The first moon landing
Twelve incredible facts about the first moon landing First moon landing
by Angie Smibert
- North Mankato, Minnesota Peterson Publishing Company 2015
- 32 pages : color and black-and-white illustrations ; 24 cm.
- 12 incredible facts about . - Turning points in US history .
Sputnik sparks the space race -- Project Gemini prepares astronauts -- Fire destroys Apollo 1, killing its crew -- Armstron 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.
This title examines 12 facts about the first moon landing.