Skurzynski, Gloria. <br/><br/>
This is rocket science  true stories of the risk-taking scientists who figure out ways to explore beyond Earth /  [electronic resource] : 
by Gloria Skurzynski. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  National Geographic,  c2010. 
 - 1 online resource (80 p.) :  ill. (chiefly col.). 
<br/><br/> OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).  Description based on print version record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 78) and index. 
<br/><br/>Fire arrows -- The fathers of modern rocketry -- Beeps from space -- Saturn wins, Orion loses -- Return and reuse -- Success and failure -- Way to go -- Farther needs faster. 
<br/><br/> A history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds. 
<br/><br/> 009-013. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781426307171 (electronic bk.) 1426307179 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aerospace engineers--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>Rocketry--History--Juvenile literature.<br/>Rockets (Aeronautics)--History--Juvenile literature.<br/>Aerospace engineers--Biography.<br/>Rocketry--History.<br/>Rockets (Aeronautics)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books- OSLIS.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL781.85.A1  / S58 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.4092/2