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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164916503321

Autore

Grove Tim <1967->

Titolo

Milestones of flight : from hot-air balloons to SpaceShipOne / / Tim Grove

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Abrams Books for Young Readers, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61312-924-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

629.109

Soggetti

Aeronautics - History

Astronautics - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; INTRODUCTION; 1 BALLOONING; 2 WRIGHT FLYER; 3 CURTISS JN-4, THE "JENNY"; 4 DOUGLAS WORLD CRUISER; 5 GODDARD ROCKET; 6 SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS; 7 FULL SCALE WIND TUNNEL; 8 DOUGLAS DC-3; 9 UAVs; 10 BELL XP-59A AIRACOMET WHITTLE AND JUMO 004 ENGINES; 11 BELL X-1, GLAMOROUS GLENNIS; 12 BOEING 367-80, "DASH 80"; 13 SPUTNIK 1 AND EXPLORER 1; 14 NORTH AMERICAN X-15; 15 DISCOVERER/CORONA; 16 TELSTAR; 17 MERCURY FRIENDSHIP 7; 18 MARINER 2; 19 LOCKHEED SR-71 BLACKBIRD; 20 GEMINI IV; 21 IMAGINATION AND THE STAR TREK STARSHIP ENTERPRISE

22 LUNAR MODULE AND TOUCHABLE MOON ROCK23 PIONEER 10/11; 24 VIKING LANDER; 25 SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY; 26 HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE; 27 SPACESHIPONE; EPILOGUE; GLOSSARY; TIME LINE; ENDNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ILLUSTRATION CREDITS; INDEX OF SEARCHABLE TERMS

Sommario/riassunto

"This book is being published in association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The museum will celebrate its 40th anniversary in July 2016. There will be a new Smithsonian exhibition, to be called "Milestones of Flight." This book is NOT a catalog of the exhibition; rather, it is a history of flight told through approximately twenty-five historical milestones"--