History of Space Exploration by Bruce Lafontaine (English) Paperback Book

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Forty-four captioned illustrations accurately depict scenes of major milestones in space exploration - from launching of first liquid-fuel rocket (1926) to Challenger tragedy (1986).

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Forty-four captioned illustrations accurately depict scenes of major milestones in space exploration - from launching of first liquid-fuel rocket (1926) to Challenger tragedy (1986). Explore the sand dunes of Mars; Saturn's giant moon, Titan; the Moon's Sea of Tranquility, and other distant worlds in this thrilling colouring book, which highlights major milestones in space exploration. Forty-four carefully researched, accurately drawn illustrations re-create a variety of exciting scenes that chronicle human attempts to explore space - from the launch of the first liquid-fuel rocket in 1926 to the tragedy of the space shuttle Challenger in January 1986. Other fully captioned drawings include the start of the "Space Race" with the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1 (1957); the U. S. launch of a chimp into suborbital space (1961); first U. S. space walk (Ed White, June 1965); first space rendezvous (December 1965); first men on the moon (1969); Sally Ride, first U. S. woman astronaut (1983); and much more.

Author Biography

An award-winning artist, writer, and graphic designer, Bruce LaFontaine specializes in books about history, science, transportation, and architecture. Bruce has written and illustrated 70 Dover titles, and his work has appeared in Scientific American, The Wall Street Journal, and other prominent publications.

Long Description

Forty-four captioned illustrations accurately depict scenes of major milestones in space exploration -- from launching of first liquid-fuel rocket in 1926 to Challenger tragedy in 1986. Other exciting drawings: launch of Sputnik (1957), first U.S. space walk (1965), first men on the moon (1969), more.

Details ISBN0486261522 Pages 48 Language English ISBN-10 0486261522 ISBN-13 9780486261522 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY NA Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Short Title COLOR BK-HIST OF SPACE EXPLORA Residence Rochester, NY, US Series Dover History Coloring Book DOI 10.1604/9780486261522 UK Release Date 1990-08-01 AU Release Date 1990-08-01 NZ Release Date 1990-08-01 Audience Age 12 Publisher Dover Publications Inc. Audience Children / Juvenile Author Bruce Lafontaine Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-03-28 Imprint Dover Children's US Release Date 2003-03-28 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this

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