"Robert Goddard may be known as the father of US rocketry, but back in the 1880s, he was just a kid in Worcester, Massachusetts ... [This is the story] about a young kid who shot for the moon, never gave up, and let his creative sparks of curiosity burn bright"--Amazon.com.

"Chris Ferrie has delighted children and families around the world with his unique take on science with his board book series. Now it's time for beginning readers to experience this information for themselves! From general relativity to quantum physics, from astrophysics to rocket science, Brainy Science will intrigue and teach young scientists a variety of subjects with simple, easy-to-read text. These beginning reader books include : easy vocabulary,...

Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the twentieth century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force. The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II, and centers on the design, production and dispatch...

"Sadie Sprocket is a girl with a big dream--to go to Mars! No one has been to Mars (yet!), so of course that's where Sadie sets her sights. She learns everything she can about the planet and space, then assembles her crew of trusty stuffed animals. Together they build a rocket and prepare for the historic journey. And then finally--blastoff! Sadie and her team make it to Mars, but what will they encounter when they leave the ship? And will they travel...

A countdown from twelve to one as a space shuttle awaits liftoff.

"Asha and Baz have a paper rocket to launch! Whoever builds the rocket that travels the farthest will get to meet astronaut Chris Hadfield. The only problem is Asha and Baz don't know how to power their rocket. Stuck and unsure, the kids brainstorm by drawing a rocket in the sand using a stick. Only this is a very unusual stick. In fact, it's a magic stick! And it transports them back in time to meet a person who might be able to help them with their...

"Moonglow unfolds as the deathbed confession of a man the narrator refers to only as "my grandfather." It is a tale of madness, of war and adventure, of sex and marriage and desire, of existential doubt and model rocketry, of the shining aspirations and demonic underpinnings of American technological accomplishment at midcentury, and, above all, of the destructive impact--and the creative power--of keeping secrets and telling lies"--Dust jacket.

The moon landing expanded humanity's sense of the possible. Learn how the space program grew out of advances in rocketry during World War II and advanced rapidly due to cold war paranoia exacerbated by the launch of Sputnik.

In the new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about how rockets work. What are Newton's Three Laws of Motion? Why are thrust, weight and control important to rocketry? How do you design a rocket? What is triangulation? How can engineers determine the exact position of a rocket? The answers to these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics and exciting video. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce...