Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon
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- Title
- Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon
- Author
- Slade, Suzanne
- Publisher
- Peachtree
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1682630137
- ISBN 13
- 9781682630136
- Illustrator
- Gonzalez, Thomas
*2019 NSTA Best STEM Book
*2019 Outstanding Science Trade Book
*Starred Reviews: Booklist, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal
*Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine "Best Children's Books" list
Powerful free verse and stunning illustrations tell the true story of the American effort to land the first man on the Moon.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced that the United States would try to land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. During the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days following his speech, eighteen astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared into space. And four hundred thousand people―engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists―joined Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality.
Award-winning author and mechanical engineer Suzanne Slade joins up with New York Times best-selling illustrator Thomas Gonzalez to tell the powerful story of the successes, failures, triumphs, tragedies, and lessons from Apollos 1 through 10 that led to the first Moon landing.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced that the United States would try to land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. During the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days following his speech, eighteen astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared into space. And four hundred thousand people―engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists―joined Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality.
Award-winning author and mechanical engineer Suzanne Slade joins up with New York Times best-selling illustrator Thomas Gonzalez to tell the powerful story of the successes, failures, triumphs, tragedies, and lessons from Apollos 1 through 10 that led to the first Moon landing.
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About the Author
A mechanical engineer who used to work on rockets, Suzanne Slade is the award-winning author of over one hundred children's books. She lives in Illinois.
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