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The race to space : countdown to liftoff Cover Image Book Book

The race to space : countdown to liftoff / Erik Slader and Ben Thompson ; illustrations by Tim Foley.

Slader, Erik, (author.). Thompson, Ben, 1980- (author.). Foley, Tim, 1962- (illustrator.).

Summary:

"Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong's famous words as he first set foot on the moon: 'one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.' He made it look easy, but America's journey to the moon was anything but simple. In 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite, into orbit, America had barely crossed the starting line of the great Space Race. Later that year, our first attempt was such a failure that the media nicknamed it 'Kaputnik.' Still, we didn't give up. With each failure, we gleaned valuable information about what went wrong, and how to avoid it in the future. So we tried again. And again. And each time we failed, we failed a little bit better"--Amazon.com.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250150615
  • ISBN: 1250150612
  • ISBN: 9781250150622
  • ISBN: 1250150620
  • Physical Description: 152 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 146) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: "Failure is not an option" -- It's just rocket science! -- Failure to launch -- Dawn of the atomic age -- Sputnik -- The birth of NASA -- The Mercury Seven -- Project Gemini -- A dangerous rendezvous -- Tragedy -- Apollo -- One small step, one giant leap -- We have a problem -- The final frontier.
Target Audience Note:
1190L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 8.1 3 3 195890
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild Selection.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emmaus Public Library.

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Emmaus Public Library J 629.45 SLAD (Text) 36446001971376 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -

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