Human Spaceflight
- ISBN-10
- 1438108915
- ISBN-13
- 9781438108919
- Series
- Human Spaceflight
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 385
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Publisher
- Infobase Publishing
- Author
- Joseph A. Angelo
Description
Presents an introduction to human space exploration, discussing the evolution of space technology that has allowed the human race to go from merely orbiting the Earth to landing on the Moon and living for months in a space station.
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- 2015-11-05
- 168 pages
- Paperback
- University of Arizona Press
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