The Geek?s Guide to Space

These are the ultimate spacecraft ?user manuals? for all space geeks and gearheads. Each volume includes more than 300 mostly color images and technical illustrations that invite the space enthusiast in to the inner workings of spacecraft like the Mars Rover, the Lunar Lander, the ISS, and the Apollo and Gemini rockets and capsules. Privileged insider tours of the machinery, mechanics, and manufacture of these awe-inspiring feats of technological innovation are complemented, contextualized, and enhanced by authoritative text that provides a full and extensive description of humankind?s greatest engineering achievements of the Space Age. Filled with technical drawings, spec sheets, capsule profiles of important engineers and astronauts, and mind-blowing space photography, this series is a treasure trove for anyone interested in the history, science, and engineering of manned spaceflight and exploration.

? Rich source of STEM content
? Generous package that couples highly detailed and informative text with a variety of other information sources, including technical drawings, spec sheets, and cutaway illustrations.
? High level science and engineering content that is also accessible and high interest?a real rarity in the school library market.

Library Set List: $231.35 / S&L: $173.50

Reading Level: 9

Interest Level: 7-10

Product type : Library Set
ISBN : 978-1-4994-6664-5
Copyright : 2018
Language : English
Pages : 192
Trim : 8" x 10"
Black-and-White Photographs • Charts • Graphs • Tables • Detailed Table of Contents • Diagrams • Full-Color Photographs • Further Information Section • Glossary • Graphic Organizers • Illustrations • Index • Websites
Other titles available in The Geek?s Guide to Space

Inside Apollo 11

The Geek?s Guide to Space

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Inside Gemini

The Geek?s Guide to Space

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Inside the International Space Station

The Geek?s Guide to Space

Library Bound Book List: $46.27 / S&L: $34.70

Inside the Lunar Rover

The Geek?s Guide to Space

Library Bound Book List: $46.27 / S&L: $34.70

Inside the Mars Rover

The Geek?s Guide to Space

Library Bound Book List: $46.27 / S&L: $34.70

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