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Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Describes the wide array of different types of satellites that have been placed in orbit since the launching of Sputnik I in 1957 and the varied functions they perform, from communications and weather forecasting to astronomy and spy tasks.
10) Project Apollo
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Describes the planning, development, missions, and accomplishments of Project Apollo, which took the United States to the moon.
11) Project Gemini
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the importance of the twelve Gemini space flights that laid the foundation for the United States' exploration of space.
12) Project Mercury
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Describes the planning, development, missions, and accomplishments of Project Mercury and its contributions to the American presence in outer space.
15) A look at comets
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive look at comets, from man's earliest observations of "hairy stars," to recent sightings of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Halle-Bopp, to future space missions to study comets in the outer solar system.
17) A look at Pluto
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Describes the discovery and observation of the ninth planet, Pluto, and what has been learned about its orbit, its makeup, and its moon.
18) A look at Uranus
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the history and discovery of the planet Uranus.
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