Blast Off!

Take a journey through outer space to discover how spacecrafts changed the world, and how they might even shape our future...From early rockets to distant space probes, learn what it takes to blast off from Earth and even live in space. With incredible cross-sections[JH1] , discover what happens to a spacecraft during take-off, what life is like inside the International Space Station, and what future missions the Moon will look like.Oversized pages, with incredibly detailed cross-sections and cutaways, show magnificent spacecraft and rockets up-close and in detail, revealing their inner workings. With a wide variety of spacecraft, including satellites, space stations, and space telescopes, and fun details to spot in each cross-section, children will pore over the densely illustrated cross-sections for hours on end!Spacecraft shown as cross sections include: the International Space Station, the Ariane 6 rocket, the Skylab Space Station, the Lunar Gateway, the Rosetta probe, Cassini-Huygens, Venus Express, Herschel Space Laboratory, The James Webb Space Telescope, and more.

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