Land on the Moon, visit the International Space Station, take a space walk, and tour the planets in this fact-filled guide to the galaxy! Watch out for space junk and black holes! Filled with bright, bold, and scientifically accurate illustrations, fascinating inLayoution, and an interactive "Spot It" game throughout the book, My First Space Atlas will thrill aspiring astronauts and space explorers. FILLED WITH FACTS: Dozens of space facts for curious young space explorers. BOLD ILLUSTRATIONS: Astronauts, rockets, rovers, planets, and more are depicted in bright, colorful illustrations that accurately represent their key features and characteristics. EXPERT AUTHORITY: Created in collaboration with astrophysicist Dr Ben Maughan, My First Space Atlas “space scientist approved” and includes all the latest expert inLayoution. READ ALONE OR READ ALOUD: Independent readers will pore over the hundreds of fascinating facts about space, and emerging readers will love learning along with their favorite grown-up. PLAY THE "SPOT IT" GAME: "Can you find the camera on the Moon buggy?", "How many planets are in the Solar System?" There are clues and pictures on every spread to find out all sorts of space inLayoution.

"This ... atlas takes readers through maps of the solar system, the Milky Way, and deep space, giving them a close look at and locations of planets, supernovas, and other universes. Sky maps will help kids spot these objects in the night sky and maps of planets and our solar system give the kind of ... detail that National Geographic is known for"--Amazon.com.

In this guided tour of our planetary neighborhood, the Milky Way and other galaxies, and beyond, detailed maps and fascinating imagery from recent space missions partner with clear, authoritative scientific information. For this new edition, and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his moonwalk, astronaut and American hero Buzz Aldrin offers a new special section on Earth's moon and its essential role in space exploration past and future.

How nuclear weapons helped drive the United States into the missile age. The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), designed to quickly deliver thermonuclear weapons to distant targets, was the central weapons system of the Cold War. ICBMs also carried the first astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. More than a generation later, we are still living with the political, technological, and scientific effects of the space race, while nuclear-armed ICBMs remain on alert and in the headlines around the world. In The Bomb and America’s Missile Age, Christopher Gainor explores the US Air Force’s (USAF) decision, in March 1954, to build the Atlas, America’s first ICBM. Beginning with the story of the guided missiles that were created before and during World War II, Gainor describes how the early Soviet and American rocket programs evolved over the course of the following decade. He argues that the USAF was wrongly criticized for unduly delaying the start of its ICBM program, endangering national security, and causing America embarrassment when a Soviet ICBM successfully put Sputnik into orbit ahead of any American satellite. Shedding fresh light on the roots of America’s space program and the development of US strategic forces, The Bomb and America’s Missile Age uses evidence uncovered in the past few decades to set the creation of the Atlas ICBM in its true context—not only in the America of the postwar years but also in comparison with the real story of the Soviet missiles that propelled the space race and the Cold War. Aimed at readers interested in the history of the Cold War and of space exploration, the book makes a major contribution to the history of rocket development and the nuclear age.

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