.

The search for life in other worlds begins with the search for a habitable planet. This book explores the “Goldilocks Zone,” a defined area that is perfect for harboring life in our universe. Readers will find out how scientists are finding habitable planets by using terrestrial and orbiting telescopes...