Astronautics Space Science category: 571 books

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Black holes are one of the greatest mysteries of outer space. No visible light can escape the strong gravity of a black hole. This makes black holes invisible—and very difficult...

Rocketry: Investigate the Science and Technology of Rockets and Ballistics introduces students to the fascinating world of rocketry and ballistics. Readers discover the history of rocket development, from the earliest fire arrows in China to modern-day space shuttles, as well as the main concepts...

None of humanity’s great achievements in space exploration would be possible without the work of the scientists who built those amazing rockets that blasted us into the heavens. This captivating resource about human accomplishments in rocket science covers the history of rocketry since the advent of...

The Handbook of Shock Waves contains a comprehensive, structured coverage of research topics related to shock wave phenomena including shock waves in gases, liquids, solids, and space. Shock waves represent an extremely important physical phenomena which appears to be of special practical importance...

Die 15. Ausgabe des Raumfahrt-Klassikers. Nehmen Sie teil am großen Abenteuer unserer Zeit... Raumfahrt im 21. Jahrhundert: Spannender als Science Fiction. In den SPACE-Jahrbüchern halten wir für Sie die aktuellen Entwicklungen in der Raumfahrt fest. Sachkundig, pointiert, aktuell und spannend...

The firsthand account of the trials and tribulations of engineering one of the most complex pieces of space technology, the Mars Rover Curiosity, by its chief engineer Rob Manning In the course of our enduring quest for knowledge about ourselves and our universe, we haven't found answers to...

Is your child interested to know what's out there? Well, let him see for himself! This beautiful book features the universe with all its twinkling stars and pretty planets. Use this book to encourages your child to like space science because it provides a memorable visual experience. Don't forget to grab a copy today!

First published in 1915, a best-seller in the 1920s and long out of print, Interplanetary Travel is a short excursion into space physics. Using conundrums, entertaining examples, and unexpected comparisons, Yakov Perelman dispelled some of the public prejudice that prevailed against celestial mechanics...

The solar system is the topic that forms the foundation of space science. If your child is a master at this subject, then there is an increased possibility that he/she will master sciences too. In this edition, the focus will be mercury and how it is similar or different to Earth. Let your child have a copy of this book today!

When Ellen Ochoa was young, male American astronauts walked on the moon. But girls were not allowed to be astronauts. Girls didn't often study science either—but Ochoa didn't let that stop her. In high school, Ochoa loved math and science. In college, she studied physics and engineering, and later...

The eleventh COSPAR colloquium The Outer Heliosphere: The Next Frontiers was held in Potsdam, Germany, from 24-28 July, 2000, and is the second dedicated to this subject after the first one held in Warsaw, Poland in 1989. Roughly a century has passed after the first ideas by Oliver Lodge, George Francis...

Die 14. Ausgabe des Raumfahrt-Klassikers. Nehmen Sie teil am großen Abenteuer unserer Zeit... Raumfahrt im 21. Jahrhundert: Spannender als Science Fiction. In den SPACE-Jahrbüchern halten wir für Sie die aktuellen Entwicklungen in der Raumfahrt fest. Sachkundig, pointiert, aktuell und spannend...

On a summer night in 1969, two men climbed down a ladder onto a sea of dust at the edge of an ancient dream. When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on lunar soil, the moon ceased to be a place of mystery and myth. It became a destination. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of that...

This 703-word book teaches everything about the Moon and explains why it would be so difficult to live there! It covers topics such as air, water, weather, and gravity. This title also includes a section of recommended reading for young space fanatics, an index, a glossary of terms, and discussion...