50 Space Missions That Changed the World

Who was the first human in space? What was the Space Race? In what year was the first moon landing? Who was the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon? Which planet emits more heat than it receives from the sun?

Find the answers to these questions and many more in John A. Read's 50 Space Missions That Changed the World. This engaging non-fiction book for older elementary age children covers the history of space flight with many photos of space technology. 

The seven chapter titles are: Enter the Space Age, Race to the Moon, Exploring the Solar System, Space Craft at Work, Shuttle-Mir Era, Exploring the Universe, and Ongoing Missions. There are photos with brief biographical information of key people. The book ends with a look to the future of space missions back to the moon and on to Mars. A Glossary is included.

Answers to the above questions: Yuri Gagarin; a competitive effort between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first to send a spacecraft into orbit; 1969; Alan Shepard; Jupiter.