Title:
Disaster strikes! : the most dangerous space missions of all time
Author:
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Philomel Books, [2019]
Physical Description:
218 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781984812759
Abstract:
A collection of stories about space missions gone wrong.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
The tale of the sinking spacecraft : Liberty Bell 7, 1961 -- Spinout in space : Gemini 8, 1966 -- The terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad space walk : Gemini 9, 1966 -- The fire : Apollo 1, 1967 -- The unlucky mission of Soyuz 1 : Soyuz 1, 1967 -- The tumbling moonship : Apollo 10, 1969 -- The moon trip and the lightning strike : Apollo 12, 1969 -- Explosion in space : Apollo 13, 1970 -- The three lost cosmonauts : Soyuz 11, 1971 -- The lost teacher : Challenger, 1986 -- Crack-up in orbit : Mir Space Station, 1997 -- The astronaut who almost drowned in space : International Space Station, 2013.
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Language:
English
