Adams, William D.

Meet NASA inventor Dava Newman and her team's second-skin space suit Second-skin space suit / writer, William D. Adams - 48 pages : color illustrations - Out of this world .

Includes index.

Destination : Mars Mars challenges Inventor feature : growing up Air pressure problems An uncomfortable uniform Inventor feature : sailing around the world Big idea : mechanical counterpressure Inventor feature : deputy administrator of NASA Lines of nonextension Big idea : shape memory materials Using shape memory wire Inventor feature : reaching out Other functions of a space suit Dava Newman at work Inventor challenge : space suits for Europa

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Newman, Dava J.--Juvenile literature


Outer space--Exploration--Juvenile literature
Space suits--Design and construction--Juvenile literature

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