Project Gemini / by John Hamilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamilton, John, 1959-

Series:

Hamilton, John, 1959- Space race.

The Space Race

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project Gemini (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.

Project Gemini (U.S.).

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Juvenile literature.

United States.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Space flight--History--Juvenile literature.

Space flight.

Space race--Juvenile literature.

Space race.

Genre:

Juvenile works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Abdo & Daughters, [2019]

Summary:

Gemini was the second major project in the United States' manned spaceflight effort. This title will examine each two-man mission to test equipment and techniques to be used by the later Apollo missions to the Moon. These include docking maneuvers and spacewalks, all untested before the Gemini missions. Will also examine the parallel space exploration efforts of the Soviet Union during this period. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo and Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Contents:

Project Gemini

The space race heats up

The Gemini spacecraft

Gemini 3

Gemini 4

Gemini 5

Rendezvous : Gemini 6A and 7

Gemini 8

Gemini 9A

Gemini 10

Gemini 11

Gemini 12

Timeline.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781532171574

1532171579

9781532171505

1532171501

OCLC:

1100014333