RocketsMarshall Cavendish, 2007 - 111 pages Chronicles the history of rockets and rocketry science, discussing the contributions of China, Germany, the Soviet Union, and the U.S. and such topics as the space race, space shuttles, the "International Space Station," and space tourism. |
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aboard Alan Shepard altitude American astronaut American in space Apollo 13 April army astro astronauts became bombs booster British capsule Chinese Congreve Congreve's rockets craft crew days in space develop engine feet fire flying Gemini German rocket gunpowder Gus Grissom heat Hermann Oberth Hitler's human International Space Station January John Glenn Kibalchich kilometers kind of rocket Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Korolev landing later launch liquid oxygen liquid-fuel lunar module Mercury astronauts meters miles mission Moon MOON'S SURFACE NASA NASA's nauts orbit the Earth planet powerful rocket probe Project Mercury re-entry Redstone returned to Earth Robert Goddard rocket designed rocketplane Russian Saturn scientists sent into space soared solid-fuel Soviet space Soviet Union Soyuz Space Agency space shuttle Space Station ISS space tourism space tourists space travel spacecraft SpaceShip Sputnik suborbital three astronauts travel into space tubes U.S. space program United unmanned V-2 rocket warfare weapons Wernher von Braun Yuri Gagarin