Readers find out what it's like for astronauts to eat, sleep, and work on a manned space flight in this adventurous nonfiction reader. Children will discover what it's like to be weightless in zero gravity, how Mission control helps keep astronauts safe, and what astronauts do during their free time through vivid photographs, interesting, informative text, and stimulating facts.

"A lively account of our age-old quest for brighter colors, which changed the way we see the world. From kelly green to millennial pink, our world is graced with a richness of colors. But our human-made colors havent always matched natures kaleidoscopic array. To reach those brightest heights required millennia of remarkable innovation and a fascinating exchange of ideas between science and craft thats allowed for the most luminous manifestations...