"Mercury/Purple"--Back cover.
Includes index.
Text on inside covers.
Join us on our mission to discover how people have explored space in the past, what they are doing today and what's next for space travel. Read about the very first satellite launched into space; astronauts walking on the Moon; space stations where people live for months at a time; and constructing homes on Mars. This book is packed full of facts about how people find out about different planets, the hunt for alien life and plans to make exploring space easy for everyone! Maybe you would like to explore space one day? That day could be sooner than you think.
Pre-adolescent.