When We Walked on the Moon

Astronauts

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11

My Journey to the Stars

Go For Liftoff!: How to Train Like an Astronaut (Dr. Dave Astronaut)

Thunderbirds: Thunderbirds Forever! (Festival Readers)

The Space Race: The Journey to the Moon and Beyond

Space: Facts at Your Fingertips (Pocket Genius)

The history of NASA's Apollo program from Earth orbital missions to lunar landings in a propulsive nonfiction narrative.

Only now, it is becoming clear how exceptional and unrepeatable Apollo was. At its height, it employed almost half a million people, many working seven days a week and each determined that “it will not fail because of me.”

Beginning with fighter pilots in World War II, Maurer traces the origins of the Apollo program to a few exceptional soldiers, a Nazi engineer, and a young eager man who would become president.

Packed with adventure, new stories about familiar people, and undeniable danger, Destination Moon takes an unflinching look at a tumultuous time in American history, told expertly by nonfiction author Richard Maurer.

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When We Walked on the Moon

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Astronauts

Christiane Engel, 2017

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11

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My Journey to the Stars

André Ceolin, Scott Kelly, 2017

Go For Liftoff!: How to Train Like an Astronaut (Dr. Dave Astronaut)

Dave Williams, Loredana Cunti, Theo Krynauw, 2017

Thunderbirds: Thunderbirds Forever! (Festival Readers)

Kate Egan, Jesus Redondo, Eric Binder, 2004

The Space Race: The Journey to the Moon and Beyond

Sarah Cruddas, Eileen Collins, 2019

Space: Facts at Your Fingertips (Pocket Genius)

DK, 2012