Imagine You Were There... Walking on the Moon

by Caryn Jenner, Marc Pattenden (Illustrator)

Overview

It's 50 years since the first human set foot on the surface of the Moon! Walking on the Moon celebrates this 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing by helping readers imagine what it was like to actually be there.

Blended with stunning photographs and captivating artwork, step-by-step details of events leading up to the mission are combined with eyewitness accounts and features on people who helped make the first Moon landing happen. A staggering 400,000 people, many of them working "behind the scenes" at NASA, helped to achieve this historic milestone.

This is the first book in the Imagine You Were There... series, which celebrates events that changed the world and the people who made them happen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780753475973
Publisher:	Kingfisher
Publication date:	08/22/2019
Series:	Imagine You Were There...
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	37 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	7 - 11 Years

Table of Contents

One Small Step, One Giant Leap 6

A Changing World 8

First Human in Space 10

The Space Race 12

Space Missions 14

Apollo 11 Astronauts 16

Shooting for the Moon 20

Space Suits 22

Astronaut Training 24

Apollo 11 Vehicles 26

Human Computers 30

Preparing for Launch 32

Liftoff 34

Mission Control 36

Life in Space 38

Almost There… 40

Moon Landing 42

Moon Walk 44

Working on the Moon 46

The World Watched 48

Back to Earth 50

Splashdown 52

Amazing Memories 54

Space Technology 56

A Future in Space 58

Do You Have What It Takes? 60

Glossary 62

Index 64