Exploring Space Travel (Searchlight Books ™ ― What's Amazing about Space?) - Softcover

Waxman, Laura Hamilton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761378812 ISBN 13: 9780761378815

Publisher: LernerClassroom, 2011

Synopsis

How long does it take to get into outer space? About nine minutes! Powerful vehicles carry people beyond Earth's atmosphere in a short time. But astronauts train for years before they go on missions. In this book, you'll learn about what it's like to be an astronaut in space! As part of the Searchlight Books™ collection, this series explores outer space and sheds light on the question What’s Amazing about Space? Fantastic photos, kid-friendly explanations of science concepts, and useful diagrams will help you discover the answers!

About this title

About the Author

Laura Hamilton Waxman lives in Minnesota and has written many nonfiction books for young readers.

Review

"Keeping specific terms to a minimum, these titles cover their topics in broad strokes and crank up the general interest level with a relatively large photo or (more often) a dramatic artist's rendition on every page. There is significant overlap between International Space Station and Space Robots, and the effort to simplify mystifies more than it informs, as in Dangers in Space where 'the largest space rock [which] is about the size of Texas,' remains unidentified. Still, readers will come away with new knowledge, such as how scientists observe the behavior of other stars to infer the presence of exoplanets. Space Travel is current enough to note the end of the Space Shuttle program." --School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

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Edition details

• Publisher: LernerClassroom
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0761378812
• ISBN 13: 9780761378815
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40