Andrew Chaikin
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
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...
8) Full moon
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Digitally scanned photographs from the Apollo missions to the moon are arranged in a single composite voyage, with launch scenes, a walk in space, an orbit of the moon, a lunar landing and exploration, the return to Earth, final orbit and splashdown. Followed by data and an essay on the Apollo missions, and notes about each photograph.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
"This era of ongoing discovery has shown us a "new" solar system, one brimming with unanticipated beauty, diversity, and mystery. Our robotic emissaries have visited every planet except Pluto. Through these explorations we have mapped the faces of our distant neighbors, dug into their soils, and plumbed their exotic atmospheres. And astronomers now realize that ours is but one of many solar systems in our part of the Milky Way galaxy." "This book...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Tells the dramatic story of the Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts. Go from President John F. Kennedy's historic speech to the manned space missions and through to the defining moment of the space program - putting a man on the moon. These are the stories of the men, women and children who lived, breathed and manufactured from the power of human will, one of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind
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