01289nam a2200337u 4500 40866963 OCoLC 20190501230752.0 ta 110128t19991998nyu 000 0aeng d 0440235502 (pbk.) : $6.99 9780440235507 (pbk.) : $6.99 BPL BPL JNE SLC OCL OCLCQ CTM n-us-wv n-us--- CTMA Hickam, Homer H., 1943- October sky : a memoir Homer H. Hickam, Jr. Rocket boys New York : Island Books, 1999, c1998. xvi, 428 p. ; 18 cm. Previously published as: Rocket boys. The author traces the boyhood enthusiasm for rockets that eventually led to a career at NASA, describing how he built model rockets in the family garage in West Virginia, inspired by the launch of the Soviet satellite "Sputnik" 900 Lexile. Hickam, Homer H., 1943- Aerospace engineers United States Biography. Coalwood (W. Va.) Social life and customs. Cornerstones of Science (Brunswick, Me.) Cornerstones of Science website http:// www.cornerstonesofscience.org/ 45 22646 22646 0 0 ABELJ abelj YA 2017-01-18 1 YA HICK 17764 2018-07-06 2018-07-03 6.99 2017-01-18 BOOK