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Author:

Hamilton, John, 1959- author.

Title:

Project Gemini / John Hamilton.

Publisher:

Abdo & Daughters,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Subject:

Project Gemini (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Juvenile literature.
Astronauts--United States--Juvenile literature.
Manned space flight--Juvenile literature.
Project Gemini (U.S.)
Manned space flight.
Project Gemini (U.S.)
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Astronauts.
Manned space flight.
United States.
Juvenile works.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Project Gemini -- The space race heats up -- The Gemini spacecraft -- Gemini 3 -- Gemini 4 -- Gemini 5 -- Rendezvous: Gemini 6A and 7 -- Gemini 8 -- Gemini 9A -- Gemini 10 -- Gemini 11 -- Gemini 12 -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Online resources -- Index.

Summary:

Gemini was the second major project in the United States' manned spaceflight effort. This title will examine each two-man mission to test equipment and techniques to be used by the later Apollo missions to the Moon. These include docking maneuvers and spacewalks, all untested before the Gemini missions. Will also examine the parallel space exploration efforts of the Soviet Union during this period. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Series:

The space race
Hamilton, John, 1959- Space race.

ISBN:

1532118325
9781532118326

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1050605971

LCCN:

2018949997

Locations:

SVPC124 -- Clarksville Public Library (Clarksville)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)