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The space shuttle Challenger

Author: Todd Kortemeier; Robin Dillon-Merrill
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Publishing, [2020]
Series: Engineering disasters (Core Library (Firm))
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This book examines the scope of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, its causes, and how people can keep a similar disaster from happening again. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Genre/Form: Electronic books
Juvenile works
Juvenile literature
Additional Physical Format: Print version:
Space shuttle Challenger.
Minneapolis : Abdo Publishing, [2020]
(DLC) 2019942038
Material Type: Document, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Todd Kortemeier; Robin Dillon-Merrill
ISBN: 9781532175572 1532175574 9781532190759 1532190751 9781532176609 1532176600
OCLC Number: 1138099987
Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color).
Contents: Chapter 1. A chilly morning --
chapter 2. The shuttle --
chapter 3. Piecing things together --
chapter 4. Finding the cause --
chapter 5. Return to flight.
Series Title: Engineering disasters (Core Library (Firm))
Responsibility: by Todd Kortemeier ; content consultant, Robin Dillon-Merrill, PhD Professor, McDonough School of Business Georgetown University.

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This book examines the scope of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, its causes, and how people can keep a similar disaster from happening again. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

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Engineering Disasters: The Space Shuttle Challenger

by barker_patricia (WorldCat user published about 2 weeks ago) Very Good Permalink

This book is a great introduction to the space shuttle Challenger - it's design, it's history and the tragedy that occurred. There are references to the people on board, as well as access to President Reagan's speech that he gave after the disaster. The book is short, but there is a ton of information...
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