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Launch Vehicles Pocket Space GuideCovering such design elements as propellants, tanks, engines, and payloads, this detailed look at the mechanism that gets spaceflight started describes the international fleet of launch vehicles A total of 259 types of launch vehicles have been developed by the United States (165), Russia (54), China (14), Japan (14) and the European Space Agency (ESA) (12). Learn how these most complex and awe-inspiring machines actually work and why they call anything that is difficult to achieve "rocket science". Availability: Usually ships within one business day. |