Space disasters

Título
Space disasters

Ann, Weil

Resumen
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.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2013

Disasters

Descripción física
92 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.

Nota general
Includes index.

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

Término de la materia
Space vehicle accidents.
 
Space shuttles -- Accidents.
 
Manned space flight -- Accidents.
 
High interest-low vocabulary books.

Síntesis
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

Información de publicación
[Costa Mesa, Calif.] : Saddleback Educational Pub., 2013.
 
©2004


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HardistyELL 363.124 WEIBook30512000241115English Language Learning