What is NASA?
Titre
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What is NASA?
Sarah, Fabiny
Sommaire
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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."--
Date de publication comme intervalle
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2019
What is?
Description matérielle
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107 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Note générale
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"16 pages of photos inside!"--Cover.
"Who HQ. Your headquarters for history. Who? What? Where?"--Back cover.
Vedette-matière - nom collectif
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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Terme de vedette-matière
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Astronautics -- United States -- History.
Space race -- History.
Space flight -- History.
Terme géographique
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Outer space -- Exploration.
Vedette secondaire auteur
:
Hammond, Ted,
Résumé
:
"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."--
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
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9781524786038
9781524786052
Informations de publication
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New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2019]
©2019
| Bibliothèque | Numéro de rayon | Type de document | Code à barres du document | Statut |
|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 629.4 FAB (BIN) | Book | 30152000232622 | Non-Fiction |