Countdown : 2979 days to the moon /
Told in free verse, the story of the American effort to land the first man on the moon comes to life. During the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days following his speech, eighteen astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Atlanta, Georgia :
Peachtree Publishers,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Told in free verse, the story of the American effort to land the first man on the moon comes to life. During the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days following his speech, eighteen astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared into space. And four hundred thousand people-- engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists-- joined Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality. |
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| Physical Description: | 144 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 8-12. Grades 4 to 6. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781682630136 1682630137 9781643108346 1643108344 |