Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
7130
Points per Word
0.00014
Page Count
92
Points per Page
0.01087
Series
Disasters (Saddleback)
Description
This book contains short descriptions of space disasters, including the fire aboard the "Apollo 1" spacecraft that killed 3 American astronauts in 1967, the explosion aboard the "Apollo 13," the "Challenger" accident in 1986, and the "Columbia" in 2003.