The Vacation Guide To The Solar System

Selected as a Book of the Year 2017 in Sky at Night'Just the thing to captivate a bright child or anyone, in fact, who aspires to be the next Tim Peake' Daily TelegraphAN IMAGINATIVE EXPLORATION INTO THE 'WHAT IF' OF SPACE TRAVELImagine taking a hike along the windswept red plains of Mars to dig for signs of life,or touring one of Jupiter?s sixty-four moons where you can take photos of its swirling storms. For a mini-break on a tight budget, the Moon is quite majestic and very quiet if you can make it during the off-season. Beautifully illustrated and packed with real-world science, The Vacation Guide to the Solar Systemis the essential planning guide for the curious space adventurer, covering all of the essentials for your next voyage, how to get there, and what to do when you arrive. Written by an astronomer from the American Museum of Natural History and one of the creators of the Guerilla Science collective, this tongue-in-cheek reference guide is an imaginative exploration into the 'what if? of space travel, sharing fascinating facts about the planets in our solar system and even some moons!'SUPERB' BBC Sky at Night'The ultimate guide for any budding space tourist' BBC Focus

Packed with real science and fueled by imagination, a beautifully illustrated guide to traveling in our solar system Imagine taking a hike along the windswept red plains of Mars to dig for signs of life, or touring one of Jupiter's sixty-four moons where you can photograph its swirling storms. For a shorter trip on a tight budget, the Moon is quite majestic and very quiet if you can make it during the off-season. Packed with full color illustrations and real-world science, Vacation Guide to the Solar System is the must-have planning guide for the curious space adventurer, covering all of the essentials for your next voyage, how to get there, and what to do when you arrive. Perfect for fans of Neil deGrasse Tyson's Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this tongue-in-cheek reference guide is an imaginative exploration into the “What if” of space travel, sharing fascinating facts about space, the planets in our solar system, and even some moons!

By presenting outer space as a vacation destination, a guidebook shows armchair astronauts some of the best sights--from the Mariner Valley on Mars to the gravity-light moon, Enceladus--and provides facts about places from the sun to a black hole.

"Last year I went on a round-the-world trip. This year I'm going somewhere different." In a century or so, this joke could well be a reality. Space will no longer be the final frontier, but the holiday destination of choice. When technology catches up with the dream, My Tourist Guide to the Solar System...and Beyond will be there to show the way. In the meantime, My Tourist Guide is the perfect way for the armchair astronaut to learn about the solar system. Forget wading through heavy tomes and encylcopedias: here children can discover the secrets of the planets, moons, and other satellites without feeling like it's hard work. Glorious digital artworks reveal stunning details, while the science is relayed through the quirky guidebook approach of "things to see" and "what to pack". Different, exciting, unique, and fun - My Tourist Guide to the Solar System...and Beyond is bound to be an astronomical success.

A guide to traveling in space that profiles the main attractions found in the solar system and offering tips for planning a trip, packing well, dealing with the physical problems of space flight, and handling any unexpected events.

What would it be like to travel through space? Space Tourist is full of amazing facts about worlds beyond planet Earth. What is a comet? How do you dodge an asteroid? Could you survive on Mars? From Pets Parents Hate to the Secret Life of Rats, the Extreme series will excite and inspire 8 to 11 year olds. High-interest topics grab the reader and introduce key science concepts in an accessible and innovative way. The action-packed pages are designed to motivate struggling and reluctant readers, and a reading age of 7 makes the content super-accessible. Extreme titles are ideal for supporting creative classroom teaching and for spicing up topic libraries.

So you want to go into space? Then The Traveler's Guide to the Solar System is for you, the independent space tourist. It will take you into the most exotic reaches of the solar system, and also help you to discover everything you ever wanted to know about the more traditional and familiar destinations. Is no gravity fun? What's it like on a spacecraft? Can I breathe on Venus? Will I need to take water? To find out, all you'll need is a class V launch vehicle, a space suit, and your toothbrush. . . . With so many tourist attractions, you won't know where to fly first. Book a week on the Moon and dine in lunar orbit. Have your photo taken with Neil Armstrong's footprint before putting on your heavily shielded space suit and flying off for a walk in the heat on Venus. Discover giant volcanoes, breathtaking mountains, and frozen lava rivers. Explore the remains of Soviet space probes. Play golf in one-sixth gravity. Go ice-skating on Jupiter's moons. The possibilities are endless!

Bored of spending all your holidays on Mars? Now you can travel further off the beaten astral plane with this fact-packed guide. Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically. A travel guide to all the planets in the solar system on pages 54 and 55 makes it easy for children to recap what the key facts they ve learnt. Text type: A non-chronological report. Curriculum links: Science; Geography; Citizenship. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader"