在这本书中，读者可以和宇航专家Sarah Cruddas一起发射升空，开启一段穿越太空探索历史的旅程，从“阿波罗”登月计划到让人瞠目结舌的火星居住计划。我们是怎么登陆月球的？未来的航天工作是什么样子？我们为什么要把一辆车送上太空？《太空竞赛》一书回答了孩子们对太空之旅提出的所有重大疑问。Sarah Cruddas在带领读者踏上探索航天未来的旅程之前，为我们呈现了隐藏在最**航天任务背后的故事。这本童书包含了美国国家航空航天局的宇航员艾琳·柯林斯（Eileen Collins）所撰写的序言，她是首位负起指挥航天飞机任务的女性。书中还包含了Sarah对现实生活中的宇航员的采访，其中包括阿波罗17号的尤金·塞南(Eugene Cernan)和维珍银河飞船的测试飞行员凯莉·拉蒂默(Kelly Latimer)。狂热爱好太空的孩子们能在书中每一页里的细节图、摄影照片和信息文章找到乐趣，还将爱上浏览太空飞船、月球车和太空服的复杂图解，而这些太空飞船、月球车和太空服都具有代表性意义。书中插图由艺术家Mark Ruffle创作。

Blast off alongside space expert Sarah Cruddas on a journey through space exploration history, from the Apollo Moon landings to mind-boggling plans for living on Mars.How did we land on the Moon? What will the space jobs of the future look like? And why did we send a car to space? The Space Race answers all of the big questions that kids have about space travel. Sarah Cruddas brings to life the hidden stories behind the most famous space missions, before taking the reader on a journey through our space future.This children's book includes a foreword by NASA astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission. It also includes fascinating insights from Sarah's interviews with real-life astronauts including Apollo 17's Eugene Cernan and Virgin Galactic Test Pilot Kelly Latimer. Space-mad kids will delight in the detail, photographs and information on each page, and will love seeing intricate diagrams of iconic spaceships, Moon cars and space suits created by artist Mark Ruffle.