T-Minus: The Race to the Moon

By Jim Ottaviani

Book Overview

Question: What happens when you take two global superpowers, dozens of daring pilots, thousands of engineers and scientists, and then point them at the night sky and say "Go "? Answer: A SPACE RACE The whole world Followed the countdown to sending the first men to the moon. T-Minus: The Race to the Moon is the story of the people who made it happen, both in the rockets and behind the scenes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416986820
• ISBN13: 9781416986829
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

This isn't for casual interest but for the space-race elapsed in your hands- this is the ideal vehic

Reading this in one sitting is not recommended, my eyes burn and I'm exhausted, but it's hard to stop the clock that is counting down page-by-page. This is very comprehensive but not too harsh on the layman- only because of the jargon glossary and constantly acronymble panel-footnotes! -StrictlySequential (goodreads)