Space Exploration
- ISBN-10
- 1420511378
- ISBN-13
- 9781420511376
- Series
- Space Exploration
- Category
- Young Adult Nonfiction
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-12-07
- Publisher
- Greenhaven Publishing LLC
- Author
- Richard Brownell
Description
Humans have always wondered about the nature of the universe outside the tangible reaches of Earth. Not until the twentieth century could space be explored in earnest, as advances in rocket, computer, and optical technologies made crewed travel outside the atmosphere possible. Yet even after humans walked on the moon, space continues to hold many secrets that can enrich our understanding of the universe we live in. Author Richard Brownell offers a compelling account of space exploration as it has evolved and sharpened its focus. Chapters discuss the evolution of astronomy, early attempts at manned flight, the race between the Soviet Union and the United States to land on the moon, the advances in science yielding from space exploration that have changed life on Earth, and the future of space exploration as space programs contract and budgets tighten.
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