Space technologies are the focus of these two volumes. Detailed information is provided about the robots and probes used on various space missions, daily life and work aboard the ISS, and the science experiments conducted in the discussed settings. Well-captioned photographs show scientists and astronauts, robots, probes and spacecraft, and planetary surfaces. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

KOPS, Deborah . Exploring Space Robots . ISBN 978-0-7613-5445-1 ; ISBN 978-0-7613-8021-4 . LC 2010044213. SILVERMAN, Buffy . Exploring Dangers in Space: Asteroids, Space Junk, and More . ISBN 978-0-7613-5446-8 ; ISBN 978-0-7613-8019-1 . LC 2010046078. WAXMAN, Laura Hamilton . Exploring Black Holes . ISBN 978-0-7613-5442-0 ; ISBN 978-0-7613-8018-4 . LC 2010035378. WAXMAN, Laura Hamilton . Exploring Space Travel . ISBN 978-0-7613-5447-5 ; ISBN 978-0-7613-8022-1 . LC 2010042471. WAXMAN, Laura Hamilton . Exploring the International Space Station . ISBN 978-0-7613-5443-7 ; ISBN 978-0-7613-8023-8 . LC 2010035394. ea vol: 40p. (Searchlight Books: What's Amazing About Space? Series). diags. illus. photos. further reading. glossary. index. Websites. CIP. Lerner . 2011. PLB $27.93; ebook $20.95. Gr 3-4 Keeping specific terms to a minimum, these titles cover their topics in broad strokes and crank up the general interest level with a relatively large photo or (more often) a dramatic artist's rendition on every page. There is significant overlap between International Space Station and Space Robots , and the effort to simplify mystifies more than it informs, as in Dangers in Space where "the largest space rock [which] is about the size of Texas," remains unidentified. Still, readers will come away with new knowledge, such as how scientists observe the behavior of other stars to infer the presence of exoplanets. Space Travel is current enough to note the end of the Space Shuttle program.