Living in Space

The International Space Station is now being built, a cooperative venture carried out by the United States, Canada, and fourteen other nations. In the near future, when it's completed, it will be the third-brightest object in the night sky. Here, in full-color photos and illustrations that complement vividly written text, is a documentary-style recounting of the station's progress to date, and a description of what it will be like when it becomes operational. Plans now call for successive working crews of six, each crew to serve a tour of duty lasting several months. This book shows and explains the space station's components and describes the astronauts in training. It also recounts past achievements in space and includes sidebar features suggesting space-related activities that kids can carry out on their own, or set up as classroom projects. Attached to the book's back cover is a sturdy cardboard model kit of the International Space Station as it will appear when operational. An instruction sheet shows kids how to build it.