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004402
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New York, Facts On File, 2003.
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93pBlack Spine
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History of Invention
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Outlines the development of air and space travel, from the winged flight of a monk in the year 1000 to modern fighter jets and helicopters.
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I Wish I Could Fly
Lighter Than Air
Heavier Than Air
Reaching for the Sky
The Age of Speed
Sky Cruisers
Spinning Around
War in the Air
Blast Off!
Space Race
Uncrewed Vessels
Space Flight Today
Missions of the Future
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0816054363 Hb.
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| 005613 | 609/JAC | Main | On Shelf | General | Reference |
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008069
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Great Britain, Thomas Nelson And Sons Ltd, 1966.
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xi, 244pBlack and Blue Spine
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Ranges from ancient Babylonian and Greek concepts of the universe through the development of rockets by Chinese, Arabic, and medieval European experimentalists to today's plans for manned missions to the Moon, Mars and Venus.
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Introduction
Preface
The lure of the other worlds
A thousand years of rocketry
Pioneers of space travel
The legacy of the pioneers
The rocket returns to war
Postwar military rocketry
Probing the fringe of space
The remote explorers
Manned space flight
Bibliography
Index
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0690005881 Hb.
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| 008430 | 629.409/VON | Main | On Shelf | Reference books | Reference |
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012724
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London, Franklin Watts, 2009.
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48pBlack Spine
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Graphic Discoveries
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Read the stories behind some of the most exciting discoveries and breakthroughs people have made in their hunt for knowledge. Fast-paced recounts told in graphic, cartoon-strip format which link to lots of different areas of study, from history to science.
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Space race
Early space technology
The first space walk
Apollo 11, the moon landing
Apollo 13, disaster in space
Shuttles and the ISS
Glossary
For more information
Index
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9780749692391 Hb.
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| 012677 | 629.41/JEF | Main | On Shelf | Teacher Resources | Teacher Resource |
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008079
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Great Britain, Mitchell Beazley, 2007.
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224pBlack Spine
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Space: The First Fifty Years chronicles the amazing advances and discoveries made during the momentous last half century, including the first manned spaceflight and first man in orbit, the first unmanned landing on the moon, the first craft to leave the Earth's orbit, the manned moon landings, the advent of the Space Shuttle, and the first probes to Mars, Venus and the outer planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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Foreword
Introduction
Contemporary events timeline: 1950s
Into space
Contemporary events timeline: 1960s
Men in space
Stations in space
Contemporary events timeline: 1970s
Rockets to the moon
Neighbours
Contemporary events timeline: 1980s
The exploration of Mars
The 50 great space images
Minor planets
Giant planets
Contemporary events timeline: 1990s
Wanderers
The realm of the stars
The depth of the universe
Contemporary events timeline: 2000s
The next 50 years
Reference
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements
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9781845333195 Hb.
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| 008445 | 500.5/MOO | Main | On Shelf | Reference books | Reference |
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