Describes the Russian space program, telling of unpublicized disasters as well as recent successes.

The first book in the word-of-mouth phenomenon debut fantasy series about one man's dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world. "One of my favorite books of

In 1957 Sputnik, the world's first man-made satellite, dazzled people as it zipped around the planet. By the beginning of the twenty-first century, more than ei

Explains how the space shuttle works and describes a shuttle trip from lift-off to touchdown.