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Title: Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
Condition: New
Author: Catherine Thimmesh
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780544582392
ISBN: 9780544582392
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Genre: Children's Reference
Release Date: 01/09/2015
Description: For Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story that belongs to many, not just the few and famous. It belongs to the seamstress who put together twenty-two layers of fabric for each space suit. To the engineers who created a special heat shield to protect the capsule during its fiery reentry. It belongs to the flight directors, camera designers, software experts, suit testers, telescope crew, aerospace technicians, photo developers, engineers, and navigators. Gathering direct quotes from some of these folks who worked behind the scenes, Catherine Thimmesh reveals their very human worries and concerns. Culling NASA transcripts, national archives, and stunning NASA photos from Apollo 11, she captures not only the sheer magnitude of this feat but also the dedication, ingenuity, and perseverance of the greatest team ever-the team that worked to first put man on that great gray rock in the sky.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 279mm
Item Length: 254mm
Release Year: 2015

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