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In 1961 President Kennedy issued a challenge to land a person on the moon and return safely to Earth before the end of the 1960s, a bold proclamation at the time, given that only one US astronaut had been to space, for just 15 minutes. The race to the moon was part of the larger Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, a race where the Russians appeared far ahead of the Americans. Apollo was a complicated, dangerous and expensive adventure involving 400,000 people across the nation. Before it was over, NASA had made 11 Apollo flights, six of which landed on the moon, and eight astronauts had lost their lives. But it was also fun, and the crews never missed a chance to enjoy the trip or pull off a prank 240,000 miles from home. The Apollo Missions for Kids tells the story from the perspective of those who lived it-the astronauts and their families, the controllers and engineers, the technicians and politicians who made the impossible possible.

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The greatest exploring voyages in history, the Apollo missions to the moon still awe and inspire half a century on. In clear and exciting prose, Jerome Pohlen brings the Apollo story to a new generation of explorers. Tom Jones, four-time shuttle astronaut and author of Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir [A] detailed and generously illustrated overview...An ideal candidate for STEM collections. -- Booklist An engrossing portrayalat once broad in scope and rich in specific details. -- Kirkus Online

The greatest exploring voyages in history, the Apollo missions to the moon still awe and inspire half a century on. In clear and exciting prose, Jerome Pohlen brings the Apollo story to a new generation of explorers. Tom Jones, four-time shuttle astronaut and author of Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir

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Jerome Pohlen is a former elementary school science teacher, an engineer,an editor, and the author ofAlbert Einstein and Relativity for Kidsas well as a dozen award-winning science kits, including Famous Experiments, Microscopic World,and Wild Weather.

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