Bibliograph

Shuttles and space missions, general editors, Giles Sparrow, Judith John, and Chris McNab

Type

Label

Shuttles and space missions, general editors, Giles Sparrow, Judith John, and Chris McNab

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 77) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shuttles and space missions

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

general editors, Giles Sparrow, Judith John, and Chris McNab

Series statement

Discoveries in space science

Summary

Shuttles and Space Missions examines topics on space exploration, from early orbital missions to the first astronauts on the moon

Table Of Contents

Mercury craft -- Vostok missions -- Gemini 1 and 2 -- The first spacewalk -- The pioneers -- Yuri Gagarin -- John Glenn -- Valentina Tereshkova -- Neil Armstrong -- Buzz Aldrin -- Rockets and launchers -- Saturn series -- Soyuz series -- Shuttles and stations -- Salyuts 1-5 -- Salyuts 6 and 7 -- Soyuz 11 disaster -- Skylab -- Columbia's first flight -- Spacelab -- Flying the shuttle -- Challenger disaster -- MIR -- International Space Station -- Shenzhou 9 -- To the moon -- Soviet Lunar Program -- Luna 10-12 -- Ranger and Surveyor -- Apollo test flights -- Apollo Command Module -- Apollo Lunar Module -- Apollo 8 -- Apollo 11 -- Apollo -- 13 -- Apollo 14

Target audience

adolescent

Classification