Our November/December issue commemorates a half-century of planetary encounters. In 1962, with its flyby of Venus, Mariner 2 became the first spacecraft to successfully reach another planet. And looking farther into the past, learn how astronomy helped Renaissance explorers understand they'd found a new world.
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Backyard Guide to the Night Sky
With an expert yet easygoing approach, this little volume is packed full of information that illuminates key astronomical concepts alongside the history and legends surrounding the stars and planets. Forward by voice of StarDate, Sandy Wood.
$21.95
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