Lonely Planet Kids How Spaceships Work

Blast off into the cosmos with Lonely Planet Kids: How Spaceships Work! As part of the popular ‘How Things Work’ series, this beautifully illustrated book reveals the fascinating inner workings of humanity's ultimate exploration vehicles.

Featuring fantastic, detailed artwork by James Gulliver Hancock, this book takes young readers on a journey through the history and mechanics of space travel. Discover how these incredible machines do what they do, what they’re used for, and how they’ve evolved over time.

Inside, young explorers will learn:

• How massive rockets generate the power to blast off into space.
• The incredible mechanics of sending people to the Moon and returning them safely.
• How space centers prepare both spaceships and astronauts for amazing adventures.
• The differences between space stations, Earth-orbiting satellites, Mars rovers, and deep-space probes travelling at thousands of miles per second!

🔭 From the Desk of Paul Bracken:

I love sharing the wonders of the universe with the next generation, and this book is the perfect launchpad! When I'm tracking a distant galaxy or nebula from the observatory, I'm relying on technology that traces its roots back to these very spacecraft. The illustrations here are simply fantastic, breaking down complex engineering into fun, bite-sized pieces. It makes a stellar gift for the little astronaut in your life!