Richards, Jon,

Space vehicles / Jon Richards ; [illustrators, Simon Tegg, Alex Pang, and Richard Rockwood]. - 1st pbk. ed. - Mankato, Minn. : Stargazer Books, 2005, c1998. - 32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. - Look inside machines .

Includes index.

Vostok -- Attempts to reach space -- Saturn -- Lifting things into space -- Moon modules -- Putting people on the moon -- To be an astronaut -- Space shuttle -- Shuttle's different jobs -- Viking probes -- Probing space -- Space station -- Problems of living in space -- Fantastic facts -- Space words.

Examines different types of machines used in space exploration, including probes, satellites, space shuttles, and rockets, and describes the work that they do.

ISBN: 1932799788 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Space vehicles.