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Title details for To the Moon! by Jeffrey Kluger - Available

To the Moon!

The True Story of the American Heroes on the Apollo 8 Spaceship

by Jeffrey Kluger
Ruby Shamir
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The exciting and inspiring true story of Apollo 8, the first crewed spaceship to break free of the Earth's orbit and reach the moon, by the best-selling author of Apollo 13.
What's more exciting than spaceships and astronauts? How about a spaceship carrying the first astronauts ever to see the moon firsthand—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 reach 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 outer space.
Includes a bonus PDF with Apollo 8 glossary and photos

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  • Release date

    March 20, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780525531388
      • File size: 211761 KB
      • Duration: 07:21:10

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1180
    • Text Difficulty: 8-10

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Author and narrator Jeffrey Kluger is passionate about NASA's 1968 Apollo 8 mission to circle the moon and about sharing this feat with listeners. The result is a captivating audiobook featuring lead astronaut Frank Borman and his fellow astronauts, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders. Listeners will hear about the tension of preceding the Russian cosmonauts on this route, the myriad firsts that would be accomplished to attempt the flight, the sorrow over the deaths of the Apollo 1 astronauts, the daily lives of the astronauts and their families, and the emotion and wonder of the flight itself. Kluger's animated voice presses onward and maintains suspense. Listeners will live, or relive, this breathtaking time in space exploration. A.R. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1180
  • Text Difficulty:8-10

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