Describes the many creatures that have wings, what wings are made of, and how they work.

Chickens Pip, Midge, and Dot admire Rooster Sam and his ability to fly up to the barn roof, but when they spy on him to see how he does it, they get a big surprise.

Jack and Annie present information about the universe, including our solar system, and briefly describe the history of space travel and of the science of astronomy.

Explains the concepts of flight and aeronautics while also suggesting experiments which further illustrate the information presented.

A boy pretends to be on a flight mission while cleaning his room.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text follow an airplane as it says good-bye to the ground and hello to the sky, where it flies over a town, mountains, clouds, and people.

Describes seventeen twentieth-century historic flights and their pilots, from the Wright brothers to those of the space shuttles.

A simple overview of some of the preparations leading up to the launch of a space shuttle.

We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly more entrepreneurs—Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos—are seduced by the commercial potential of human access to space. But Beyond Earth does not offer another wide-eyed technology fantasy: instead, it is grounded not only in the human capacity for invention and the appeal of adventure but also in the bureaucratic, political, and scientific realities that present obstacles...