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Countdown : 2979 days to the moon

Slade, Suzanne (author.). Gonzalez, Thomas 1959- (illustrator.).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 1643108344
ISBN: 9781643108346
ISBN: 1682630137
ISBN: 9781682630136
Physical Description: 144 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Publisher: Atlanta : Peachtree, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-143).
Formatted Contents Note:	A daring dream -- The first mission, Apollo 1 -- The mission continues -- To the sky, Apollo 4-6 -- Risking it all, Apollo 7 -- Aiming for the moon, Apollo 8 -- Spider in space, Apollo 9 -- Dress rehearsal, Apollo 10 -- Achieving the dream, Apollo 11.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 8-12. Grades 4 to 6. 940L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.4 1 195769.