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
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers,U.S.
Publication Date: 2018
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1682630137
ISBN 13: 9781682630136
Binding: Hardback
Illustrator: Gonzalez, Thomas
Condition: Good

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*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.

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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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