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Barcode30293102350803
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call NoJ 629.47 Bark
TitleRocket / written by Josh Barker.
AuthorBarker, Josh, author.
CollectionJNF
Total Circ0
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102350803J 629.47 Bark4/9/2026 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9798217133734 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 9780241740491 (hardback)
International Standard Book Number 0241740495 (hardback)
Personal Name Barker, Josh, author.
Title Statement Rocket / written by Josh Barker.
Edition Statement First American edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : DK Publishing, Inc., 2026.
Physical Description 61 pages : color illustrations, map ; 28 x 36 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note What is a rocket? -- Under contsruction -- Hot-fire testing -- Rocket fuel -- Rocket transportation -- Protecting the payload -- Super stacking -- Vehicle Assembly Building -- Roll to the launch pad -- Go for launch -- Blast off! -- Guidance systems -- Heat trail -- Flight path -- ESA's Ariane -- Stage separation -- SpaceX Starship -- Reusable rockets -- Soyuz system -- Long March launch -- Smal launchers -- Satellite orbits -- Crewed craft --- Space Shuttle -- Docking with the ISS -- Space Launch System -- Mighty Saturn V - Returning home -- Launch vehicles -- Launch sites.
Summary, Etc. The closest you can get to a rocket launch without actually being there! When rocket engines fire, they burn through thousands of tons of fuel in seconds. Most spectators will be watching from a safe distance away, but this book takes you beyond the safety railing and gives you an all-access pass to the jaw-dropping sight of a rocket blasting off. See behind the scenes and into the hangar as engineers fine-tune the machinery ready for launch. Meet the transporter vehicles that haul these enormous engines to the launchpad. Then strap in and get ready for lift off! Space rockets are the most powerful machines ever built. As tall as a 15-story building, they will soon send the next generation of astronauts to the Moon and beyond. This book is a celebration of the machines that make space exploration possible, using sheer power to blast spacecraft off Earth's surface and into orbit. Alongside the breathtaking photographs, supporting sections lay out the history of rocketry, compare notable launch vehicles from history, and explain the science behind space flight.
Target Audience Note Ages: 09 to 12
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Space flight Juvenile literature.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Rocketry Juvenile literature.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Space vehicles Juvenile literature.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Rockets (Aeronautics) Juvenile literature.
Index Term-Genre/Form Informational works.

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