The Space Exploration annuals provide a yearly update on recent space launches, missions and results, to be published every September. The annual is written at an accessible level to provide a regular, balanced review of all the world's major space programmes.

Space Exploration 2008 records annual statistical material on space developments. It includes details of all satellite and rocket launches in 2007 and satellite recoveries, analysis of developments and emerging trends in space exploration, notes on records and main feats, as well as basic data on all launchers currently in operation, schedules of upcoming missions, anniversaries and landmarks.

In addition, leading figures in astronomy and space exploration cover the field from a variety of angles, including a special section entitled Return to the Moon. The volume also contains a Solar System Log that features the very latest in the exploration of the planets, their moons and small Solar System bodies.

The second regular space exploration annual Written at an accessible level for both young and older space enthusiasts Provides a regular, balanced review of all the world's major space programmes, past, present and future Will detail annual statistical material on space developments Will have a strong appeal to younger enthusiasts and be a perfect Christmas gift

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Paolo Ulivi was born in Florence, Italy and graduated from the Politecnico di Milano University with a thesis on robotics for Mars sample return missions. He works as a consultant in aerospace structures in Toulouse, France. In his free time, he researches the history of astronautics, astronomy, aeronautics and the Cold War. He is also an amateur astronomer and specializes in Solar System observations. David Harland studied astronomy to degree level, and pursued a career lecturing in computer science, and academic and industrial research. In 1995, David "retired" to resume his interest in spaec and started to write. He has over two dozen books published to date, a majority of them with Springer/Praxis and several others under contract. These days he considers himself to be an amateur hermit and a professional space historian.

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The Epic Journey Continues....- The Epic Journey Continues....- Prepare for Lift-off!....- Prepare for Lift-off!....- Stepping Out into the Solar System....- Stepping Out into the Solar System....- Long-Duration Spaceflight....- Long-Duration Spaceflight....- Another Giant Leap....- Another Giant Leap....- Beyond the Solar System....- Beyond the Solar System....- Reviving the Old, Introducing the New....- Reviving the Old, Introducing the New....- Return to the Moon.- Paving the Way for Future Exploration....- NASA's New Robotic Lunar Program....- And When We're Back on the Moon, What Next?....- Solar System Log.- Probing the Mysteries of Our Nearest Star....- Focusing on the Red Planet....- Fire and Water....- Report from the Ringed Planet....