Bibliograph

Milestones of flight, from hot-air balloons to SpaceShipOne, Tim Grove

Type

Label

Milestones of flight, from hot-air balloons to SpaceShipOne, Tim Grove

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

10-14

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Milestones of flight

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Tim Grove

Sub title

from hot-air balloons to SpaceShipOne

Summary

This book is being published in association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The museum will celebrate its 40th anniversary in July 2016. There will be a new Smithsonian exhibition, to be called Milestones of Flight. This book is NOT a catalogue of the exhibition; rather, it is a history of flight told through approximately twenty-five historical milestones

Table Of Contents

Ballooning -- Wright Flyer -- Curtiss JN-4, the "Jenny" -- Douglas World Cruiser -- Goddard rocket -- Spirit of St. Louis -- Full scale wind tunnel -- Douglas DC-3 -- UAVs -- Bell XP-59A Aeracomet -- Whittle and Jumo 004B engines -- Bell X-1, Glamorous Glennis -- Boeing 367-80, "Dash 80" -- Sputnik 1 and Explorer 1 -- North American X-15 -- Discoverer/Corona -- Telstar -- Mercury Friendship 7 -- Mariner 2 -- Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird -- Gemini IV -- Imagination and the Star Trek Starship Enterprise -- Lunar Module -- Touchable moon rock -- Pioneer 10/11 -- Viking Lander -- Space Shuttle Discovery -- Hubble Space Telescope -- SpaceShipOne -- Epilogue

Target audience

pre adolescent

Contributor