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02083aam a22003978i 4500 001 87A23472908811EC86911DBE31ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220218010020 008 200206t20212021nyu j b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020003567 020 $a 1538258757 020 $a 9781538258750 020 $a 1538258749 020 $a 9781538258743 020 $a 1538258765 020 $a 9781538258767 040 $a PSt/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a zmo---- 050 00 $a TL799.M6 $b R35 2021 082 00 $a 629.45/4 $2 23 100 1 $a Rajczak, Michael, $e author. 245 10 $a Reaching the moon / $c Michael Rajczak. 263 $a 2008 264 1 $a New York : $b Gareth Stevens Publishing, $c [2021] 300 $a volumes cm. 490 0 $a Liftoff! space exploration 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Mysteries of the moon -- The first rockets -- The space race -- Project Mercury -- Gemini paves the way -- Apollo reaches the moon -- The Eagle has landed -- Leaving the moon -- Space stations -- Space shuttles -- Other nations' moon missions -- Going back soon. 520 $a "Alan Shepard Jr. became the first American in space in 1961. His 15-minute mission showed that humans could survive a wild ride atop a rocket. In a speech to Congress just 20 days later, President John F. Kennedy declared "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth." This title takes readers on the journey through the amazing successes and heartbreaking tragedies of astronauts reading the moon, complete with NASA and historical photographs correlating with the main text"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Space flight to the moon $v Juvenile literature. 651 0 $a Moon $x Exploration $v Juvenile literature. 941 $a 2 952 $l SWPB522 $d 20240229011546.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20231215010204.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=87A23472908811EC86911DBE31ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search