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Missiles and spy satellites

by Hamilton, John,
Series: The space race Published by : Abdo & Daughters, (North Mankato, Minnesota :) Physical details: 48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm ISBN:9781532118302; 1532118309.
Subject(s): Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Juvenile literature. -- Non-fiction. | Cruise missiles | Space surveillance | Manned space flight | Artificial satellites. | Guided missiles. | Juvenile works.
Year: 2019
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j 600 - 699 j629.4 Ham (Browse shelf) Available State Grant-in-Aid 109561

Includes index.

The space race -- Early rockets -- How rockets work -- Rocket pioneers -- The V-2 missle -- Wernher von Braun -- Sergei Korolev -- The Cold War -- The ICBM -- Sputnik -- America's turn -- High-flying spies -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Online resources -- Index.

This title explores the military origins of the Space Race, including the geopolitics of the Cold War, the race to build intercontinental ballistic missiles, and sophisticated reconnaissance satellites. Will include information about Germany's development of the V-1 "buzz bomb" and V-2 missiles of World War II, and the United States enlistment of Wernher von Braun, the German scientist known as the father of rocketry. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

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