Final Frontier is an illustrated guide to the past, present and future of space exploration. The book covers the early history of space flight: from the first unmanned missions, to the early manned flights and finally to the Apollo moon missions. Space program successes and failures are covered including the disasters that befell Apollo 1 and the shuttles Challenger and Columbia.

The book explains how deep space is explored today with such sophisticated telescopes and space probes as:

Hubble Space Telescope
Manned space stations
Unmanned probes such as Voyager and Pioneer
Space stations such as Mir and Apollo-Soyuz.

The proposed International Space Station is described as well as the unique challenges people will encounter in space such as living in a zero-gravity environment.

The future of space exploration is discussed including the possibility of alien life on other solar systems. Proposed projects such as an automated lunar mining operation and a scientific base on Mars are also covered.

Readers will enjoy Final Frontier for its colorful, abundant illustrations and easy-to-follow text.

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Format: TradePaperback
Author: Owen, David
ISBN: 9781552977750
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 9.04 x 0.41
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Year: 2004

Final Frontier: Voyages Into Outer Space

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