To the moon! : the true story of the American heroes on the Apollo 8 spaceship

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To the moon! : the true story of the American heroes on the Apollo 8 spaceship

Title remainder

the true story of the American heroes on the Apollo 8 spaceship

Statement of responsibility

Jeffrey Kluger with Ruby Shamir

Creator

• trueKluger, Jeffrey

Contributor

• trueShamir, Ruby

Author

• trueKluger, Jeffrey
• trueShamir, Ruby

Subject

• Apollo 8 (Spacecraft) -- Juvenile literature
• trueAstronauts
• trueCold War
• trueInternational competition
• Juvenile works
• Project Apollo (U.S.)
• Project Apollo (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature
• trueSpace exploration
• Space flight to the moon
• trueSpace flight to the moon
• Space flight to the moon -- Juvenile literature
• trueSpace programs
• trueSpace programs -- International competition
• trueSpace vehicles
• Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)
• trueApollo 8 (Spacecraft)

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Juvenile works

Language

eng

Summary

"What's more exciting that spaceships and astronauts? How about a spaceship carrying the first astronauts ever to see the moon first hand -- on Christmas! The year was 1968, and the American people were still reeling from the spacecraft fire that killed the Apollo 1 crew a year earlier. On top of that, there were rumors that the Russian cosmonauts were getting ready to fly around the moon. NASA realized that they needed to take a bold step -- and that they needed to take it now. They wanted to win the space race against Russia and hold true to President Kennedy's promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. So in a risky move, a few days before Christmas of that year, they sent Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders to the moon! This book about the exciting and inspiring true story of Apollo 8, the first crewed spaceship to break free of Earth's orbit and each the moon, tells the story of these three brave men, the frantic rush to get their rocket ready, and the journey that gave the American people -- and the world -- a new look at the planet we live on and the corner of space we inhabit. Filled with the science and training required to put a person into space, and every detail of what it's like to live in a spaceship for days on end (including what happens when astronauts need to use the bathroom), this book is sure to leave kids clamoring for a spot on the next mission to outerspace" --

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing
• trueRichly detailed

Assigning source

From Amazon

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

629.45/4

Index

index present

Intended audience

• Age 8-12
• Grades 4 to 6
• 1180L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 9

Target audience

pre adolescent