Alamosa Public Library

Discusses the early years of travel in space shuttles, including the construction of the first shuttles and the training of the crews.

Hop in! This title will take you where you want to go. Early readers will gather basic information about spaceships through simple, easy-to-read text. And they will love the colorful full-bleed photographs, bolded glossary terms, and More Facts section. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

A history of the space shuttle's development, with information on its functions and on the flights of individual spacecraft.

Describes in text and photographs what it is like to be an astronaut on the space shuttle. Includes a glossary of terms.

Describes the history and uses of the space shuttle, how it works, and the details of typical flight.

A simple overview of some of the preparations leading up to the launch of a space shuttle.

An illustrated description of how astronauts live in space, especially on board the space shuttle.

Discusses the space vehicle, "Columbia," the space laboratory, "Spacelab," and other proposed space projects.

Discusses the development of reusable spacecraft and how they have been used and describes the typical flight of a space shuttle.

Briefly discusses various spacecraft, including rockets, satellites, and space shuttles, and the jobs they perform.