Space may be the "final frontier"—but how do we learn about it, look deeper into it, and live in it? The infographics in this book will rocket you through a universe of powerful telescopes, distant probes, and high-speed spacecraft. Get ready to buzz by comets, land on alien planets, peer into the universe's past, and go where no one (except a handful of rovers and space probes) has gone before! We live in a complicated cosmos, but this book breaks down the complex, the confusing, and the downright kooky to reveal the fascinating details and hidden wonders that are out of this world.
Ages 9-12
- 80 pages
- English
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Education General1FUELS RUSH IN
It's a long way up to space. Whether you're putting a satellie in orbit, launching a probe, or visiting a space station, you need a rocket to get off the Earth and up there. And in the rocket, you'll need an awful lot of fuel. Here's most rockets use to give them oomph.
2 THE COOLEST ROAD TRIPS EVER
When you need to cruise along the surface of the moon or Mars, you need a cool set of wheels. Here are the distances traveled by the space rovers so far.
3 FASTER THAN A SPACEFARING BULLET
Measuring speed on Earth is easy enough–but in space, speed depends on your point of reference. Are you traveling relative to Earth? Realtive to the sun? Realtive to the center of the galaxy? Whatever your reference point, the spececraft here are (or soon will be) seriously fast.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents Page
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 FUELS RUSH IN
- 2 THE COOLEST ROAD TRIPS EVER
- 3 FASTER THAN A SPACEFARING BULLET
- 4 SOLID GOLD RECORD
- 5 TO FIND WALDO, JUST CHECK YOUR WATCH
- 6 WEIRD AND WONDERFUL USES FOR GPS
- 7 ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE (BUT SPACE NEEDS TWO OR THREE
- 8 THE RACE TO SPACE, ALL OVER THE PLACE
- 9 A HOME AWAY FROM HOME
- 10 THESE SPACE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING
- 11 PATIENCE IS THE KEY TO GOOD SPACE COMMUNICATION
- 12 HIT THE PLANET, WIN A PRIZE
- 13 WHAT GOES UP MUST LAND, SOMEHOW
- 14 THE ANATOMY OF A SPACE SHUTTLE
- 15 HEADING INWARD
- 16 IT’S COMPUTATION, NOT A COMPETITION
- 17 THE WEIRDNESS OF JUNO
- 18 THE ORIGIN OF (SPACE) SPECIES
- 19 JUST WHAT THE SPACE DOCTOR ORDERED
- 20 NEVER KNOCK AN OPPORTUNITY
- 21 SOCIAL NETWORKING ON MARS
- 22 THE TITAN OF TELESCOPES
- 23 SIX SPACE 'SCOPES SCANNING THE SKIES FOR SCIENCE
- 24 ...AND FOUR FAR-FLUNG FLYERS FOR THE FUTURE
- 25 FALLING IS THE HOTTEST PART
- 26 THE LITTLE SATELLITES THAT COULD (AND ALREADY DO!)
- 27 A SPACE CAMP RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD
- 28 THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA NEED SHIELDS
- 29 SPINNING 'ROUND LIKE A SATELLITE
- 30 COMMUNICATIONS FROM HOME BASE
- 31 THE GRAVITY CIRCUS
- 32 RUNNING RINGS AROUND SATURN
- 33 A GINORMOUS JUMBLE OF JUNK
- 34 THE WEIRDEST LOST AND FOUND
- 35 THE DANGERS OF SPACE TRAVEL
- 36 JOURNEY TO THE STARS! (BETTER PACK A LUNCH)
- 37 DON’T KNOCK IT IF IT’S NOT A ROCKET
- 38 THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF SPACE
- 39 STICK THE LANDING
- 40 TIPPING OUR HATS TO CITIZEN SCIENTISTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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