America in Space: Nasa's First Fifty Years

by Neil Armstrong, Ulrich Bertram, Robert Jacobs, et al.

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For more than a century before 1957, scientists and adventurers dreamed about the exploration of space and designed rockets and vehicles to make it possible, but the real space age began on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite. Until then, America's space exploration had been entrusted to the military, but immediately following Sputnik, the United States began to plan for the first civilian space agency. NASA (National...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0810993732

ISBN13:9780810993730

Release Date:October 2007

Publisher:Harry N. Abrams

Length:352 Pages

Weight:6.75 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 11.1" x 14.6"

Age Range:13 years and up

Grade Range:Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Related Subjects

20th Century 21st Century Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautics & Astronautics Aerospace Astronomy & Astrophysics Astronomy & Space Science Astrophysics & Space Science Engineering History

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