Space Flight

By Ole Steen Hansen

Book Overview

During the 1930 and '40s, the early pioneers of rocket technology experimented with sending up rocket-powered missiles. On April 12, 1961, Russia launched the first person, Yuri Gagarin, into space. Read all about the race to the Moon, today's space shuttles and their missions, and the rocket planes and space stations that could shape our future. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778712230
• ISBN13: 9780778712237
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 9.0" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 4