"Explores the engineering challenges behind building rockets, as well as the creative solutions found to overcome those challenges"--Provided by publisher.
"Twenty-five times faster than the speed of sound, rockets are high-speed space delivery machines. Every week, at least one rocket launches into space from somewhere in the world! This title will boost the knowledge of reluctant readers as it breaks down space rockets"--Provided by the publisher.
Discusses the various types and uses of rockets, from those used for space exploration and for launching satellites to those used by the military and for fireworks, and covers the space race and what it takes to be an astronaut.