Imagines sights and experiences on a moon visit.

Presents an imaginary journey to the Moon, from blastoff to touchdown.

In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon. On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this engrossing, fast-paced epic, Douglas Brinkley returns to the...

Explains the phases of the moon--the changes that seem to happen to it as it goes around Earth.

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasnt just one man who got us to the moon. The Moon Landing explores the people and technology that made the moon landing possible. Instead of examining one persons life, it focuses on the moon landing itself, showing the events leading up to it and how it changed the world. The book takes readers through the history...

Discusses the physical characteristics, relationship to the Earth, and exploration of the Moon.

Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.

Explains why the moon changes from crescent to full moon every twenty-nine and one-half days.

Max the dog and his friend Tori take the first trip to the Moon since the Apollo missions, inspiring the nations of the world to build a Moon colony. Scientific principles that support the story are clearly explained in "Big Kid Boxes" appearing on each page.