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[2018]
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The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind's historic first mission to the Moon, from the New York Times bestselling author of Shadow Divers .By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the Moon by President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline, and to triumph over the Soviets in space. With its back against the wall, NASA made...
2) Apollo 11
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[2019]
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English
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From director, Todd Douglas Miller comes a cinematic event fifty years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, the film takes viewers straight to the heart of NASA2s most celebrated mission, the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.
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[2019]
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On July 20, 1969, Americans had their eyes and ears glued to their TVs and radios. NASA's successful moon landing left the nation in awe. This moment inspired inventors and engineers across the nation. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 moon landing, we share with you 20 patents that were inspired by the space race and how they reshaped the world.
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2019.
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, a moment forever ingrained in history. Perhaps the world's greatest technological achievement-and a triumph of American spirit and ingenuity-the Apollo 11 mission, and the entire Apollo program, was a mammoth undertaking involving more than 410,000 men and women dedicated to putting a man on the Moon and winning the Space Race against the Soviets. Seen through...
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[1969]
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English
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On July 20, 1969, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Neil Armstrong made history as the first humans to walk on the moon. Their mission was the crowning achievement of NASA's Apollo space program, which aimed to put a man on the moon and return him safely home before the end of the decade. The mission also cemented the U.S.'s status as victor in the "space race" against Russia.
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[1969]
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English
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In response to President John F. Kennedy's 1961 vow to land a man on the moon and return him to Earth safely by the end of the decade, the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) started the Apollo program. The program attempted 17 missions between 1967 and 1972. On December 21, 1968, NASA launched Apollo 8 - its second manned mission, and the first to orbit the moon.
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[1970]
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English
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The Apollo program was undertaken by the National Aeronautics and Science Administration (NASA) in order to fulfill President John F. Kennedy's pledge to put a human being on the moon by the end of the 1960s. After the first lunar landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, NASA launched several additional lunar expeditions. Apollo 13 was the third such expedition, but it never reached the Moon because of a malfunction onboard the spacecraft.
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[2014], c2007
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English
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After the success of landing a man on the Moon, meeting JFK's challenge, NASA confronted the near disaster of Apollo 13, which was avoided by human intelligence and ingenuity. After four more successful lunar landings, NASA re-engineered the program. The STS Shuttle was used in the construction of the International Space Station, but disaster struck when Challenger exploded, killing the crew, including teacher Christa McAuliffe. A redesigned shuttle,...
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2018
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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...
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[2023]
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English
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A race against time to reach the Moon. Make reading your superpower with DK s beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about Apollo 11 s incredible journey to the Moon - the astronauts, the spacecraft, the science and the excitement of the first Moon walk - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to help children progress. Space Busters Race to the Moon is a beautifully designed reader all about this...
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[2019]
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English
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Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission with information on the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, how American astronauts reached the moon's surface, and how it impacts the world today.
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2019.
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English
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A Behind-the-Scenes Look At NASA's incredible Journey to the Moon Space journalist and insider Nancy Atkinson weaves together the riveting story of NASA's mission to complete "the greatest adventure on which humankind ever embarked." This incredible account is a keepsake celebrating some of the most important and dramatic events in modern history. Told through over 60 personal interviews and oral histories, as well as personal photographs, this tribute...
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Trials of Apollo volume 5
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English
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Will the Greek god Apollo, cast down to earth in the pathetic moral form of a teenager named Lester Papadopoulos, finally regain his place on Mount Olympus? Lester's demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks from bloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus. Now the former god and his demigod master Meg must follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Lester's...
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