"Rocket scientists are very smart, and they're also very adventurous. Designing and studying rockets is an exciting career that involves science, technology, engineering, and math. Readers discover how rocket scientists apply these areas of STEM in their everyday work. Informative main text, fun fact boxes, and a detailed graphic organizer guide readers through stories of what rocket scientists do. Colorful photographs of rocket scientists in action accompany the exciting, career-focused text. How do rocket scientists get their rockets to successfully blast off? The answers to this question and many more are waiting for readers!"--Provided by the publisher.

Includes index. Includes glossary.

It does take a rocket scientist! -- What's a rocket? -- Many jobs, one title -- Turning fiction into fact -- The first American rocket scientist -- A mission to Mars -- Working with lasers -- From watching to creating -- Taking stuff into space -- The future of aerospace engineering -- Keep on studying! -- College students launch experiments -- High school rocket scientists -- All systems go!.