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Space exploration

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An informative guide to the mysteries beyond Earth and its atmosphere, "Space Exploration" takes young readers on a journey through the solar system and highlights advancements in space technology. Discover how satellites help us forecast the weather, how the Large Space Simulator is used to test spacecraft, what happens at liftoff and blastoff, and how the landing craft probes and explores planets. Learn about a day in the life of an astronaut including how a special sleeping bag helps them to sleep in weightless conditions, how astronauts repair an orbiting spacecraft from the outside, and how an astronaut's body is affected upon reentering the Earth's atmosphere in this updated edition of a best-selling title from the "Eyewitness" series.

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01453	629.4 STO	Non-Fiction	Available

Detail Information

Series Title

Eyewitness

Call Number

629.4 STO

Publisher

London, United Kingdom : DK Publishing., 1997

Collation

67 pages : illustration ; 27 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780751347500

Classification

629.4

Content Type

text

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Outer space
Space flight
Astronautics
Exploration of outer space

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