Bibliograph

Space exploration, Sarah Hermsen, project editors

Type

Label

Space exploration, Sarah Hermsen, project editors

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Space exploration

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60352472

Responsibility statement

Sarah Hermsen, project editors

Series statement

UXL space exploration reference librarySpace exploration reference library

Table Of Contents

Almanac: Contents -- Readers guide -- Space exploration Timeline -- Words To Know -- Research and activity ideas -- Pre-flight: Early stargazers -- Defining order of the universe -- Rocketry in warfare -- Rocketry in exploration -- Space Race to the moon: Cold war -- Deep beep-beep -- Manned Spaceflight begins -- Apollo program -- Home in outer Space: Apollo-Soyuz test project -- Space stations -- Space shuttles -- Probing the outer reaches: Land-based observatories -- Space-based observatories -- Probes -- Where to learn more -- IndexBiographies: Contents - Readers Guide -- Space Exploration Timeline -- Buzz Aldrin - Apollo 1 crew -- Neil Armstrong -- Guy Bluford - Challenger crew -- Franklin R. Chang-Daz -- Yuri Gagarin -- John Glenn -- Robert H. Goddard -- Jean-Pierre Haigner and Claudie Andre-Deshays Haigner [dual entry] -- Hubble Space Telescope - International Space Station -- Mae Jemison -- Sergie Korolev -- Christopher C. Kraft Jr. -- Shannon Lucid -- Mercury 13-- Hermann J. Oberth -- Ellen Ochoa -- Sally Ride -- Valentina Tereshkova -- Konstantin E. Tsiolkovskiy -- Wernher Von Braun -- H. G. Wells -- Yang Liwei -- Where to Learn More -- IndexPrimary sources: Contents -- Readers -- Space exploration timeline -- Words to know -- Jules Verne-excerpt of from the Earth to the Moon -- Robert Goddard-"A method of reaching extreme altitudes" -- Wernher von Braun-Excerpts from "Man on the moon: Journey" -- "Announcement of the First Satellite" Press release -- John F. Kennedy-" Urgent National Needs" speech to Congress -- Tom Wolfe-Excerpts from the Right stuff -- Martha Ackmann-Excerpts from The Mercury 13: True story of thirteen women and the Dream of space flight -- John Glenn, with Nick Taylor-Excerpts from John Glenn: Memoir-Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. -Excerpts from "The Eagle has landed," in Apollo Expeditions to the Moon -- President Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the space shuttle (excerpt 1) and James C. Fletcher, "The space Shuttle" (excerpt 2) -- Remarks of the Vice President announcing the winner of the Teacher-in-Space Program (excerpt 1) and Address to the nation on the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger (excerpt 2) -- Living on MIR: An interview with Dr. Shannon Lucid -- Space Science Enterprise Strategic Plan: Origins, Evolution....Columbia accident investigation board report -- President Bush announces new vision for Space

Target audience

juvenile

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