Space exploration : triumphs and tragedies /
spine title : Space exploration 2006
Kim Masters Evans
- Detroit : Thomson Gale, 2007
- viii, 182 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
- Information series on current topics Information Plus reference series .
Formerly published by Information Plus, Wylie, Texas
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172) and index
Introduction to space exploration -- Space organizations part 1: NASA -- Space organizations part 2: U.S. Military, foreign, and private -- The space shuttle program -- The international space station -- Robotic missions in sun-earth space -- Mars -- The far planets -- Public opinion about space exploration