Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 78) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

1210L, Lexile

resource.interestAgeLevel

009-013

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

This is rocket science

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

335695885

Responsibility statement

by Gloria Skurzynski

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 8.7, 3, 136667

Sub title

true stories of the risk-taking scientists who figure out ways to explore beyond Earth

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification