Space : Exploring the Moon, the Planets, and Beyond (Hardcover): Photographs from NASA coupled with artist's renderings of faraway planets beautifully illustrate the reaches of space, both near and far.
Space exploration--the final frontier--has always excited the world's imagination, especially children's. Now they can see for themselves everything the universe has to offer. Covering everything from the first rockets to landing on the Moon to new knowledge of other planets to what a colony on Mars would look like, this book will satisfy the curiosity of young space enthusiasts and pique the interest of those learning about space exploration for the first time. AND DK Space Encyclopedia (Hardcover) by Nigel Henbest, Heather Couper: The final frontier is conquered in the DK Space Encyclopedia and Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space CD-ROM, the most beautiful, best organized family information sources yet for our galaxy and beyond. In the section called "Observing the Universe," space buffs will discover detailed diagrams of various telescopes, along with explanations of how they're used to pick up light, radio waves, and other emissions from faraway objects. In "Exploring Space," you'll find out how rockets work to launch satellites, people, and gear into space. If you're curious about what it's like to live in space, check out the information on astronauts' daily routines--did you know one astronaut smuggled a ham sandwich into his capsule after hearing how bad NASA's food was?