Contents

Contents : Staring into space -- Our place in space -- A closer look -- Journey to the moon -- Earth’s moon -- The Sun -- Family of the Sun -- Mercury and friends -- Sister Venus -- The Red planet (Mars) -- A rocky racetrack (Asteroid belt) -- King of the Planets (Jupiter) -- Planet of the rings (Saturn) -- Distant twins (Uranus and Neptune) -- Pluto and the comets -- Secrets of the stars -- The Milky Way -- About the Universe -- Lift off -- Our future in space -- space Glossary -- Index.