Astronautics category: 1620 books

Things in Space is a photographic look at some of the natural and manmade objects floating through our galaxy.

Did you know that a spacecraft can reach the Moon in about three days? Astronauts left footprints on the Moon that will stay therefor 10 million years. Discover these and more intriguing facts in The Moon.

Did you know that the Sun is our closest star? On a clear night, we can see about 2,500 different stars in the sky. Discover these andmore intriguing facts in Stars.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Could there be other planets in the universe similar to those in our solar system? Yes! Scientists have discovered worlds circling distant stars. They call these objects exoplanets....

From a stray on the streets to the first dog in the stars! Aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2, Laika became the first living creature to travel to outer space. See the story unfold as one heroic little dog makes a huge sacrifice to help people learn about space travel.

El 20 de julio de 1969, Neil Armstrong pisó la Luna y, ante una audiencia de más de 450 millones de personas, proclamó su paso un «gran salto para la humanidad». Como niño pequeño, este Eagle Scout construyó sus propios modelos de aviones y luego creció para ser un piloto de pruebas de aviones...

Planet Earth is in the Milky Way Galaxy, the cloudy band of light that stretches clear across the night sky. How many galaxies are there in the universe? For years astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the universe. Now we know that there are billions of them. Gail Gibbons takes the reader on a journey light-years away.

Can Charles Lindbergh set a world record? Follow America’s first superstar pilot in this high-flying Totally True Adventure. In the 1920s, flying was brand new—and very dangerous. A $25,000 prize for the first flight from New York to Paris went unclaimed for years. Many teams tried. And...

A lively, rhythmical story and detailed illustrations take readers on a trip to the International Space Station, where astronauts work, sleep, and walk in space! This great read-aloud includes the latest information (verified by NASA staff) about the ISS. Fact-filled and fun, this story will send young minds soaring.

Join award-winning science writer Seymour Simon in this completely updated edition of Our Solar System, as he takes young readers on a fascinating tour through space! With beautiful full-color photographs and spacecraft images, young readers will learn all about the beginning of the solar system,...

Younger readers will love this series of first fact books. Simple text and beautifully detailed images cover childrens favourite topics. Ideal for reading and sharing with your child.

Blast off into a galaxy full of fun with this fact-tastic nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series about the history of fun stuff! Did you know that ancient people all over the world looked at the stars and saw constellations? Or that a science fiction author named Jules Verne predicted...

Kathy Sullivan wanted to go everywhere. She loved blueprints and maps. She loved languages and the ocean. She didn’t like the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” She wanted to explore and do exciting things that girls weren’t supposed to be able to do. Only men had the exciting...

Five astronauts and Coconut, a rabbit, embark upon a long-term mission to explore the planets of the Solar System in the space craft Ramesses. Despite the challenges of surviving colossal dust storms and solar flares, will they be able to complete their mission? Level 2 DK Readers are for children...