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What Is Nasa? (What Was?)

by Sarah Fabiny (Author) Ted Hammond (Illustrator)

What Is Nasa? (What Was?)

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Reading Level: 4^th − 5^th Grade

Series: What Was?

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"Find out all about NASA in this out-of-this-world addition to the What Was? series. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, and the many missions and discoveries that have taken place since then. NASA has a rich history and still plays an important role in uncovering the mysteries of the universe. Readers are sure to get sucked into this book."--

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Classification

Non-fiction

ISBN-13

9781524786052

Lexile Measure

-

Guided Reading Level

-

Publisher

Penguin Workshop

Publication date

May 07, 2019

Series

What Was?

BISAC categories

JNF051010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
JNF051040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Astronomy
JNF057010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation | Aviation

Library of Congress categories

History
United States
Outer space
Space flight
Astronautics
Exploration
Space race