Blast off into the history of space exploration through exciting visual infographics! Now middle graders can discover more about outer space and how human ingenuity allowed us to reveal its many mysteries. Using easy-to-understand and visually appealing infographics, this book explores our solar system with eye-catching spreads for each planet, timetables, and information on shooting stars, asteroids, black holes, and other phenomena. All the solid scientific data here comes from the NASA archives.