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Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Explores various perspectives on the Space Race. The reader's choices reveal the historical details"--
"You are living in a time of change and progress. World War II is over, but the Cold War between the United States and its former ally, the Soviet Union, is on. Each country begins pouring resources into a battle for the most advanced space exploration technology. You are about to become a part of this exciting competition. Will you: Help the United...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Lexile measure
IG 1010L
Physical Desc
191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides readers with a history of the space race, astronautics, and technological innovations associated with space flight.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
107 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Lexile measure
NC 1090L
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the thrilling side of the history of the space race in this fact-tastic, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series about the secrets of American History! Did you know that you can't bring a sandwich on a spaceship? Or that a group of people who had lost their hearing played an important role in the race to send astronauts to the moon? Find out about those true stories and more in this book about the space race of the 1950s and 1960s."--...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
910L
Physical Desc
x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"This narrative nonfiction work recounts the early years of air and space exploration and the daring exploits of America's first astronauts--both the men and women who were called upon to train."--
"In the 1960s, locked in a heated race to launch the first human into space, the United States selected seven superstar test pilots and former military air fighters to NASA's astronaut class -- the Mercury 7. The men endured grueling training and constant...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The award-winning author of Eye of the Storm chronicles the lesser-known rivalry between former Nazi-turned-U.S. Cold War scientist Wernher von Braun and Russian rocket designer Sergei Korolev, explaining how their controversial scientific achievements shaped human history... The race to space--and to the moon- was masterminded in the shadows by two engineers on opposite sides of the Cold War: Wernher von Braun, a former Nazi officer living in the...
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