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The Smithsonian book of air & space trivia
—Pastan, Amy.
2014

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"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]
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