Outer+Space

Final Frontier: Voyages Into Outer Space by David Owen Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books Inc, 2004



Call Number: 629.4 OWE

==== **Summary/Description:** David Owen does an incredible job capturing the amazing history of early astronomers, building the first space ships, and the first humans in space. He covers everything from the mapping of space, the first rockets, first satellites, and much, much more. There are extraordinary pictures of galaxies, stars, nebulae, and constellations. It talks about Galileo Galilei, an astronomer in the late 1500s early 1600s, and his discoveries in space, launching the first satellites, and the Apollo missions to the Moon. All of this and more is featured in //Final Frontier: Voyages Into Outer Space//. ====

Go beyond the book by exploring these recommended web resources:

 * The Latest News in Space and NASA This website will provide you with the latest news in space and for NASA. It has anything and everything from NASA updates, new discoveries in space, and so much more. The website has incredible photographs from space, like, galaxies, planets, stars, the northern lights, and many more.
 * NASA Website This website in everything NASA. It has things like past, current, and future missions, pictures and videos, updates from the space station, etc. It also has news on what you'll be able to see in the night sky that night and updates on the mars rover.
 * [|Hubble Telescope Pictures] Here, you'll find an extraordinary collection of pictures taken by the Hubble telescope. It has all of the pictures the telescope has ever taken; galaxies, nebulae, stars, and more. The pictures the telescope has taken are truly breathtaking and they're all on this website.
 * [|Stargazing Basics] This link will take you to a website that will provide you with the basics of stargazing. It has basic astronomy terms, the 88 constellation names, names of stars, etc. If you are not familiar yet with any of these, this is the website for you.
 * [|Astronomy for Kids] This website is perfect for children interested in astronomy. The website has articles that are very easy for kids to understand. It has articles like how big the universe is, nebulae, stars planets, and more.
 * [|Kepler Telescope] This is the website for the Kepler Space Telescope. The Kepler telescope's main mission is to find habitable planets. If you are interested in the discovery of new planets that are possibly habitable, or just the discovery of planets in general, then this is the website for you.