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This is rocket science : true stories of the risk-taking scientists who figure out ways to explore beyond Earth / by Gloria Skurzynski.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.Description: 80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 1426305974
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 629.4/092/2 22
LOC classification:
  • TL781.85.A1 S58 2010
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: Shares the stories of scientists throughout history who have contributed to the field of space exploration, and provides information about developments in the field.
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Unknown Beverly Middle School 629.4 SKU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 703715

Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-79) and index.

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.

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Shares the stories of scientists throughout history who have contributed to the field of space exploration, and provides information about developments in the field.

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