Astronautics Space Science category: 571 books

There is much to learn about the Solar System, but the basics will be good for now. After all, the purpose of this educational book is to introduce deep space to your little ones. Complete with pictures and carefully selected information, this book is the perfect supplementary learning tool for children. Grab a copy today!

Let’s pretend to be astronauts as we conquer the planets, one at a time. Learn quick facts about planets Mars, Jupiter, Neptune and Saturn. Spot their geographic differences to each other and to Earth. Do you think we can live in the surface of these other planets? Read this book to find out the answer soon!

What is life like on the International Space Station? Can we survive on Mars? Why is Pluto no longer a planet? Just how big is the universe anyway? The ultimate guide to our galaxy, Space Atlas answers all these questions and more while exploring the far reaches of space, from our own planet to neutron...

What’s longer than a football field, weighs more than 450 cars, yet flies miles above Earth's surface? It’s the International Space Station. In this book, you'll learn how the station was built and how crew members live and work there. As part of the Searchlight Books™ collection, this series...

Learn about new discoveries, technological achievements, and scientific breakthroughs in the exploration of deep space. Engaging photos and up-to-date information help you take a closer look at black holes, exoplanets, and deep-space navigation.

Discover exciting changes in space travel. Learn how reusable rockets roar into space and then land gracefully on Earth. Find out how humans stay in space longer than ever and monitor the effects of weightlessness on their bodies. See how people around the world are planning for humanity's greatest...

Next, let’s fly to Saturn on board our rocket ship! Can we breathe the air in Saturn? Can we see animals, plants and water there? It seems to be a very far planet to explore but with this educational book, we will know most of the things we need to know. Grow little astronauts and nourish their imagination with the right information. Grab a copy now!

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What’s longer than a football field, weighs more than 450 cars, yet flies miles above Earth's surface? It’s the International Space Station. In this book, you'll learn how the station...

These American and Soviet Press Kits for the historic 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission provide a wealth of information about the mission and the spacecraft - including the first extensive official description of the Soyuz capsule. The introduction states: This document contains...

This recently released audit report of the NASA Office of Inspector General provides unique information about the challenges facing NASA as it hopes to extend the life of the International Space Station (ISS) through 2024. Results - We found that while NASA has identified no major obstacles...

This official NASA internal document - converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - provides an interesting account of the development of spacewalking concepts for the Skylab space station program. Initially, EVA was required to allow the crew to service the solar physics experiments...

This is a classic American tale of dreams and obsession--the suspenseful, brilliantly written account of one eccentric man’s hunger to open space travel to us all: to let us rocket into orbit, return to earth, and soar yet again--thus transforming space travel forever. They All Laughed at...

This is the NASA Mishap Investigation Board (MIB) report released to the public in February 2014 about the serious problem encountered with a spacesuit during a space station spacewalk in July 2013. Roughly 44 minutes into EVA 23, Luca Parmitano (EV2) reported water inside his helmet, on the back...

The seminal text on rocket science that foretold the Space Age “Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes commonplace.” wrote Robert H. Goddard in 1920 after a particularly harsh editorial in The New York Times made fun of his most recent efforts....