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Destination Moon : the remarkable and improbable voyage of Apollo 11 / Richard Maurer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781626727458
  • 1626727457
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Presents a clear narrative on how the United States won the space race against Russia by landing a man on the Moon in 1969.
List(s) this item appears in: READALIKE: Historical Nonfiction (Chapter Books)
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 629.454 M453 Available 33111009365509
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 629.454 M453 Checked out 07/11/2024 33111009673373
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The history of NASA's Apollo program from Earth orbital missions to lunar landings in a propulsive nonfiction narrative.

Only now, it is becoming clear how exceptional and unrepeatable Apollo was. At its height, it employed almost half a million people, many working seven days a week and each determined that "it will not fail because of me."

Beginning with fighter pilots in World War II, Maurer traces the origins of the Apollo program to a few exceptional soldiers, a Nazi engineer, and a young eager man who would become president.

Packed with adventure, new stories about familiar people, and undeniable danger, Destination Moon takes an unflinching look at a tumultuous time in American history, told expertly by nonfiction author Richard Maurer.

Ages 10-14.

Presents a clear narrative on how the United States won the space race against Russia by landing a man on the Moon in 1969.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-379) and index.

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