The First Men Who Went to the Moon

Resource Information

The work The First Men Who Went to the Moon represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The First Men Who Went to the Moon

Creator

• Greene, Rhonda Gowler

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Subject

• Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) -- Juvenile literature
• Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 -- Juvenile literature
• Collins, Michael, 1930- -- Juvenile literature
• Electronic books
• Aldrin, Buzz -- Juvenile literature
• Project Apollo (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature
• Space flight to the moon -- Juvenile literature
• Moon -- Exploration -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a challenge to the nation: land astronauts on the moon by the end of the decade. The Apollo program was designed by NASA to meet that challenge, and on July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin. Apollo 11's prime mission objective: "Perform a manned lunar landing and return." Four days after take-off, the Lunar Module "Eagle," carrying Armstrong and Aldrin, separated from the Command Module "Columbia," and descended to the moon. Armstrong reported back to Houston's Command Center, "The Eagle has landed." America and the world watched in wonder and awe as a new chapter in space exploration opened. Through verse and informational text, author Rhonda Gowler Greene celebrates Apollo 11's historic moon landing

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

629.45/4/0973

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

juvenile