Milestones of flight : from hot-air balloons to SpaceShipOne

Grove, Tim, 1967- author.

Book 2016

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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ISBN:

9781419720031
1419720031

Description:

vii, 103 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm
regular print

Target Audience Note:

Ages 10-14

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

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
Touchable moon rock
Pioneer 10/11
Viking Lander
Space Shuttle Discovery
Hubble Space Telescope
SpaceShipOne
Epilogue

LCCN:

2015033040

Control Number:

1659162

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National Air and Space Museum

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