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Connect: Exploring Space and Beyond series.
Case studies of the 2003 Columbia disaster and recent Mars rovers expeditions provide starting points for discussion of the technological challenges of space exploration, and the ethics of sending people into space. The books cover the scientific goals for each mission, including recent exploration of the outer planets. Color photographs from the missions provide important details; Shuttle contains a timeline. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Exploring Space and Beyond titles: Future Explorers and Shuttle in the Sky.
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Countdown to Space series.
This revised edition adds a chapter about the explosion of Columbia in 2003. The first four brief chapters, accompanied by color and black-and-white photos, are well written and detailed. The new fifth chapter conveys the drama of Columbia's end, though no mention is made of the controversy surrounding the cause of the explosion. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.
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This brief, laudatory biography of Ramon does an adequate job of profiling Israel's first astronaut. Although the page design sometimes makes reading difficult, young readers will find double-page spreads about different aspects of the space program and general information about Ramon informative. The large color photographs amply illustrate the text. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind.