Space Exploration: From Galileo Galilei to Neil deGrasse Tyson
STEM STORIES Space Exploration FROM GALILEO GALILEI TO NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Jenny checkerboard library An imprint of abdo publishing abdopublishing.com Mason
skies the exploring Do you ever pretend your bike is a rocket booster as you ride it it up a ramp and fly through the air Have you ever floated in a pool imagining what it’s like for a astronauts in zero gravity You’re not alone People have dreamed of space exploration since ancient times Prehistoric cultures carved the sky’s patterns onto bones and stones Many ancient cultures used religion to explain the wonders in the sky This included ancient Greeks Egyptians Mayans and Chinese In the 1700s and 1800s scientific tools helped people learn more about space In the 1900s m
scientists built spacecraft bound for actual space travel Later that century the first humans traveled into space From the earliest space researchers to today’s daring explorers humankind has learned a lot about our galaxy and beyond And today’s technology is allowing us to gain new information faster than ever The story of space exploration begins and continues with the people who study investigate and experience it The Milky Way is the galaxy that holds our solar system
