12 incredible facts about the first moon landing

Author

Angie Smibert

Call Number

• J 629.454 SMIB (CEN)

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Publication Information

North Mankato, MN : 12-Story Library, an imprint of Peterson Publishing Company, [2015]

Physical Description

32 pages : color and black-and-white illustrations ; 24 cm.

Summary

This title examines 12 facts about the first moon landing.

Contents

• Sputnik sparks the space race
• Project Gemini prepares astronauts
• Fire destroys Apollo 1, killing its crew
• Armstrong skips first chance to be an astronaut
• Saturn V rocket: taller than the Statue of Liberty
• The eagle almost runs out of fuel
• Half a billion people watch the first moon walk
• The moon smells like burned gunpowder
• Soviet probe crashes on moon
• Apollo 11 astronauts fill out customs forms
• Apollo 11 brings back three new minerals
• No human has visited the moon since 1972
• 12 key dates.