Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon
Language: English
Published by Peachtree Publishers,U.S., 2018
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Suzanne Slade's award-winning free verse and Thomas Gonzales' stunning illustrations tell the captivating true story of NASA's effort to land the first man on the Moon.★ Elegant and informative. ―Booklist, STARED REVIEW★ Captivating.well-researched.stirring. ―Publishers Weekly, STARED REVIEW★ Truly out of this world. --School Library Journal, STARED REVIEWA patriotic testament to American grit and ingenuity, Countdown presents exhilarating, informative, and accessible free verse by award-winning author Suzanne Slade paired with historic photographs and detailed illustrations by New York Times bestselling illustrator Thomas Gonzalez. Together, they capture the gripping historic story of NASA's 20th century efforts to conquer a new space frontier.Through triumph and tragedy, success and failure, an entire nation is glued to the high-stakes, 2,979-day mission as 18 astronauts climb into spacecraft; three men die before even leaving the ground; eight rockets soar into space; and 400,000 people―engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists―join Project Apollo in pursuit of making a dream a reality.A necessary purchase for all STEM and space enthusiasts.Awards: Best Children's Books of 2018 ―Smithsonian Air & Space MagazineRecommended Space Books for Kids ―The Planetary SocietyBooklist Top 10 Sci-Tech Books for YouthBest STEM Books ―ASE / ITEA / NSTA / SEPA / CBCOutstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 ―NSTA / CBCParents' Choice Gold AwardAlso by Suzanne Slade: Dangerous JaneMars Is.…
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- Title
- Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon
- Author
- Suzanne Slade
- Publisher
- Peachtree Publishers,U.S.
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1682630137
- ISBN 13
- 9781682630136
- Illustrator
- Gonzalez, Thomas
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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