Amazing Feats of Aerospace Engineering
By: by Angie Smibert ; content consultant, Mark Sensmeier, Associate Professor and Chair, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Series: Great achievements in engineering; Great achievements in engineering
Publisher: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing; ABDO Publishing Company
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781624034251
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Aerospace engineering
Other titles: Aerospace Engineering
Description: Engineers design our modern world. They combine science and technology to create incredible vehicles, structures, and objects. This title examines amazing feats of aerospace engineering. Engaging text explores the Saturn V moon rocket, the International Space Station, and the worlds largest passenger jet. It also examines the engineers who made these projects a reality and traces the history of the discipline.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.
Table of contents: title: Making giant leaps possible; title: Aerospace engineering; title: Designing a moon rocket; title: Flying the Saturn V; title: Cooperating in space; title: Keeping the space station; title: Developing the superjumbo; title: Going into service; title: New fontiers.