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.

The cost of the Space Race for both the United States and the Soviet Union was immense, but many technology advancements resulted, including satellite communications and GPS navigation. With so much invested, both countries continued their space exploration efforts, even cooperating on some projects, such as the International Space Station. This title examines the Skylab and Mir space stations, both nations' space shuttle efforts, and space exploration...

This title is all about the out-of-this-world International Space Station that has been orbiting Earth since 1998. Readers will learn all about its construction, updates throughout the years, the people who work on it, and its uses. This title is written at a Level 3, specifically for transitional readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.

A first "person" account of the first spider to spin a web in space, and why the 1973 experiment, suggested by a high school student, was important. Includes a fact sheet.

Introduces the International Space Station, discussing how it was built, the dangers of space junk, and daily life on board.

How does it feel to work in zero gravity in a laboratory more than 200 miles above Earth? What kinds of experiments do astronauts carry out? Learn the answers to these questions and more as you get ready to blast off into space!

What are humans doing to explore the "final frontier"? From satellites to the space shuttle, humans have planned and constructed the tools and machinery necessary to quench our curiosity about outer space. This title investigates the technology we use to explore the universe and beyond.

Describes space stations, the International Space Station, the training and activities of its crew, and the conditions that will exist on it, including weightlessness and the dangers of radiation and meteors. Includes experiments and activities simulating conditions in space.