Space Explorer 1: Exploring the Universe

When it comes to awe-inspiring sights, mind-boggling facts and limitless possibilities, nothing beats the universe – but how did we come to know what we know? 

Five hundred years ago, people thought the Earth was the center of everything. Today, we can look back in time and watch the universe itself burst into life… send robots to Mars… fly spacecraft through Saturn’s rings… survey our galaxy for signs of life. Incredible.

Now, in a series of six multitouch eBooks, SPACE EXPLORER charts the whole amazing story – the leaps of imagination, the scientific breakthroughs and the technological triumphs that have shaped our view of the cosmos and enabled us to study its innermost workings.

All six Space Explorer eBooks carry the reader along at a breathtaking pace, combining lively text, informative illustrations and amazing photographs with engaging mini-movies, interactive graphics and quizzes that really bring the subject alive. So whether you’re a young space fan looking for exciting background reading to supplement your school work or an older reader interested in how far we’ve come since the glory days of Apollo, download Space Explorer today… and prepare to be amazed!

How the series breaks down

1 Exploring the Universe

How it began… how it is now… how we know… what we don’t know

2 Exploring the Moon

How it was formed… missions to…, journey around the… future exploration of… colonization of…

3 Exploring Mars and the inner planets

Earth’s three very different neighbors… missions to… journeys around… future missions to… colonizing Mars

4 Exploring the Sun (

How it was formed… how it shines… its effects on Earth… comparison with other stars… dangers to Earth… the end of the Sun

5 Exploring the outer planets

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and beyond… NASA's Galileo, Cassini, Voyager and New Horizons missions

6 The future of space exploration 

Missions of the future… the search for life… finding another Earth… space colonies… journeying to the stars… traveling through time