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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486261522
ISBN-139780486261522
eBay Product ID (ePID)344967
Product Key Features
Book TitleHistory of Space Exploration Coloring Book
Number of Pages48 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1989
TopicActivity Books, Technology / Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorBruce Lafontaine
Book SeriesDover Space Coloring Bks.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight6.4 Oz
Item Length10.9 in
Item Width8.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Grade FromSixth Grade
Grade ToEighth Grade
SynopsisExplore the sand dunes of Mars; Saturn's giant moon, Titan; the Moon's Sea of Tranquility, and other distant worlds in this thrilling coloring 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., Forty-four captioned illustrations accurately depict scenes of major milestones in space exploration -- from launching of the first liquid-fuel rocket (1926) to the Challenger tragedy (1986)., 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.