Mission Control, This Is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon Hardcover - 2009
by Andrew L. Chaikin; Alan Bean (Illustrator); Victoria Kohl (With)
July 20, 1969, marked one of the climactic momentsin our history - the day Apollo 11 landed on themoon. But it is only one piece of a magnificent story.Mission Control, This Is Apollo, by the acclaimed AndrewChaikin (author of A Man on the Moon, basisof the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon),recounts space history from the Mercury missionsthrough Apollo 17 and beyond. It is illustrated withstunning full-color paintings by astronaut AlanBean, who walked on the moon with Pete Conradon Apollo 12 and has devoted his post-NASA life tocreating art. Handsome, informative, and dramatic,this is no textbook - it is the tale of humankind'sgreatest adventure in the last frontier: space.
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- Title Mission Control, This Is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon
- Author Andrew L. Chaikin; Alan Bean (Illustrator); Victoria Kohl (With)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Ed
- Pages 114
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Children's Books, New York
- Date 2009-05-28
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780670011568 / 0670011568
- Weight 2.05 lbs (0.93 kg)
- Dimensions 11.3 x 10.1 x 0.7 in (28.70 x 25.65 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 1150
- Library of Congress subjects Project Apollo (U.S.), Space flight to the moon
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009000833
- Dewey Decimal Code 629.454
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They effectively highlight the Apollo program's magnificent achievements, as well as its moments of tension and tragedy. Supplemented with an admixture of photos and labeled diagrams, the large-scale art adds a dazzling visual element to this grand commemoration. —School Library Journal, starred review
This unique portrait of the Apollo voyages is a remarkable combination of intimate details of the space flights, historical and scientific details about the missions, and paintings by one of the astronauts. The extended introduction presents the mindset of America after Sputnik that set the stage for America’s space program. Students will delight in details such as toilet procedures, meals, and clothing for moon walking. — VOYA, starred review
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