In 1961, President Kennedy issued a challenge: before the end of the decade, the United States would land a person on the moon and return him safely to Earth—a bold proclamation at the time given that only one US astronaut had ever been to space, for just 15 minutes. To answer President
Kennedy’s call, NASA embarked on the Apollo missions: a complicated, dangerous, and expensive adventure involving 400,000 people. Before the missions were over, NASA astronauts had made eleven Apollo flights, six of which landed on the moon, and eight astronauts had lost their lives.
The Apollo Missions for Kids tells the story of this pivotal era in space exploration from the perspective of those who lived it—the astronauts and their families, the controllers and engineers, and the technicians and politicians who made the impossible possible. The book includes a time line, resources for further study, and places to visit to see Apollo mission artifacts, along with 21 hands-on activities to better understand the missions and the science behind them. Kids will:
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Jerome Pohlen has written for the "Chicago Reader," "Reader's Digest," and "Time Out Chicago." He is the author of "Albert Einstein and Relativity for Kids"; "Oddball Illinois"; and more than 20 travel, science, and children's books. He lives in Chicago. Violet Lemay is an award-winning illustrator whose children's books include "Doodle New York," "Doodle Sa
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