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The First Rockets
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  • EBOOK
  • Authored by: Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.
  • From the Series: Rockets
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  • ISBN-10: 1438193092
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-4381-9309-0
  • Status: In Stock
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  • Imprint: Facts On File
  • Published: 03/01/2021
  • Dewey Number: 621.43
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up

Summary

This eBook explores the evolution of the rocket from primitive gunpowder devices in ancient China to sophisticated reaction engines capable of brining humans to the Moon and instruments to other worlds in the solar system and beyond. Readers will gain an in-depth understanding of the major aspects of space travel that inspired many young German scientists and engineers to explore rocketry. 

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