Missiles and Spy Satellites

By John Hamilton

Book Overview

This title explores the military origins of the Space Race, including the geopolitics of the Cold War, the race to build intercontinental ballistic missiles, and sophisticated reconnaissance satellites. Will include information about Germany's development of the V-1 "buzz bomb" and V-2 missiles of World War II, and the United States enlistment of Wernher von Braun, the German scientist known as the father of rocketry. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532118309
• ISBN13: 9781532118302
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: ABDO & Daughters
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9