Astronauts

Early reader text makes this a great book for kids in first through third grade who want to know more about the life of an astronaut. Photographs combined with drawings help to explain how an astronaut is chosen, trained, and the life they live as they perform a mission in space. Great detail and science.

Learn all about some of the first astronauts to travel into space. Great pictures and history outline the challenges that humans faced to get into space.

Head out on your own space mission with the help of National Geographic to explore our solar system and beyond. Photographs, illustrations, charts, graphs, and diagrams help you to understand about each space body and what science knows about each of them. Learn about famous astronauts, missions and their equipment. Take a look at space and what science has found out there. Fascinating reading for all space lovers no matter how old.

Go on a trip with two astronauts as they live and work on the International Space Station.

This book is written by an astronomer who works at the Planetary Science Institute. He knows the science of space and shares his knowledge of the history of space stations.

Dr. Kortenkamp from the Planetary Science Institute has given us a look at NASA. Find out how NASA explores the solar system and how their inventions have impacted our lives.

Man has always wanted to explore and space is a natural unknown just waiting to be traveled. Time for Kids has created a history of man's exploration of space. Great photographs and important events in the history of the effort to explore space make this a must for all future astronauts.

Fun and colorful illustrations are a key component of this book which shares the history of the two major countries of the world and their race to be the first at many milestones in space exploration. Great historical look, filled with important details.

Humans were not the first space travelers. Animals were sent up first to test space conditions and how the body would react to weightlessness. So these dogs were the “guinea pigs” who tested spaceflight. Learn how their role was important to the history of space exploration.

Not all space missions turn out the way they were planned. This is the story of manned missions that had tragic outcomes. Includes the stories of Apollo 1, Apollo 13, Soyuz 11, Challenger, and Columbia.