"Introduction to telescopes and space probes for primary and intermediate grade students. Includes fun facts, glossary, resource list and index"--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. What is a telescope? -- Who invented the telescope? -- What is an optical telescope? -- How do optical telescopes make the invisible visible? -- Where are the largest optical telescopes on Earth? -- What is a radio telescope? -- What is an infrared telescope? -- Why would an infrared telescope tag along after earth? -- What is an ultraviolet telescope? -- What are x-ray and gamma-ray telescopes? -- What is an observatory? -- What is the largest telescope in orbit? -- How does Hubble stay in orbit? -- Why is Hubble so important? -- What was the space probe? -- What kinds of information do space probes collect? -- Why are probes sent instead of people? -- What was the "space race"? -- Where did early space probes go? -- When did space probes reach Venus, Mercury, and Mars? -- How did Pathfinder collect facts about Mars? -- What other probes have studied Mars? -- What are Spirit and Opportunity? -- Why were plaques aboard the probes that studied Jupiter? -- What did the Voyager and Galileo probes discover? -- What probe was first to orbit Saturn? -- What has NASA learned from Stardust and NEAR? -- What is "space junk"? -- Fun facts about telescopes & space probes.
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World Book's solar system & space exploration library
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