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Could you survive mechanical failure in space? Apollo 13: Mission to the Moon in the True Survival series explores the shocking survival story of the Apollo 13 spacecraft and her crew. The book is written with a high interest level and lower level of complexity to serve more mature students reading...

From a launchpad in Florida to the lunar surface ... Two cartoon flies join readers as they blast off into space and step foot on the moon with Neil Armstrong, providing a blend of facts and fun while telling the story of a great moment in space-exploration history.

Learn about the eighth planet from the sun with facts like what makes it so blue! Complete with striking images and diagrams to assist with visual learning, a table of contents, glossary, index, and More Facts section. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

This straightforward but fascinating book takes a close look at Venus and shows young people just how different our neighboring planet is from our own. Known as the hottest planet, Venus is an example of the greenhouse effect to the extreme. Young readers will take a tour beneath the sulfur dioxide clouds...

Mercury, the smallest and densest planet in the solar system, was first observed at least five thousand years ago, but its proximity to the sun makes it difficult for scientists to study. This appealing resource illuminates Mercury for young readers with satellite images, helpful diagrams, and vocabulary...

Lila the Science Cat and her friend Charlie blast off for a great science adventure! Explore the Solar System with them and your little scientist! HELLO LITTLE SCIENTISTS! My name is Lila, I love going on adventures with my friend Charlie. We explore all the science that makes our...

We live on Earth. Earth is a planet. It spins, giving us day and night. It goes around the sun.Everything that goes around our sun is part of our solar system. There is gas, dust, ice and rocks. There are even other planets.This book will tell you a few things about the eight planets in our solar...

Our galaxy contains about 200 billion stars. Astronomers believed that some of these stars must have solar systems with planets. They went looking – and found some.They call these planets extrasolar planets or exoplanets. Here are some fun facts about them.Do you know:Where are exoplanets?How many...

id you know that most of Earth is covered in water? The planet looks blue from space. Discover these and other interesting facts in Earth.

Saturn has seven rings and 62 moons. The rings orbit Saturn, creating shadow bands and rain on the planet.Most of the moons are outside the rings. A few moons are within and between the rings. Some of these tiny moons create and control the rings. They create gaps within and between the rings. They...

More space objects have been found beyond Pluto, in a region known as the Kuiper Belt. In 2003, Eris was discovered. Its existence was confirmed in January 2005. It was found to be larger than Pluto and was put forward as a tenth planet in our solar system. This caused much debate among astronomers....

There are eight regular satellites in orbit around Jupiter. These are moons that formed within the gravity field of Jupiter. They were formed at the same time and out of the same material as the planet itself. They have circular orbits and orbit in the same direction as the planet.The four largest...

Titan was the first moon of Saturn to be discovered. It took another six years to find the next moon. Since then, 53 definite moons have been found around Saturn. Another nine moons are considered provisional. More study is needed to confirm that they are proper orbiting moons.Titan is covered in...

Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon explores the Red Planet through fascinating facts and amazing full-color photographs. Readers will learn about the recent discovery of water, the Valles Marineris—the biggest valley on Mars—the ice caps, recent expeditions, and more. This updated...