Out of this World Space Tech

Clive Gifford

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Wayland
24 November 2020

Space (Children's&YA)

Packed with stunning photographs, this book celebrates the incredible ingenuity of spacecraft designers and the courage of intrepid astronauts. It offers a chronological sweep of the history of space travel and technology, from the ealiest rockets to the latest missions. Readers age 7 and up can discover the amazing array of technology that has enabled us to leave Earth and explore the universe. Then they can become rocket scientists themselves by following step-by-step instructions to build and launch their own rocket.

By: Clive Gifford
Imprint: Wayland
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 288mm, Width: 218mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781526310712
ISBN 10: 1526310716
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 24 November 2020
Recommended Age: From 7 to 11 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Out of this World 2: Rocket Science 3: The First Space Satellite 4: Vostok 5: Mercury-Gemini Missions 6: Saturn V 7: Apollo Spacecraft 8: Lunar Rovers 9: Soyuz Spacecraft 10: Skylab 11: Voyager 1 and 2 12: Space Suits 13: Satellites 14: The Hubble Space Telescope 15: Radio Telescopes 16: Space Shuttle 17: Piggyback Probes 18: Mars Rovers 19: Astronaut Training 20: International Space Station 21: The ISS at Work 22: Planet Hunter: Kepler Space Telescope 23: Dwarf Planet Explorers 24: Super Scopes 25: Jupiter and Solar Probes 26: Mars 2020 27: Soon in Space 28: Space Bases 29: Build a Rocket 30: Glossary 31: Further Information 32: Index

Clive Gifford is the author of more than 150 children's books including Eye Benders, winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, Royal Society-nominated Out of This World and Cool Technology which won the School Library Association Information Book Award. He has travelled through 70 countries, run a computer games company and taken part in all manner of sports from parachuting and gliding to Ultimate Frisbee. Clive's official website can be found at www.clivegifford.co.uk

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Out of this World Space Tech

Clive Gifford

$32.99

Hardback

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