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• Title:Mission to the moon / Alan Dyer.
  
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• Variant Title:Moon
  
• Related Title:Flight to the moon : Apollo 11
  
• Author/Creator:Dyer, Alan, 1953-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Lowry, Ted.
  Segáll, Bernardo.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009, ©2008.
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY Canadian Childrens Book CentreWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: TL789.8.U6 A53285 2008
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: TL789.8.U6 A53285 2008
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Project Apollo (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.
  Project Apollo (U.S.)
  Space flight to the moon--Juvenile literature.
  Space flight to the moon.
  Moon--Exploration--Juvenile literature.
  Moon--Exploration.
  
• Subject(s): Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)--History.
  
• Edition:1st U.S. ed.
  
• Description:80 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm. + 1 videodisc (29 min. ; sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.)
  
• Credits:Bonus dvd: director and designer, Ted Lowry; editor, Bastian Wimmer; music composed and conducted by Bernardo Segál; producer, Clayton Edwards; Video content provided by NASA Johnson Space Center; dvd produced by A La Carte Communications.
  
• Summary:From liftoff to splashdown, this is the story of our most incredible journey - as you've never seen it before! Just in time for the fortieth anniversary of the first lunar landing and moonwalk, Mission to the Moon is a behind-the-scenes, richly illustrated commemoration of this history-making event. Featuring eighty pages full of information and stunning visuals, the book covers everything from the start of the space program to the construction of the shuttle to the legendary mission and beyond. The DVD contains actual footage from the Moon landing as well as highlights from later Apollo missions.
  
• Notes:"Conceived and produced by Weldon Owen Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia"--Title page verso.
  Originally published in Great Britain in 2008 by the Templar Company Limited.
  "Featuring 200 photos from the NASA archives" -- Cover, page [1]
  "Bonus DVD and poster"-- Cover, page [1]
  Includes index.
  DVD, full screen.
  
• ISBN:9781416979357
  1416979352
  
• Contents:Mission: Moon: Moon and us
  Moon myths
  Reaching for the Moon
  Space race begins
  America responds
  Machines to the Moon
  Aiming for the Moon
  The Cape
  Selecting and training astronauts
  Practice in the field
  Apollo chronology
  Saturn V rocket
  Countdown
  Liftoff!
  Mission control
  Journey to the Moon
  Touchdown
  Lunar module
  Exploring the surface: Apollo 11
  Exploring the surface: later missions
  On the Moon
  Space suit
  Lunar rover
  Command module pilot
  Splashdown
  Apollo 13
  Moon rock
  After Apollo
  Back to the Moon?
  Moon base
  All about the Moon: Earth-Moon system
  Phases of the Moon
  Moon structure
  Surface features.