National Aeronautics and Space Administration
By: Teresa Wimmer
Edition: First edition.
Series: Agents of government
Publisher: Creative Education
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Mankato, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781608185474
Subjects: Juvenile literature; History; Astronautics; Exploration; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; United States
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Space race; title: The final frontier; title: Mission control; title: A new space age; title: Agency insiders:; title: Apollo-Soyuz test project; title: Columbia disaster; title: Valentina Tereshkova; title: Apollo I; title: Around the world:; title: Mars One; title: European Space Agency; title: GPM Core Observatory; title: "Earthrise".