Missiles and Spy Satellites (The Space Race)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1532118309
ISBN 13
9781532118302
Category
non fiction
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Publication Year
2018
Publisher
Pages
48
Description
This title explores the military origins of the Space Race, including the geopolitics of the Cold War, the race to build intercontinental ballistic missiles, and sophisticated reconnaissance satellites. Will include information about Germany's development of the V-1 "buzz bomb" and V-2 missiles of World War II, and the United States enlistment of Wernher von Braun, the German scientist known as the father of rocketry. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
