Space: Exploring the Moon, the Planets, and Beyond

Photographs from NASA coupled with artist’s renderings of faraway planets beautifully illustrate the reaches of space, both near and far.

Space exploration—the final frontier—has always excited the world’s imagination, especially children’s. Now they can see for themselves everything the universe has to offer. Covering everything from the first rockets to landing on the Moon to new knowledge of other planets to what a colony on Mars would look like, this book will satisfy the curiosity of young space enthusiasts and pique the interest of those learning about space exploration for the first time.

Olivier de Goursac was a student in the early ’80s at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). From 1993 to 1998, Olivier was JPL’s Mars Outreach Correspondent in France for the Mars Pathfinder mission. Since 1999, he has been the Outreach Manager in France for Mars exploration missions for the US Mars Society. Olivier is often asked by NASA scientists to use his skills in imagery to produce Mars and other planetary images to be used in presentations and conferences. He has also written a number of reference books on Mars exploration. Olivier lives in France with his wife and five children.