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2002., Harcourt Call No: 629.45 REY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The first single-volume illustrated retrospective of the dynamic individuals, stunning technology, and dramatic events that put us on the moon.
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[2018]., Juvenile, Peachtree Publishers Call No: 629.45 Sla Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Told in free verse, the story of the American effort to land the first man on the moon comes to life. During the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days following his speech, eighteen astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared into space. And four hundred thousand people-- engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists-- joined Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality.
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2019., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: HI-INT 629.45 MAU Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a clear narrative on how the United States won the space race against Russia by landing a man on the Moon in 1969.
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[2017]., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Introduces the woman mathematician whose childhood love of numbers led to her prestigious education and contributions at NASA while explaining how her handwritten codes proved essential throughout numerous space missions.
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[2017], Primary, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: B Ham Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. Soon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon!
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[2017], Primary, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. Soon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon!
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2017., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: B HAM green dot Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. She knew how many miles it was to the moon (and how many back). She loved studying algebra and geometry and calculus and using math to solve problems in the outside world. Soon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon! She handwrote code that would allow the spacecraft s computer to solve any problems it might encounter. Apollo 8. Apollo 9. Apollo 10. Apollo 11. Without her code, none of those missions could have been completed.
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2009., Viking Call No: 629.45 4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Recounts various important events from the history of space exploration, covering the Mercury missions, the voyage of Apollo 17, and more, with illustrations by ex-NASA astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the moon during the Apollo 12 mission.
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2009., Pre-adolescent, Viking Call No: 629.45 4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Recounts various important events from the history of space exploration, covering the Mercury missions, the voyage of Apollo 17, and more, with illustrations by ex-NASA astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the moon during the Apollo 12 mission.
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2009., Viking Call No: 629.45 CHAIKIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Recounts the history of moon exploration from the Mercury missions through Apollo 17. Contains full-color photographs as well as paintings by astronaut Alan Bean.
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[2014], Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: 629.45 4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: You choose.Summary Note: Describes the space race and the moon landing with readers' choices revealing various historical details.