An illustrated introduction to the history of space vehicles, including launching rockets, space shuttles, planetary probes, manned spacecraft, lunar explorers, space stations, and future craft.
The reader is taken aboard a space cruiser to research two different planets and can choose between alternative adventures, each leading to forty-two possible endings.
Describes the history, design and construction, and components of spacecrafts, including Apollo 11, satellites, the Mars Pathfinder, the International Space Station, and many others.
Roberto and his dad, who speaks in Spanish when he gets upset, go on an adventure when Roberto builds a ship using his father's lucky chair, which his typically used for watching New York Yankee baseball games.
Simple text and color illustrations provide information about spacecraft, describing what they are made of, examining the history of spacecraft, and looking at different space vehicles.