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The Titanic Shipwreck
A revised series provides detailed overviews of devastating world disasters, weaving together important background information with gripping accounts ...
America's Space Tragedy
This is the gripping and tragic story of the greatest disaster in the U.S. space program. Ninety seconds into its flight, having lifted off from Cape ...
First Human in Space
Yuri Gagarin, hero of the Soviet Union and first person in space, took the first big steps that led to the era of manned spaceflight. Details of the h...
- Band der Reihe 'Analytical Techniques in Science' - beschreibt Probennahme und Analyse verbotener Substanzen (Drogen) - anschauliche Fallstudien mit...
Astronauts in Danger
Describes emergencies that occurred during several space missions, including Apollo 13, Friendship 7, Gemini 8, and Mir....
The Incredible Hubble Space Telescope
"Examines the Hubble Space Telescope, including its initial launch into space, the important repair missions, and the amazing images Hubble relays bac...
The Sixth Planet
Explores the second largest planet and highlights the thirty known moons of Saturn, including Titan, Mimas, and Rhea. Also explains what types of miss...
Exploring the Universe
The journey of the Hubble Space Telescope did not initially provide images with the clarity that scientists had hoped for. Michael D. Cole details the...
The Seventh Planet
Explores the seventh planet of our solar system, its composition, terrain, and unique features, as well as historical and current scientific explorati...
The Fourth Planet
Describes the fourth planet from the sun, including its discovery, terrain, temperature, and characteristics, and examines the possibility of life on ...
The Center of the Solar System
Describes the physical properties of the Sun, its relation to the other bodies in space, and its direct influence on life on Earth....
The Third Planet
Describes the third planet from the sun, including its orbit,...
First Colony in Space
Describes the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, explains the need for establishing a moon base, and speculates about future situations in which the base ...
Mission to Jupiter
Discusses the travel of the Galileo spacecraft from its launch to its orbit around Jupiter, explaining the goals and accomplishments of the mission....
The Ninth Planet
Explores the planet Pluto, including its atmosphere and composition, its early astronomical sightings, and its terrain....
The Eighth Planet
Explores the planet Neptune, including its atmosphere and composition, its early astronomical sightings, and its terrain....
Nuclear Disaster
An informative, well-researched account of the disaster that affected the development of nuclear power plants in this country....
The Second Planet
Describes the composition of Venus from its core to its atmosphere and explains how Venus is incapable of supporting life even though it appears to be...
A Space Mission
International space station a space mission....
Astronaut and Senator
The life of Senator John Glenn from his childhood in small-town Ohio, through his days as an astronaut, to his present political career, and his 1998 ...
The First Planet
Scientists have unraveled some of the many puzzles surrounding the planet closest to the Sun. In this book, readers study the arid and unusual climate...
The Fifth Planet
Describes the history, unique features, and exploration of Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun....
Intravitreal injections (injections into the eye) are a new form of treatment for various conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, diabeti...
Ice and Rocks in Space
Explores what comets and asteroids are, how scientists have studied them throughout history, and the effects of space debris on the Earth when it ente...
Mission to the Red Planet
Describes the landing of Sojourner on Mars, summarizes the history of information gathering missions, and speculates about future plans for exploratio...
Creator of Mickey Mouse
Even after his death, Walt Disney continues to provoke the imaginations of millions of people throughout the world. This book examines the life and ca...
Rage in the City of Angels
Acts of violence, inspired by anger at a not-guilty verdict acquitting three Los Angeles police officers in the Rodney King assault trial, took Los An...
When Liftoff Goes Wrong
Describes the dangers of launching spacecraft, covering the Russian Mars space probe explosion, the Apollo 1 fire, the Apollo 12 lightning strike, and...
First American in Orbit
Details of the first manned U.S. spaceflight to enter orbit and the experiences of this flight's hero, John Glenn. His thoughts and sensations and the...
First Flight of the Space Shuttle
The first U.S. space shuttle to fly was Columbia. Piloted by only two astronauts, John Young and Robert Crippen, this mission revolutionized space fli...
President of the New Frontier
Examines the life and career of the 35th United States President. From his childhood in Massachusetts, through his terms as a representative and senat...
Space Emergency
Planned as the third U.S. mission to the moon and fated to become a major space emergency, the flight of Apollo 13 was a struggle for survival against...
First Moon Landing
One of the most exciting events in space history, the first moon landing, as seen through the eyes of the three Apollo astronauts: Neal A. Armstrong, ...
Training for Space
This reluctant reader book introduces daily training programs that future astronauts endure. Beginning with the list of qualifications astronaut candi...
Development of new techniques and methods for analysis of controlled substances brings a different way of considering drug analysis which is articulat...
United States President
Covers Bill Clinton's personal and political life, beginning with his childhood in Arkansas, and concluding with his term as President....
-- Fills the need for high-interest biographies on astronauts, inspiring manned spaceflights, and planets. -- Answers the call for books in the space ...
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