Destination Moon: The Remarkable and Improbable Voyage of Apollo 11

by Richard Maurer

Book Overview

The history of NASA's Apollo program from Earth orbital missions to lunar landings in a propulsive nonfiction narrative. Only now, it is becoming clear how exceptional and unrepeatable Apollo was. At its height, it employed almost half a million people, many working seven days a week and each determined that "it will not fail because of me." Beginning with fighter pilots in World War II, Maurer traces the origins of the Apollo program to a few exceptional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626727457
• ISBN13: 9781626727458
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9