Exploring the solar system : a history with 22 activities / Mary Kay Carson.

Author/creator Carson, Mary Kay
Format Book
EditionRev. ed.
Publication InfoChicago, IL : Chicago Review Press, ©2008.
Descriptionvii, 168 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Subjects

Contents Prehistory-1900: spying on the heavens -- Spy the evening star -- Outlining orbits -- Build a telescope -- CD spectroscope -- 1900-1950s: rocketing to space -- Blast off a rocket -- Walk to Pluto -- Go satellite watching -- 1960s: racing to the moon--and beyond -- Map the moon's surface -- Work like an astronaut -- Create kitchen craters -- 1970s: probing the planets -- Planetary warm-up -- Is it organic? -- Parachuting eggs -- 1980s: voyage to the outer planets -- Know the code! -- Greetings from earth -- Kitchen Comet nucleus -- 1990s: a telescope in space and a rover on Mars -- Metric matters -- 2000s: near-earth objects, Saturn's' rings, and Martian seas -- Catch and count falling stars -- Put together a probe -- See Mars in 3-D -- 2010s: going to extremes -- My Mar's mission -- Make a mission patch.
Abstract Discover the history of space exploration including some very recent finds.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005028284
ISBN9781556527159
ISBN1556527152

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