"Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in...

What's longer than a football field, weighs more than 450 cars, yet flies miles above Earth's surface? It's the International Space Station. In this book, you'll learn how the station was built and how crew members live and work there. Looks at the International Space Station, the work astronauts do on board, getting supplies, daily life on the space station, and possible future developments.

Stories of the female pilots, physicists, and doctors who broke the stratospheric ceiling. Profiles twenty-three women from ten different countries whose careers span half a century of human spaceflight, including such heroines as Sally Ride, Peggy Whitson, Mae Jemison, and the women of Mercury 13.

Follow the course of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers Mission. Learn how scientists determined that there was once water on Mars and how they resolved problems with the rovers in order to prolong the mission.

"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about CH-46 Sea Knights. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

Explains how early inventions, including those of the sundial and compass, as well as more recent discoveries, have helped scientists explore outer space; includes science experiments relating to these instruments.

Reveals the most unusual space missions ever devised inside and outside of NASA during a time when nothing was too odd to be taken seriously, and the race to the moon and the threat from the Soviet Union trumped all other considerations. --Publisher.

"Everyone wonders what it's really like in space, but very few of us ever have the chance to experience it firsthand. This captivating illustrated collection brings together stories from dozens of international astronauts who've actually been there, bringing back accounts of the fascinating, weird, often funny and awe inspiring sensations and realities of space travel in and beyond the Earth's orbit."--