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Author Chaikin, Andrew, 1956-

Title Mission control, this is Apollo : the story of the first voyages to the moon / Andrew Chaikin, with Victoria Kohl ; [with paintings by] Alan Bean.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 629.4 CHAIKIN    DUE 04-26-24
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J629.45 CHA    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J629.45 CHA    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J 629.454 CHAIKIN    DUE 05-11-24
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J629.45 CHA    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Young Adult  YA 629.45 CHA    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 629.45 CHA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 629.45 CHA    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 629.45 CHAIKIN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 629.45 CHAIKIN    DUE 04-27-24

Description 114 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The sites of the Apollo Moon landings -- Apollo 101: a quick review -- A word from the artist -- Introduction: who were the astronauts? -- Apollo One -- Apollo Seven: when you gotta go, you gotta go -- Apollo Eight: all this and turkey, too -- Apollo Nine: the dark side of zero-G -- Apollo Ten: the Moon rocket -- Apollo Nine: the dark side of zero-G -- Appolo Ten: the moon rocket -- Apollo Eleven: the group brain -- Apollo Twelve: clothes make the Moonwalker -- Apollo Thirteen: a last-minute swap -- Apollo Fourteen: lunar germs? -- Apollo Fifteen: live from the Moon -- Apollo Sixteen: left behind -- Apollo Seventeen: the Moon rocks (and what happened to them after they got to Earth) -- Epilogue -- About the paintings -- The write stuff: how we wrote this book -- On research and sources -- Index.
Summary Discusses the historic moment in 1969 when Apollo 11 landed on the moon, the major events that led up to this mission, and the advancements that have been made in space exploration from the Mercury missions to the present day.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.0 5.0 130114.
Subject Project Apollo (U.S.) -- History.
Space flight to the moon -- History.
Astronautics -- United States.
Space flight to the moon -- Planning.
Outer space -- Exploration.
Project Apollo (U.S.) -- History.
Space flight to the moon -- History.
Astronautics -- United States.
Space flight to the moon -- Planning.
Added Author Kohl, Victoria.
Bean, Alan, 1932-2018, illustrator.
ISBN 9780670011568 hardcover
0670011568 hardcover
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