Space Academy: How to Fly Spacecraft Step by Step

Baker, David

ISBN 10: 0500650144 / ISBN 13: 9780500650141

Verlag: Thames & Hudson, 2013

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR006815499

Inhaltsangabe:

Here is a training class that shows children how to pilot different kinds of spacecraft. Filled with stats and facts, this book covers essential space science, plus the latest space hardware, gadgets, and know-how.An introductory Astronaut School section looks at the technology of space travel. In Orbit takes children into space, putting them in the hot seat on different kinds of spacecraft or at mission control. They learn how to fly an Apollo rocket to the Moon, take a space shuttle to the International Space Station, go on a spacewalk, and ferry a cargo of tourists into zero gravity. The ID section at the back of the book explains how to identify different kinds of rockets and manned and unmanned craft, including probes, rovers, and shuttles.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Deborah Kespert is the author of numerous children’s books, including Explore! and, with David Baker, Space Academy.

David Baker is a former NASA scientist and leading expert on spaceflight technology. He has worked with NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programmes and has written over eighty books on the subject.

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Titel: Space Academy: How to Fly Spacecraft Step by...
Verlag: Thames & Hudson
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good