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The Apollo missions for kids: the people and engineering behind the race to the moon with 21 activities/ Jerome Pohlen

By: Pohlen, Jerome.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Review Press, [2019]Description: vii, 152 p.: col. ill.ISBN: 978-0-912777-17-7.Subject(s): Project Apollo (U.S.) | Space flight to the moon -- United States | Aeronautics -- ExperimentsDDC classification: 629.45
Contents:
The challenge -- It is rocket science -- Moongazing -- Project Gemini -- The face of the moon -- How big was the Saturn V? -- Orbital mechanics made easy -- Tragedy and triumph -- Frozen rocket -- How big was the command module? -- Eat like an astronaut -- To the moon and back -- Design a mission patch -- How far away is the moon? -- Forearm at 7 Gs -- Thin skin -- The eagle has landed -- Google the moon -- Casting shadows -- Assemble a personal preference kit -- Space art -- "Houston, we've had a problem" -- 3-D rocks -- Moon trees -- What would you weigh? -- The science missions -- Feather drop -- Making craters -- Epilogue : The end of Apollo -- Glossary of acronyms -- Learn more about apollo.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The challenge -- It is rocket science -- Moongazing -- Project Gemini -- The face of the moon -- How big was the Saturn V? -- Orbital mechanics made easy -- Tragedy and triumph -- Frozen rocket -- How big was the command module? -- Eat like an astronaut -- To the moon and back -- Design a mission patch -- How far away is the moon? -- Forearm at 7 Gs -- Thin skin -- The eagle has landed -- Google the moon -- Casting shadows -- Assemble a personal preference kit -- Space art -- "Houston, we've had a problem" -- 3-D rocks -- Moon trees -- What would you weigh? -- The science missions -- Feather drop -- Making craters -- Epilogue : The end of Apollo -- Glossary of acronyms -- Learn more about apollo.

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