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Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A celebration of the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon, this narrative uses 50 key artifacts from the Smithsonian archives to tell the story of the groundbreaking space exploration program. Bold photographs, fascinating graphics, and engaging stories commemorate the 20th century's most important space endeavor: NASA's Apollo program to reach the moon. From the lunar rover and an emergency oxygen mask to space food and moon rocks,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Enterprises
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles NASA's efforts to explore the moon, from photographing the surface by Pioneer and Ranger spacecraft to the Apollo landings. Discusses scientific discoveries and the possibility of setting up a moon colony.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Shares the story of the remarkable NASA scientists and engineers who created America's space program and fulfilled President Kennedy's mandate to put a man on the Moon before 1970.
"President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress that the United States should land a man on the Moon by 1970. No group was more surprised than the scientists and engineers at NASA, who suddenly had less than a decade to invent...
53) Apollo
Author
Publisher
Office of Public Affairs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off
Pub. Date
[1974]
Language
English
Series
Half and half volume level 2
Publisher
Treasure Bay
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In the story, My birthday on the moon, all Naram wants to do is have a birthday party with her friends, but instead she has to go to the moon all by herself. Is there any way this could work out? In the Facts section, learn how astronauts live for long periods of time in outer space, with no air to breathe and no gravity to hold you in place.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Description
Astronaut Michael Collins adds a revised chapter to the extraordinary story of his training and participation in the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 flights.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Unable to interest her parents, her brothers, or her dog on a trip to the moon, Lana heads to her room where she uses creativity and imagination to blast off in her own amazing space adventure. . . an adventure so amazing that the man in the moon, a moon woman, two moon boys, and moon monster soon soar in"--