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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Having followed spaceflight activities since 1968, David Shayler has a broad range of experience covering all aspects of human spaceflight history. In October 1982, he created Astro Info Service to focus on his space writing and research, with lectures and educational outreach activities. Early publications included the periodicals 'Orbiter' on the shuttle and 'Zenit' on Soviet activities, and a growing range of biographies on the world's space explorers. In 1990 David co-created the Midland Spaceflight Society and acted as its chairman. His first book was published in 1987 and since then he has authored over 20 titles, including 13 titles in the Praxis Space Library between 2000 and 2009. He has contributed to titles on human spaceflight, including the three editions of "Who's Who in Space" (MacMillan, 1998). Personal research has been conducted at NASA JSC in Houston, and at KSC in Florida, as well as at Rice and Clear Lake Universities and NARA archives in Texas. His research continues daily and new titles are under various stages of production, some of which are available via the AIS website. 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 space 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....