Author: Rod Pyle
Publisher:
ISBN: 1633885240
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Get Book
Book Description
Award-winning science writer Rod Pyle profiles the remarkable pilots, scientists, and engineers whose work was instrumental in space missions to every corner of our solar system and beyond. Besides heralded names like Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, and Gene Kranz, the author highlights some of the "hidden figures" who played crucial roles in the success of NASA, Soviet, and international space exploration. For example, Joe Engle, was a daring test pilot who set multiple records in the dangerous X-15 rocket plane and later commanded the space shuttle three times. John Houbolt was an engineer who convinced NASA leadership that the most effective way to land on the moon was to use a seemingly risky technique called "Lunar Orbit Rendezvous," which worried NASA planners but was the only way to make the landing possible by 1969. Margaret Hamilton was an accomplished mathematician and one of the first female software engineers to design programs for spaceflight software that proved critical to the success of the moon landing. John Casani was a brash young engineer who took over the struggling Voyager program to reconnoiter the outer planets at a time when success was far from certain. And Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to travel into space aboard Soviet spacecraft Vostok 6. Complemented by many rarely-seen photos and illustrations, these stories of the highly talented and dedicated people, many of whom worked tirelessly behind the scenes, will fascinate and inspire.
Author: Campbell Books
Publisher: Campbell Books
ISBN: 9781529059632
Category : Astronauts
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Get Book
Book Description
A novelty board book for preschoolers, introducing them to the people who helped us to undesrtand space.Discover the amazing people who helped us to understand space in My First Heroes: Space. Push, pull and slide the scenes to find out about Galileo, Katherine Johnson, Valentina Tereshkova, and Neil Armstrong, and be inspired by their incredible achievements.With scenes to explore, fun facts to learn and bright, bold illustration by Jayri Gomez, this is the perfect introduction for inquisitive preschoolers to these amazing space heroes.
Author: Billy Wrecks
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307976165
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Get Book
Book Description
In "Heroes vs. Villains" each Super Friend goes toe to toe with a dangerous supervillain, and in "Space Chase!" Batman, Green Lantern, and Superman must travel into outer space to shut down the Joker's TV satellite.
Author: Nick Kyme
Publisher: Games Workshop Limited
ISBN: 9781844167319
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Get Book
Book Description
An ideal introduction to the Warhammer 40,000 universe, this anthology is the first collection of stories to feature only Space Marines, the series' most popular faction. Original.
Author: Emily Sohn
Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
ISBN: 9781438012018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Get Book
Book Description
Learn all about the history of space exploration in a graphic novel format! Here's the story of the men and women who blasted into space.
Author: Susan Wood
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN: 1430131845
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Get Book
Book Description
Juan Garcia Esquivel was born in Mexico and grew up to the sounds of mariachi bands. He loved music and became a musical explorer. Defying convention, he created music that made people laugh and planted images in their minds. Juan's space-age lounge music popular in the fifties and sixties has found a new generation of listeners.
Author: Steven J. Dick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Get Book
Book Description
From the Publisher: Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age.
Author:
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160867118
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Get Book
Book Description
From the Publisher: Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age.
Author: Ken Spencer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857441584
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Get Book
Book Description
Author: Иван Антонович Ефремов
Publisher: Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Get Book
Book Description
