The Smithsonian book of air & space trivia
2014
Book
"Who was the first person to dine in space? How long was the Wright brothers's first successful flight? What famous aircraft was named after a grape-flavored soft drink? What toy based on an animated film accompanied astronauts on a shuttle mission in 2000? These questions and many more are answered in The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia. In addition to the canon of space and aviation information, the pages are illustrated with more than 125 objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's collections"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781588344618
- 1588344614
Description: 240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Other Title:
- The Smithsonian book of air and space trivia
- Air & space trivia
Contents:
- Pioneers of air and space
- Centuries of discovery
- Launches and landings
- Getting on board
- Dogfights and aliens
- Women take wing
- War in the skies
- Controversies and calamities
- From monoplanes to moon buggies.
LCCN: 2014002172
Control Number: 1059116
Publisher: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2014]