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The Space Traveller's Guide: Space Exploration

The Space Traveller's Guide: Space Exploration

by Giles Sparrow
Hardback
Age range: 9 to 11 years old Publication Date: 11/09/2025

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Top tips for space travellers! Learn how to explore your solar system in this up-close, expert guide.

The Space Traveller's Guide: Space Exploration is your personal tour of what we've done and where we're headed as humans explore our Universe. Learn about the epic technology and courageous trailblazers that have touched the cosmos, from satellites to moon walks, rockets to robots on Mars. Includes 'Traveller's Tips' for surviving the extreme conditions in space, and don't miss the real-life tour photos at the back!

The Space Traveller's Guide series is the perfect one-stop-shop for space lovers, brought to you by expert astronomy and physics author Giles Sparrow. With all the astounding facts to inspire young space-travel hopefuls, plus humorous cartoons to draw them through the pages. Presenting key science learning in an accessible format for readers aged 9 and up.

Contents list, Space Exploration: Out of this world / Rockets into space / Amazing satellites / Spaceships for humans / Space stations / Living and working in space / Missions to the Moon / Exploring the Moon / Probes to the planets / Robot explorers / Into the future / Beyond the solar system / Tour snapshots / Glossary / Resources / Index

The series includes: Earth and the Inner Planets, The Outer Planets, The Sun and Stars and Space Exploration

ISBN:
9781526328236
9781526328236
Category:
Educational: Technology
Age range:
9 to 11 years old
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
11-09-2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
271x213mm
Giles Sparrow

Giles Sparrow studied astronomy at University College, London, and science communication at Imperial College, before embarking on a career in publishing.

Starting out as an editor, he worked on various science reference books for young readers, including DK's Eyewitness series and their larger Visual Encyclopedia series.

He is now a popular science author with a string of beautiful and successful books for adults and children under his belt, including Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide, Cosmos, Spaceflight, Exploring the Solar System series, and many others.

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