
The Smithsonian book of air & space trivia / Amy Pastan.
Título:
The Smithsonian book of air & space trivia / Amy Pastan.
ISBN:
9781588344618
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Información de publicación:
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2014]
©2014
Descripción física:
240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contenido:
Pioneers of air and space -- Centuries of discovery -- Launches and landings -- Getting on board -- Dogfights and aliens -- Women take wing -- War in the skies -- Controversies and calamities -- From monoplanes to moon buggies.
Síntesis:
"Who was the first person to dine in space? How long was the Wright brothers's first successful flight? What famous aircraft was named after a grape-flavored soft drink? What toy based on an animated film accompanied astronauts on a shuttle mission in 2000? These questions and many more are answered in The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia. In addition to the canon of space and aviation information, the pages are illustrated with more than 125 objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's collections"-- Provided by publisher.
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DAK_OCLC_NUMBER:
ocn849199572
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