The shuttle
Subtitle: exploring space
By: David Baker.
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781590367674; 9781590367681
Subjects: Space shuttles -- Juvenile literature; Outer space -- Exploration -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is the space shuttle?; title: Shuttle fact file (diagram); title: Designing the shuttle; title: The Orbiter; title: The external tank; title: Solid rocket boosters; title: Launching the shuttle; title: The Shuttle's role in space; title: Helping us on Earth; title: Who gets to go?; title: A typical day in space; title: Landing; title: The record in space.