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Taking Apart a Rocket
Taking Apart a Rocket
Taking Apart a Rocket
Taking Apart a Rocket
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Taking Apart a Rocket

Published: 12 Jun 2025

Hardback, 32 pages

Recommended for age 9+

By Chris Oxlade

Illustrated by Sean O'Brien

Published by Hachette Children's Group

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Inside Info: Taking Apart a Rocket is a feast of facts, figures, diagrams and details with no layer unexplored. Pull apart all the rocket's stages, fuel tanks, engine parts, boosters, thrusters, exhaust systems, on-board controls, crew modules, escape systems, even space suits and splash-down parachutes!

Contents include: Rocket into space / Rocket rings / Fuel tanks / Engines / Fireworks and hobby rockets / Booster bits / Avionics / Payloads / Carrying crew / Lift off and controls / Safety and life support / Steering and docking / Coming back to Earth.