Enhanced with full color photos, the evolution of the solar system is examined and explored through scientific facts about the sun, the earth, and all the planets with a review of their past and present day composition, potential for sustaining living organisms, and more.

Product Description: From an American hero and dedicated scientist: A compelling introduction to the changes taking place in Earth's climate, written for the audience that matters most to our planet's future. Beginning with Sally Ride's unique, astronaut's-eye view of Earth's fragile atmosphere, Mission: Planet Earth describes how water, air, and other climate systems shape our world, and how a disruption in one part of the system can spread through the entire planet...read more

Complete with photographs from the NASA file, this in-depth book describes the various explorations of Mars while providing details about its landscape, atmosphere, similarities to Earth, and more.

Shows what the spectacular view from space reveals about our planet, and explores the relationships among the earth's atmosphere, oceans, land masses, and the place that living things occupy in the planetary environment

Shows what the spectacular view from space reveals about our planet, exploring relationships among the earth's atmosphere, oceans, landmasses, and the place that living things occupy in the planetary environment.

Describes the twelve-year Voyager missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, including details of the spacecraft and their discoveries