Lonely Planet Kids How Spaceships Work

Blast off into the cosmos with the latest title in the popular 'How Things Work' series, which includes How Cities Work, How Airports Work, How Trains Work, and How Ships Work—books that reveal the inner workings of familiar places and vehicles.

Featuring fantastic illustrations by James Gulliver Hancock, Lonely Planet Kids How Spaceships Work explores the ultimate vehicles: spaceships. Discover how they operate, what they're used for, and their development throughout history. The book delves into how rockets blast off into space, how people were sent to the Moon and back, and how space centres prepare spaceships and astronauts for amazing adventures across the cosmos. It also examines various types of spacecraft: space stations and satellites orbiting Earth, rovers traversing the surface of Mars, and probes travelling at thousands of miles per second through the outer reaches of the Solar System on incredible journeys of discovery.

Full-page gatefolds and flaps explore spaceships both big and small, inside and out. It's going to be out of this world!

Contents:

• Leaving Earth: The history of spaceflight
• Satellites
• Rockets
• Manned Spaceflights
• Space Probes
• Landers
• Moon Missions
• Rovers
• Space Centres
• Space Telescopes
• Space Stations
• Spaceships of the Future

About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids, an imprint of the world's leading travel authority, Lonely Planet, published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travellers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space, and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!