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47 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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Español
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Descubre la emocionante historia de la aviación: los primeros intentos, los grandes fracasos... y la genialidad y valentía de los pioneros de la navegación aérea. Conoce todos los detalles sobre los aviones más grandes, veloces y modernos, y déjate sorprender por los datos más impactantes. Completan el libro un sinfín de curiosidades, acompañadas de sus correspondientes e ilustrativas imágenes.
Discover the exciting history of aviation:...
53) America's hangar
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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From the first airplane, commercial aircraft, and spacecraft to take an American into orbit, Smithsonian Channel takes you on a personal tour of the collections of the National Air and Space Museum, chronicling the first century of flight.
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Exploring the planets has been a goal of America's space program since the dawn of the space race. This insider's perspective examines incredible missions of robotic spacecraft to every corner of our solar system and beyond. Some were flown into glory, while others were planned and relegated to dusty filing cabinets. All were remarkable in their aspirations. Award-winning science writer Rod Pyle profiles both the remarkable spacecraft and the amazing...
56) The Wright stuff
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The all-American story of two Midwestern boys who truly believed they could fly, Orville and Wilbur Wright. Discover little-known facts about these visionary brothers and their flying machines that changed the world.
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Presents a brief biography of Chuck Yeager, the man who broke the sound barrier, in simple text with illustrations including information his career as a air craft mechanic and test pilot, to becoming an expert on military aircraft and pioneering modern aviation.
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513 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"With the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. And that milestone carried major implications: Silicon Valley, not NASA, was suddenly cemented as the epicenter of the new Space Age. Start-ups and the wealthy investors behind them began to realize that the universe-ungoverned and infinite-was open for business. Welcome to the wild west of aerospace...
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