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Author Carson, Mary Kay.

Title Exploring the solar system : a history with 22 activities / Mary Kay Carson.

Publication Info. Chicago, IL : Chicago Review Press, [2008]
©2008

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J523.2 C    Check Shelf
Edition Revised edition.
Description vii, 168 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prehistory-1900: spying on the heavens -- Spy the evening star -- Outlining orbits -- Build a telescope -- CD spectroscope -- 1900-1950s: rocketing to space -- Blast off a rocket -- Walk to Pluto -- Go satellite watching -- 1960s: racing to the moon--and beyond -- Map the moon's surface -- Work like an astronaut -- Create kitchen craters -- 1970s: probing the planets -- Planetary warm-up -- Is it organic? -- Parachuting eggs -- 1980s: voyage to the outer planets -- Know the code! -- Greetings from earth -- Kitchen Comet nucleus -- 1990s: a telescope in space and a rover on Mars -- Metric matters -- 2000s: near-earth objects, Saturn's' rings, and Martian seas -- Catch and count falling stars -- Put together a probe -- See Mars in 3-D -- 2010s: going to extremes -- My Mar's mission -- Make a mission patch.
Summary Discover the history of space exploration including some very recent finds.
Subject Outer space -- Exploration -- Juvenile literature.
Astronomy -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs -- Juvenile literature.
Teaching -- Aids and devices.
Outer space -- Exploration.
Manned space flight -- History.
ISBN 9781556527159 paperback
1556527152 paperback
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