Apollo 8: The Mission That Changed Everything

by Martin W. Sandler

Book Overview

A nation in need of hope, the most powerful rocket ever launched, and the first three men to break the bounds of Earth: Apollo 8 was headed to the moon. In 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, America's rival in the Cold War claimed victory on a new frontier. The Space Race had begun, and the United States was losing. Closer to home, a decade of turbulence would soon have Americans reeling, with the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763694894
• ISBN13: 9780763694890
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.1" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher