Product details
ISBN
9781526314192
Published
2028
Publisher
Hachette Children's Group
Height
271 mm
Width
213 mm
Age
02, J
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
32
Author
Biographical note
Rob Colson is an author and editor of a wide range of books for children and adults, including many natural history, maths and science titles. Previous titles as author: Wayland: Ultimate Cars, Ultimate Machines (Wayland); Super Science (Franklin Watts). Other titles: Bone Collection: Animals (published by Scholastic), Puzzles, Conundrums and Enigmas (published by Parragon). Contributing author to Battle (DK).Discover some of the fastest vehicles ever made!
Rockets are the most powerful vehicles ever built, carrying us to the Moon and beyond. In this book, you can read about the huge forces rockets create as they blast into space, and learn how they've developed over the last 1,000 years.
This book is part of the Maximum Speed speed, a collection of books that take a close look at record-breaking vehicles and the people who build, drive and pilot them. Each book details how each craft has evolved over time, and how they're engineered for extreme performance. These books are the perfect introduction for future engineers and designers aged 9+.
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Discover some of the fastest vehicles ever made, and how they're engineered for maximum speed
- 1: History of rocketry
- 2: Aiming higher
- 3: Contents
- 4: The first space missiles
- 5: Escaping earth's gravity
- 6: The space race begins
- 7: Mission to the moon
- 8: Heavy-lift vehicle: Saturn V
- 9: Space shuttle
- 10: Deep space probes
- 11: Future NASA missions
- 12: Missions to mars
- 13: Private mission: SpaceX
- 14: Rockets to the stars
- 15: Glossary
- 16: Speed file
- 17: Index
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Product details
ISBN
9781526314192
Published
2028
Publisher
Hachette Children's Group
Height
271 mm
Width
213 mm
Age
02, J
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
32
Author