rockets (aeronautics)

Uses model rockets to teach the scientific concept of controlled experimentation, that is a situation in which all experimental trials are the same except for one feature which the scientist wishes to study and evaluate. Completing this step-by-step instructional program, which covers topics from construction of the rockets to their launch, will require seven sequential 50 minute activity periods.

Contains two papers written by Robert Goddard, American pioneer in rocket science, about the history of rockets and jet propulsion laying the groundwork for long-range rockets, missiles, satellites, and spaceflight.

Richie builds a rocket on the roof of his apartment building and flies to the moon, where he explores to his heart's content.

Simple text with illustrations explains rockets and satellites and describes their capabilities and functions.

Describes the telescopes, rockets, satellites, and space probes by which humans have pursued unmanned exploration of outer space.

Photographs and simple text introduce early readers to the history of rockets, how they work, the various parts of a rocket, and how rockets have been used.

Diagrams, illustrations, and text describe the steps involved in designing and building a rocket.

Examines the history of rockets from their origins in China as early as the second century to the modern rocketry of the twenty-first century.

Contains essays that examine significant people, events, discoveries, collaborations, and experiments related to the development and use of rockets, and includes an extensive chronology, photographs and illustrations, and a glossary.