The Earth’s Orbit: Space exploration, #1

By Oleksiy Serdyuk and Natalia Shkurat

Despite the fact that year 2018 has recently begun, it has already been marked by a number of important events in Cosmonautics. Many important events also await us in the near future. Humanity is becoming more confident in exploring space, and Cosmonautics has long become an indispensable branch in people's lives.

This book will tell you about how humanity has made its first steps in conquering outer space. About how the first rocket took off, how the first spacecraft sent its signal to Earth, how people flew into space, how different countries, such as the USA, the European Union, China, Japan, India, Russia, master space technologies, and as well as many other things related to human activities in the Earth's orbit.

The book contains more than 120 illustrations, of which more than 20 illustrations of space rockets and more than 40 illustrations of other spacecrafts, such as space ships, satellites, stations, etc.

The book is intended for older children, but it will also be of interest to any adult who is interested in the modern successes of Astronautics.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Oleksiy Serdyuk
• Release date: May 14, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386863007

Book preview

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The aspirations of the human race conquer outer space have their origins in ancient times. Down through the ages, the mysterious starry sky fascinated people.

The first observations of space began thousands of years ago. For a long time, flying into space was just a dream. Many science fiction writers wrote about fantastic flights beyond the Earth.

The twentieth century marked the beginning of the era of space exploration. What scientists and philosophers have dreamed of for hundreds of years has become a reality. A little more than half a century has passed since humans launched the first object created by them into space. Since then, astronautics has leapt ahead. Using outer space is now an integral part of supporting our lifestyles on Earth.

Successes in the conquest of near-Earth space allow scientists to set ambitious and sometimes even fantastic goals for the further development of the vast cosmic space.

Serdyuk Oleksiy, Shkurat Natalia

Space exploration

Space exploration. The Earth’s orbit

by Serdyuk Oleksiy and Shkurat Natalia

This book will tell you about how humanity has made its first steps in conquering outer space. About how the first rocket took off, how the first spacecraft sent its signal to Earth, how people flew into space, how different countries, such as the USA, the European Union, China, Japan, India, Russia, master space technologies, and as well as many other things related to human activities in the Earth’s orbit.

Copyright © 2018 by Serdyuk Oleksiy, Shkurat Natalia

Photos by NASA, SpaceX, ESA

Cover photo:

Space Station Flyover of Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa (by NASA)

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Contents

The beginning

SATELLITE

THE FIRST STEPS

LAUNCH ROCKETS

SEA LAUNCH

FALCON

MANNED FLIGHTS

SPACE TOURISM

CARGO SPACECRAFT

ORBITAL STATIONS

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN SPACE

SATELLITE SYSTEMS

METEOSATELLITES

SATELLITE CONNECTION

SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

INTELLIGENCE SATELLITES

SPACE AGENCIES

The beginning

Scientists’ minds have been excited by dreams of flying in the sky and conquering outer space for many centuries. Interplanetary travels were often described in the books of science fiction writers.

In 1881, M.I. Kibalchich formulated the idea of