What is NASA?
Título
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What is NASA?
Sarah, Fabiny
Resumen
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"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, and the many missions and discoveries that have taken place since then. NASA has a rich history and still plays an important role in uncovering the mysteries of the universe. Readers are sure to get sucked into this book."--
Fecha de publicación como intervalo
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2019
What is?
Descripción física
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107 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Nota general
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"16 pages of photos inside!"--Cover.
"Who HQ. Your headquarters for history. Who? What? Where?"--Back cover.
Materia corporativa
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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Término de la materia
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Astronautics -- United States -- History.
Space race -- History.
Space flight -- History.
Término geográfico
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Outer space -- Exploration.
Autor añadido
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Hammond, Ted,
Síntesis
:
"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, and the many missions and discoveries that have taken place since then. NASA has a rich history and still plays an important role in uncovering the mysteries of the universe. Readers are sure to get sucked into this book."--
ISBN
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9781524786038
9781524786052
Información de publicación
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New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2019]
©2019
| Biblioteca | Signatura topográfica | Tipo de material | Código de barras del documento | Estado |
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| Mount Pleasant | 629.4 FAB (BIN) | Book | 30152000232622 | Non-Fiction |