| Descript |
114 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Audience |
1150L Lexile |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 8.0 5 5 130114 |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The sites of the Apollo Moon landings -- Apollo 101: a quick review -- A word from the artist -- Introduction: who were the astronauts? -- Apollo One -- Apollo Seven: when you gotta go, you gotta go -- Apollo Eight: all this and turkey, too -- Apollo Nine: the dark side of zero-G -- Apollo Ten: the Moon rocket -- Apollo Nine: the dark side of zero-G -- Appolo Ten: the moon rocket -- Apollo Eleven: the group brain -- Apollo Twelve: clothes make the Moonwalker -- Apollo Thirteen: a last-minute swap -- Apollo Fourteen: lunar germs? -- Apollo Fifteen: live from the Moon -- Apollo Sixteen: left behind -- Apollo Seventeen: the Moon rocks (and what happened to them after they got to Earth) -- Epilogue -- About the paintings -- The write stuff: how we wrote this book -- On research and sources -- Index. |
| Summary |
July 20, 1969, marked one of the climactic moments in our history, the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it is only one piece of a magnificent story. Mission Control, This Is Apollo, by the acclaimed Andrew Chaikin recounts space history from the Mercury missions through Apollo 17 and beyond. It is illustrated with stunning full-color paintings by astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the moon with Pete Conrad on Apollo 12 and has devoted his post-NASA life to creating art. Handsome, informative, and dramatic, this is no textbook, it is the tale of humankind's greatest adventure in the last frontier: space. |
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Project Apollo (U.S.) -- History.
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Project Apollo (U.S.) -- History.
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Space flight to the moon -- History.
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Astronautics -- United States.
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Space flight to the moon -- Planning.
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Outer space -- Exploration.
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Space flight to the moon -- History.
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Astronautics -- United States.
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Space flight to the moon -- Planning.
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| Add Author |
Kohl, Victoria.
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| ISBN |
9780670011568 (hardcover) |
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0670011568 (hardcover) |
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