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Author:

Grove, Tim, 1967- author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Abrams Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

vii, 103 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Subject:

Aeronautics--History--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Astronautics--History--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics--History--Chronology.
Astronautics--History--Chronology.

Other Authors:

National Air and Space Museum.

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.

ISBN:

1419720031
9781419720031

LCCN:

2015033040

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)