Explore the sand dunes of Mars; Saturn s giant moon, Titan; the Moon s Sea of Tranquility, and other distant worlds in this thrilling coloring book, which highlights major milestones in space exploration. Forty-four carefully researched, accurately drawn illustrations re-create a variety of exciting scenes that chronicle human attempts to explore space from the launch of the first liquid-fuel rocket in 1926 to the tragedy of the space shuttle "Challenger" in January 1986. Other fully captioned drawings include the start of the Space Race with the Soviet launch of "Sputnik 1 "(1957); the...
Explore the sand dunes of Mars; Saturn s giant moon, Titan; the Moon s Sea of Tranquility, and other distant worlds in this thrilling coloring book, w...
Combining the history of astronomy with the latest advances in space age technologies, this exciting coloring book also joins fun with facts about space exploration and our solar system. Forty-four stunning illustrations, carefully researched and meticulously rendered, depict the geocentric and heliocentric solar system models; Galileo's drawings of the moon; the NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) spacecraft orbiting the asteroid Eros; an astronaut on the lunar surface with an "earthrise" overhead; the Magellan spacecraft penetrating the clouds of Venus to radar-map the continents; the...
Combining the history of astronomy with the latest advances in space age technologies, this exciting coloring book also joins fun with facts about spa...
Ready-to-color, double-page illustrations introduce stargazers of all ages to 22 major constellations, among them Aquarius, the water bearer; Orion, the hunter; Gemini, the twins; and Aries, the Ram; as well as Canis Major, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Virgo, and more. An informative accompanying text relates the mythological story behind each constellation's name and identifies its principal stars as well as galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, and other features associated with the constellation. To help viewers locate these fascinating star formations, charts on the inside front and back...
Ready-to-color, double-page illustrations introduce stargazers of all ages to 22 major constellations, among them Aquarius, the water bearer; Orion...