• Media type: Book
  • Title: The Smithsonian book of air & space trivia
  • Contains: Pioneers of air and spaceCenturies 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.
  • Contributor: Pastan, Amy [Author]
  • Corporation: Smithsonian Institution
  • imprint: Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2014
  • Extent: 240 S.; Ill
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9781588344618; 1588344614
  • RVK notation: ZO 7000 : Allgemeines
    ZO 8000 : Allgemeines incl. Navigation
  • Keywords: National Air and Space Museum > Raumfahrt
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  • Description: "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"--

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