From the first rockets to leave Earth's atmosphere and the animals that made brave journeys into space, such as Laika the Soviet stray dog, to the first spacewalks and the tragedies of the loss of all crew members of the Challenger and Columbia space shuttles, this book looks at the people, who's part in various space programmes around the world, have helped to push the boundaries of space travel for future generations.

Six books that reveal the thrilling journeys, triumphs and disasters that men and women have experienced in the exploration of our universe. These books examine the mind-blowing technologies involved in space endeavours and tells the all too human stories of some of the key figures.

This book is part of a book series called Story Of Space .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .

Steve Parker is an experienced non-fiction children's writer who also wrote the Look at Your Body series.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Introduction
• 1: Rockets into space
• 1: Animals in space
• 1: Human spaceflight
• 1: The Mercury seven
• 1: Round and round
• 1: Gemini
• 1: Spacewalking
• 1: Soyuz
• 1: The space shuttle
• 1: Great shuttle missions
• 1: Risk factors
• 1: Commercial space flight
• 1: Tech files and glossary
• 1: Index