Milestones of flight : from hot-air balloons to SpaceShipOne / Tim Grove.
| Author/creator |
Grove, Tim, 1967- author. |
| Other author/creator | National Air and Space Museum issuing body. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2016 |
| Description | vii, 103 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Ballooning -- Wright Flyer -- Curtiss JN-4, the "Jenny" -- Douglas World Cruiser -- Goddard rocket -- Spirit of St. Louis -- Full scale wind tunnel -- Douglas DC-3 -- UAVs -- Bell XP-59A Aeracomet Whittle and Jumo 004B engines -- Bell X-1, Glamorous Glennis -- Boeing 367-80, "Dash 80" -- Sputnik 1 and Explorer 1 -- North American X-15 -- Discoverer/Corona -- Telstar -- Mercury Friendship 7 -- Mariner 2 -- Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird -- Gemini IV -- Imagination and the Star Trek Starship Enterprise -- Lunar Module and touchable moon rock -- Pioneer 10/11 -- Viking Lander -- Space Shuttle Discovery -- Hubble Space Telescope -- SpaceShipOne -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract | Milestones of Flight takes readers through the most important events in the history of aviation and spaceflight, from the hot-air balloons of the Montgolfier brothers in late eighteenth-century Paris to the commercial drones used today. The book traces the highlights, including the Wright Brothers' Flyer at Kitty Hawk, the planes and the pilots who were first to circumnavigate the globe, liquid-fueled rockets, Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong's moonwalk, military planes, and satellites. In addition to iconic flying machines, the book discusses various inventions that pushed flight higher and faster. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2015033040 |
| ISBN | 9781419720031 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1419720031 hardcover |
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| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 629 G9192M | ✔ Available | Place Hold |