Product Description: In Space Station Science, former NASA mission controller Marianne Dyson explains all the systems needed to keep the International Space Station up and running. She shows how the simplest tasks of daily life are changed in free fall and details the types of experiments scientists can do in space and nowhere else...read more

Considers the moon as a frontier that has been only partially explored, looking at its history, geography, and weather, as well as what people would require to live and work there.

Includes star charts to map the sky and help young astronomers navigate their way with the naked eye, binoculars, or telescopes; entries on the different heavenly bodies; and blank pages for readers to add their own notes and observations. Original.

Presents web sites that provide information for common homework assignments in six different areas: science, English, math, American history, world history, and geography. (view table of contents)