| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm. + 1 videodisc (29 min. ; sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Note |
"Conceived and produced by Weldon Owen Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia"--T.p. verso. |
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Originally published in Great Britain in 2008 by the Templar Company Limited. |
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"Featuring 200 photos from the NASA archives" -- Cover, p. [1] |
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"Bonus DVD and poster"-- Cover, p. [1] |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Book : Mission: Moon: Moon and us. Moon myths -- Reaching for the Moon -- Space race begins -- America responds -- Machines to the Moon -- Aiming for the Moon -- The Cape -- Selecting and training astronauts -- Practice in the field -- Apollo chronology -- Saturn V rocket -- Countdown -- Liftoff! -- Mission control -- Journey to the Moon -- Touchdown -- Lunar module -- Exploring the surface: Apollo 11 -- Exploring the surface: later missions -- On the Moon -- Space suit -- Lunar rover -- Command module pilot -- Splashdown -- Apollo 13 -- Moon rock -- After Apollo -- Back to the Moon? -- Moon base -- All about the Moon. Earth-Moon system -- Phases of the Moon -- Moon structure -- Surface features. |
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DVD : Mission to the moon : Apollo 11 -- Bonus featuers: Apollo 13 -- Lift off -- Moon views -- Training -- Earth views -- Moon walk. |
| Summary |
From liftoff to splashdown, this is the story of our most incredible journey - as you've never seen it before! Just in time for the fortieth anniversary of the first lunar landing and moonwalk, Mission to the Moon is a behind-the-scenes, richly illustrated commemoration of this history-making event. Featuring eighty pages full of information and stunning visuals, the book covers everything from the start of the space program to the construction of the shuttle to the legendary mission and beyond. The DVD contains actual footage from the Moon landing as well as highlights from later Apollo missions. |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen. |
| Credits |
Bonus dvd: director and designer, Ted Lowry; editor, Bastian Wimmer; music composed and conducted by Bernardo Segál; producer, Clayton Edwards; Video content provided by NASA Johnson Space Center; dvd produced by A La Carte Communications. |
| Subject |
Project Apollo (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
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Project Apollo (U.S.)
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Space flight to the moon -- Juvenile literature.
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Moon -- Exploration -- Juvenile literature.
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Space flight to the moon.
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Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) -- History.
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Moon -- Exploration.
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| Added Author |
Lowry, Ted.
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Segáll, Bernardo.
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| Added Title |
Moon |
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Flight to the moon : Apollo 11
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| ISBN |
9781416979357 |
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1416979352 |
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