Voyage To Pluto

Author : Liz Kruesi
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1635177162
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voyage to Pluto written by Liz Kruesi and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores scientists' thrilling quest to send a spacecraft to Pluto. Engaging text, vibrant photos, and informative infographics help readers learn about this important advancement in exploring space, as well as the people and technology that made it possible.

Author : Liz Kruesi
Publisher : Weigl Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1489698035
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voyage to Pluto written by Liz Kruesi and published by Weigl Publishers. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: July 14, 2015, was an exciting day for astronomers. After traveling through space for more than nine years the New Horizons probe had finally reached Pluto. Find out more in Voyage to Pluto, one of the titles in the Space Exploration series.

Author : Ken Croswell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voyage to Pluto written by Ken Croswell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why would a question-mark butterfly feed on this scientist's hand?

Author : Alan Stern
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 125009898X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chasing New Horizons written by Alan Stern and published by Picador. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called "spellbinding" (Scientific American) and "thrilling...a future classic of popular science" (PW), the up close, inside story of the greatest space exploration project of our time, New Horizons’ mission to Pluto, as shared with David Grinspoon by mission leader Alan Stern and other key players. On July 14, 2015, something amazing happened. More than 3 billion miles from Earth, a small NASA spacecraft called New Horizons screamed past Pluto at more than 32,000 miles per hour, focusing its instruments on the long mysterious icy worlds of the Pluto system, and then, just as quickly, continued on its journey out into the beyond. Nothing like this has occurred in a generation—a raw exploration of new worlds unparalleled since NASA’s Voyager missions to Uranus and Neptune—and nothing quite like it is planned to happen ever again. The photos that New Horizons sent back to Earth graced the front pages of newspapers on all 7 continents, and NASA’s website for the mission received more than 2 billion hits in the days surrounding the flyby. At a time when so many think that our most historic achievements are in the past, the most distant planetary exploration ever attempted not only succeeded in 2015 but made history and captured the world’s imagination. How did this happen? Chasing New Horizons is the story of the men and women behind this amazing mission: of their decades-long commitment and persistence; of the political fights within and outside of NASA; of the sheer human ingenuity it took to design, build, and fly the mission; and of the plans for New Horizons’ next encounter, 1 billion miles past Pluto in 2019. Told from the insider’s perspective of mission leader Dr. Alan Stern and others on New Horizons, and including two stunning 16-page full-color inserts of images, Chasing New Horizons is a riveting account of scientific discovery, and of how much we humans can achieve when people focused on a dream work together toward their incredible goal.

Author : Elaine Scott
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0451479432
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Pluto and Beyond written by Elaine Scott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Horizons was designed by NASA to study Pluto and the fringes of our solar system, farther away than any spacecraft has ever explored. Join science writer Elaine Scott as she tells the story of this mission. For Stephen Hawking, New Horizons signifies that "We explore because we are human and we want to know." This remarkable ship, no bigger than a piano, and using no more energy than a lightbulb, has already traveled three billion miles out to Pluto, and is continuing on to the Kuiper Belt, the farthest reaches of our solar system. The book will feature the beautiful, amazingly sharp photographs it is sending back from its journey, which are letting scientists fill in the blanks in our knowledge of Pluto--and delivering a few surprises along the way. Elaine Scott tells the exciting story of everyone's favorite planet, from Pluto's discovery through the frustrating attempts to study such a distant object, the creation of the New Horizons project, scientists' hopes and expectations for the mission, and what is being discovered. Her clear, engaging prose does more than narrate the events. By showing how scientists operate, their hypotheses, hopes, and disappointments, and how they make use of them, she gives readers an inspiring portrait of the scientific method itself.

Author : Paul D. Escudero
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781649138484
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pluto II written by Paul D. Escudero and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pluto II: Voyage to the Edge of the Universe By: Paul D. Escudero Pluto II: Voyage to the Edge of the Universe takes us on the mission Pluto II, where an older man, Gregory Bissell, is recruited to travel to the edge of the Universe to help determine whether the Big Bang Theory has any merit or that Creative Design made the universe that has no limits. Gregory knows he's going on a super-top-secret mission that will be long, but he is not informed until he's heading out in space way beyond the solar system that he'll spend the rest of his life traveling in space. In essence he is Shanghai'd by the Lawrence Livermore Lab, who operates Project Pluto II. This fictional account of an attempted voyage to the edge of the galaxy showcases some of the extraordinary capabilities the Livermore Lab working with Area 51 to create the essential parts for a mission that will transform society. Will there be racism with humanoids involvement with multicolored-skin Aliens? Is there an edge to the Universe or does it go on infinitely with an infinite number of planets, stars, galaxies, and civilizations? Is there a god? All these and more are here within these pages. About the Author Paul D. Escudero lives in San Diego, California, where he has enjoyed the weather and beaches since 1972. Working his entire adult life in electronics, including being associated with numerous government projects, allows him to craft a story with dimensions that only insiders could construct. He spends his spare time at the beaches in San Diego, where he enjoys the sights and the sounds associated with a daily holiday-like experience.

Author : Margaret Weitekamp
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613124961
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pluto's Secret written by Margaret Weitekamp and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People, children especially, have been baffled, bewildered, and even outraged by the fact that Pluto is no longer called a planet. Through whimsical artwork and an entertaining dialogue format, Pluto’s Secret explains the true story of this distant world. Providing a history of the small, icy world from its discovery and naming to its recent reclassification, this book presents a fascinating look at how scientists organize and classify our solar system as they gain new insights into how it works and what types of things exist within it. The book includes a glossary and bibliography. Praise for Pluto's Secret "Pairing a lighthearted narrative in a hand-lettered†“style typeface with informally drawn cartoon illustrations, this lively tale of astronomical revelations begins with the search for Planet X.†? —Kirkus Reviews "This picture book offers a fresh, positive perspective on Pluto, showing that its change of status is not a demotion but a correction." —Booklist "Light-hearted imagining of a gregarious Pluto.†? —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Fun reading... The book provides a factual history of our faraway 'dwarf,' and on its companion icy worlds, and on the discovery of Kuiper-like bands around other stars." —School Library Journal Award New York Public Library’s annual Children’s Books list: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2013

Author : Gunilla Ingves
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789129620580
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Pluto and Back written by Gunilla Ingves and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three youngsters build a rocket out of old boards and take a trip to outer space, where they learn many things about the planets.

Author : Stef Wade
Publisher : Capstone Editions
ISBN 13 : 168446093X
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Place for Pluto written by Stef Wade and published by Capstone Editions. This book was released on 2019-07 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shocked to be stripped of his planet status, Pluto goes on a quest to find his place in the universe. Includes educational materials.

Author : Elaine Scott
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618898329
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When is a Planet Not a Planet? written by Elaine Scott and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space and planets are topics of endless fascination to kids and part of every grade-school curriculum. Yet because of the history-making reassignment of Pluto from "planet” to "dwarf planet” on August 24, 2006, all books on the solar system are now out of date. Enter When is a Planet Not a Planet? The Story of Pluto by Elaine Scott, an esteemed writer of non-fiction for children. Scott is the first to put the answer to the title question into terms simple enough for a very young audience to understand, based upon the new definitions determined by the International Astronomical Union. Well-researched and accompanied by large, awe-inspiring photographs and paintings, this exciting new book makes clear what astronomers have argued about for decades.