Books in Exploring the Solar System series

What would it be like if you could travel to Mars in a spaceship, land on its surface, and walk around in the low gravity? This book takes you on a mission to Mars. Watch tornadoes seep across the Martian desert, fly over the biggest volcano in the solar system, and find out why astronomers think there might once have been life on Mars.

Jupiter and Saturn are explored in Mighty Megaplanets. Readers are invited to ask questions about our solar systems largest planetary bodies, like how many moons they have and why does Saturn have rings?

Did you know that some of the planets in our solar system are not completely solid? Inside Gas Giants, readers are invited to look at Earths gaseous neighbors: Neptune and Uranus.

The hottest planets of in our solar system, Mercury and Venus, are investigated in this fascinating title from the Exploring Our Solar System series. Come inside to find out why these planets are so hot, if astronauts could travel there, and if Mercury an

Part of a series which takes the reader on an imaginary journey through the solar system. Each title covers: the position of the planet in the solar system; the planet's origin, composition and geology; and biographical information on the key people connected to the discovery of the planet.

What would it be like if you could travel to Venus in a spaceship, plunge through its clouds of sulfuric acid, and land on the scalding surface? This book takes you on a mission to the most deadly planet in the solar system. Watch volcanoes erupt, drive around the rim of a crater, and find out what Venus might be a vision of Earth in the future.

What would it be like to travel to the Moon in a spaceship, touch down on its surface, and bound around in the low gravity? This book takes you on a mission to the Moon. Explore the vast, flat plains of the lunar seas, leave a footprint that could last a million years, and find out why astronomers think that the Moon was once a part of the Earth.

Sparrow, Giles

What would it be like if you could travel to Jupiter in a spaceship, fly across the cloud tops, and land on its moons? This book takes you on a mission to the Jupiter system. Watch the Great Red Spot spin around, search for life on Jupiter's moons, and find out why the strange moon lo is constantly turning itself inside out.

What would it be like if you could travel to Mars in a spaceship, land on its surface, and walk around in the low gravity? This book takes you on a mission to Mars. Watch tornadoes seep across the Martian desert, fly over the biggest volcano in the solar system, and find out why astronomers think there might once have been life on Mars.

Describes the types of debris orbiting Earth and discusses the hazards space junk presents to spacecraft and astronauts.

What would it be like if you could travel to Mercury in a spaceship, land on its surface, and bounce around in the low gravity? This book takes you on a mission to Mercury. Fly over the second-largest impact crater in the solar system, explore the deep crack in Mercury's crust, and find out why a day last longer than a year on this tiny planet.