Offers an insightful look at the "Discovery" mission and John Glenn's historic voyage back to space in 1998 through a presentation of their preparations, a review of the projects, a description of their daily activities, and more.
-- Fills the need for high-interest biographies on astronauts, inspiring manned spaceflights, and planets.-- Answers the call for books in the space curriculum.
Details the initiation of the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990 and the repair and servicing missions which followed, and explains the telescope's role in answering questions about the universe
Explores what comets and asteroids are, how scientists have studied them throughout history, and the effects of space debris on the Earth when it enters our atmosphere.