Space disasters

Title
Space disasters

Personal Author EPSB
Ann, Weil

Summary
Contains a short description of five space disasters that have occurred since the fire aboard the Apollo 1 spacecraft that killed three American astronauts in 1967 as well as the explosion aboard the Apollo 13, the Challenger accident in 1986, and the Columbia in 2003.

Year Published
2013

Series
Disasters

Physical Description
92 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.

Note
Includes index.

Contents
Introduction -- Apollo 1, 1967 -- Apollo 13,1970 -- Soyuz 11, 1971 -- Challenger, 1986 -- Columbia, 2003 -- Falling satellites -- Asteroid impact -- Future of space.

Subject
Space vehicle accidents.
 
Space shuttles -- Accidents.
 
Manned space flight -- Accidents.
 
High interest-low vocabulary books.

Summary
Contains a short description of five space disasters that have occurred since the fire aboard the Apollo 1 spacecraft that killed three American astronauts in 1967 as well as the explosion aboard the Apollo 13, the Challenger accident in 1986, and the Columbia in 2003.

ISBN
9781616519346

Publisher
[Costa Mesa, Calif.] : Saddleback Educational Pub., 2013.
 
©2004


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
HardistyELL 363.124 WEIBook30512000241115English Language Learning