Space: the final frontier of flight! The first astronauts walked on the moon only 66 years after the Wright Brothers flew short hops in the first powered aircraft. Who would have thought space travel was possible in the beginning years of powered flight? Space follows the beginning of rockets to the possible exploration of other planets with colorful illustrations and eye-popping pictures. Space freaks will love this book's special features, including: - Robotic flying machines that are being developed right now - The advent of liquid fueled rockets. - The V2 rocket. - X-plane research vehicles - The science of space flight - The International Space Station and the research being done there