Includes bibliographical references (page 61) and index.
Contents
Blasting off -- Today and tomorrow -- On the job -- If you build it, they will fly -- An interview with NASA engineer Jill Prince.
Audience
9-12.
Summary
Readers will learn about some of the greatest space missions in history and find out what today's top engineers and scientists are doing to advance space exploration to new heights. They will also find out what it takes to begin a career in space exploration and how different workers can fill a variety of roles in the quest to reach distant planets and stars.
