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Apollo 11 and the first men on the moon / Eric Keppeler.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Real-life scientific adventuresPublisher: New York : PowerKids Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781508168423
  • 1508168423
  • 9781508168447
  • 150816844X
Subject(s):
Contents:
Earth's nearest neighbor -- Race to the moon -- Neil Armstrong -- Buzz Aldrin -- Michael Collins -- Training -- Rocket launch -- Touch and go -- Small step -- First look -- Exploring -- Coming home as heroes -- More trips to the moon.
Summary: "When Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, 530 million viewers watched Commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Michael Collins and Edwin Buzz Aldrin leave Earth with bated breath. This book relates the significant parts of that momentous journey, including the first color TV transmission to Earth, and the 21 hours, 36 minutes that Armstrong and Aldrin spent on the moon's surface. Bourgeoning scientists will be enthralled by this captivating history of the Apollo 11 adventure, which incorporates key social studies and science concepts." -- (Source of summary not specified)
List(s) this item appears in: Lunar Eclipse and the Moon
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 629.454 K38 Available 33111009305125
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

When Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, 530 million viewers watched Commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin leave Earth with bated breath. This book relates the significant parts of that momentous journey, including the first color TV transmission to Earth, and the 21 hours, 36 minutes that Armstrong and Aldrin spent on the moon's surface. Bourgeoning scientists will be enthralled by this captivating history of the Apollo 11 adventure, which incorporates key social studies and science concepts.

Includes index.

Earth's nearest neighbor -- Race to the moon -- Neil Armstrong -- Buzz Aldrin -- Michael Collins -- Training -- Rocket launch -- Touch and go -- Small step -- First look -- Exploring -- Coming home as heroes -- More trips to the moon.

"When Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, 530 million viewers watched Commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Michael Collins and Edwin Buzz Aldrin leave Earth with bated breath. This book relates the significant parts of that momentous journey, including the first color TV transmission to Earth, and the 21 hours, 36 minutes that Armstrong and Aldrin spent on the moon's surface. Bourgeoning scientists will be enthralled by this captivating history of the Apollo 11 adventure, which incorporates key social studies and science concepts." -- (Source of summary not specified)

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