02081cam a2200397 i 4500 924787526 TxAuBib 20230809120000.0 180907s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781532118302 library binding 1532118309 library binding TxAuBib rda Hamilton, John, author. Missiles and Spy Satellites J / John Hamilton. North Mankato, Minnesota : Abdo & Daughters, [2019] ©2019. 48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Space Race Includes index. The space race -- Early rockets -- How rockets work -- Rocket pioneers -- The V-2 missle -- Wernher von Braun -- Sergei Korolev -- The Cold War -- The ICBM -- Sputnik -- America's turn -- High-flying spies -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Online resources -- Index. 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. 990L Lexile. 20230809. Space surveillance Juvenile literature. Rockets (Aeronautics) Juvenile literature. Cruise missiles Juvenile literature. Manned space flight Juvenile literature. Space race Juvenile literature. Space Race.