01193cam a2200289 4500 63586798 TxGeo 20100525120000.0 090519s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009020386 9781426305979 hc 1426305974 hc (OCoLC)335695885 DLC DLC TnLvILS TxGeo Skurzynski, Gloria. This is rocket science : true stories of the risk-taking scientists who figure out ways to explore beyond Earth / by Gloria Skurzynski. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2010. 80 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78) and index. A history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds. Ages 9-13. 20100526. Aerospace engineers. Rocketry History. Rockets (Aeronautics.) QS5