Exploring Space: From Galileo to the Mars Rover and Beyond

by Martin Jenkins

Book Overview

Launch into a truly out-of-this-world examination of the past, present, and future of humans in space. For centuries, humans have looked up at the night sky and wondered what it's like deep in space, far from Earth -- and now we've begun to find out. We've landed on the moon, put robots on Mars, and sent space probes billions of miles to explore the far reaches of our solar system. Told in richly detailed cutaway illustrations by Stephen Biesty and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763689319
• ISBN13: 9780763689315
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.9" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7