Bibliograph

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Teresa Wimmer

Type

Label

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Teresa Wimmer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

885092609

Responsibility statement

Teresa Wimmer

Series statement

Agents of government

Summary

"An in-depth look at the people and policies behind the government agency known as NASA, from its founding in 1958 to the controversies and challenges it faces today"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Space race -- The final frontier -- Mission control -- A new space age -- Agency insiders: -- Apollo-Soyuz test project -- Columbia disaster -- Valentina Tereshkova -- Apollo I -- Around the world: -- Mars One -- European Space Agency -- GPM Core Observatory -- "Earthrise"

Target audience

adolescent

Classification