The MoonThe Planet Library series introduces young readers to the various parts of our solar system. With concise text, colorful diagrams, interesting sidebars, and stunning photography, the series provides up-to-date information, including recent developments in NASA's space exploration program. Covering all nine planets, the Sun, the Moon, and the smaller bodies -- asteroids, comets, and meteors -- this phenomenal series is out of this world! |
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Apennines Apollo 11 astronauts Apollo astronauts Astronomers atmosphere breccia Clavius command module cooled craft crust Earth position Earth's shadow Edwin Aldrin full moon gases heavenly body hit the surface huge Kennedy Space Center Kepler kind of rock landed large crater launch liquid rock looks Lumps of rock lunar eclipse lunar module Lunar Prospector lunar rover Lunokhod mare meteorites millions mission molten Moon base Moon buggy Moon lit MOON MAPS Moon orbit Moon rocks Moon soil Moon was formed Moon's near side Moon's surface moonquake mountain range natural satellite night sky Ocean of Storms planet probe pull of gravity rocks and soil samples of Moon Saturn V rocket SEA OF COLD Sea of Crises Sea of Nectar Sea of Serenity Sea of Showers Sea of Tranquility seismometers shape side of Earth small craters solar eclipse Taurus Mountains telescopes tide high tide underground rocks Vehicle Assembly Building Volcanoes WESTERN HALF