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A carregar... To the Moon!: The True Story of the American Heroes on the Apollo 8 Spaceshippor Jeffrey Kluger
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What's more exciting that spaceships and astronauts? How about a spaceship carrying the first astronauts ever to see the moon first hand - on Christmas! 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 end of the decade. So in a risky move, a few days before Christmas of that year, they sent Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders to the moon! This book about the exciting and inspiring true story of Apollo 8, the first crewed spaceship to break free of Earth's orbit and each the moon, tells the story of these three brave men, the frantic rush to get their rocket ready, and the journey that gave the American people - and the world - a new look at the planet we live on and the corner of space we inhabit. Filled with the science and training required to put a person into space, and every detail of what it's like to live in a spaceship for days on end (including what happens when astronauts need to use the bathroom), this book is sure to leave kids clamoring for a spot on the next mission to outerspace. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Although middle grade readers are the targeted audience for this book, the reading level of the narrative is 8.9 and its Lexile Level is 1180, levels designated as appropriate for advanced eighth grade readers/proficient ninth grade readers. Parents and educators should be aware of the disparity between the targeted audience and the actual reading level of the book as younger/less proficient readers may find it too difficult to read independently.
However, readers with an interest in space exploration and the lunar landings will find much to appreciate here in this difficult-to-set-aside book.
Both an extensive Apollo 8 glossary and a picture section follow the narrative.
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