The little spacecraft that could : New Horizons' amazing journey to Pluto and Arrokoth / Joyce Lapin ;illustrated by Simona Ceccarelli.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Sterling Children's Books, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 37 pages : coloured illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781454937555; 1454937556Subject(s): New Horizons (Spacecraft) -- Juvenile literature | New Horizons (Spacecraft) -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature | Planets -- Exploration -- Juvenile literature | Pluto probes -- Juvenile literature | Planets -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature | Space vehicles -- Juvenile literature | Pluto (Dwarf planet) -- Exploration -- Juvenile literature | Outer space -- Exploration -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 629.43/54922 Summary: An account of New Horizons-the spacecraft that journeyed to Pluto and changed the way scientists study outer space. Ride along with the New Horizons spacecraft as she rockets three billion miles to Pluto! Watch her take the first close-up photos of Pluto, and then journey another billion miles to mini-world Arrokoth. You'll whiz through space at more than 10 miles per second; learn how giant planet Jupiter helped the little spacecraft reach Pluto; and discover the astonishing surface feature that made the world fall in love with Pluto.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical refrences.
For Ages: 7 +.
An account of New Horizons-the spacecraft that journeyed to Pluto and changed the way scientists study outer space. Ride along with the New Horizons spacecraft as she rockets three billion miles to Pluto! Watch her take the first close-up photos of Pluto, and then journey another billion miles to mini-world Arrokoth. You'll whiz through space at more than 10 miles per second; learn how giant planet Jupiter helped the little spacecraft reach Pluto; and discover the astonishing surface feature that made the world fall in love with Pluto.
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