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Skurzynski, Gloria.
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Aerospace engineers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Rocketry -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Rockets (Aeronautics) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Skurzynski, Gloria.
Aerospace engineers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Rocketry -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Rockets (Aeronautics) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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This is rocket science : true stories of the risk-taking scientists who figured out ways to explore beyond Earth / by Gloria Skurzynski.
by
Skurzynski, Gloria.
National Geographic, c2010.
Call #:
629.40922 S629t
Subjects
Aerospace
engineers
--
Biography
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Rocketry
--
History
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Rockets (Aeronautics)
--
History
--
Juvenile
literature
.
ISBN:
9781426305979 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1426305974 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781426305986 (library binding : alk. paper)
1426305982 (library binding : alk. paper)
Description:
80 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Fire arrows
--
The fathers of modern rocketry
--
Beeps from space
--
Saturn wins, Orion loses
--
Return and reuse
--
Success and failure
--
Way to go
--
Farther needs faster.
Summary:
A history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds.
Genre:
Biography
,
Juvenile
.
Other authors:
National Geographic Society (U.S.)
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Bedford Public Library
Children's Nonfiction
629.40922 S629t
Childrens Books
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Jul 18, 2024
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Children's Nonfiction
629.40922 S629t
Childrens Books
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