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    Apollo 11 Moon Landing: An Interactive Space Exploration Adventure
    Apollo 11 Moon Landing: An Interactive Space Exploration Adventure
    Apollo 11 Moon Landing: An Interactive Space Exploration Adventure
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    Apollo 11 Moon Landing: An Interactive Space Exploration Adventure

    By Thomas K. Adamson

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    You are an American in the 1960s. The United States and Soviet Union have been in a space race since the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite in 1957. Since then, the two superpowers have been fighting over which country will control the universe. President Kennedy begins a new space program, with a goal of landing a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s. You want to be a part of it. Can you help beat the Russians and help the United States land a man on the moon?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781515752684
    Apollo 11 Moon Landing: An Interactive Space Exploration Adventure
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    Thomas K. Adamson

    Thomas K. Adamson has written dozens of nonfiction books for kids on sports, space, math, and more. He lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with his wife and two sons. He likes reading and playing ball with his boys. He also likes to check scores and stats on his phone.

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      Apollo 11 Moon Landing - Thomas K. Adamson

      orientation.

      ABOUT YOUR ADVENTURE

      YOU are living in the mid-1900s, a time of amazing breakthroughs in space exploration. People around the world watch as the United States tries to land astronauts on the moon.

      In this book you’ll explore how the choices people made meant the difference between life and death. The events you’ll experience happened to real people.

      Chapter One sets the scene. Then you choose which path to read. Follow the links at the bottom of each page as you read the stories. The decisions you make will change your outcome. After you finish one path, go back and read the others for new perspectives and more adventures. Use your device's back buttons or page navigation to jump back to your last choice.

      YOU CHOOSE the path you take through history.

      CHAPTER 1

      AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

      You are an American in the 1960s. The United States and the Soviet Union have been in a space race since the end of World War II. In 1957 the Soviet Union launched a satellite called Sputnik. Since then, the two superpowers have increased their efforts to prove they have the best technology by attempting more and more daring feats in space.

      In April 1961, the Soviet Union sends Yuri Gagarin into orbit around Earth in the tiny Vostok spacecraft. Gagarin becomes the first person in space. After one complete orbit around Earth, he lands safely.

      Yuri Gagarin (front)

      Less than a month later, on May 5, 1961, millions of people watch on live TV as Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space. The Freedom 7 space capsule carried Shepard to an altitude of 116 miles (187 kilometers) for a 15-minute flight.

      Afraid that the Soviets could gain superiority in the area of space technology, the U.S. government begins a program to develop more powerful rockets. When President John F. Kennedy addresses Congress on May 25, 1961, he sets an ambitious goal. 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. The finish line in the space race has been set.

      With great urgency, the United States sets to work to learn how to get to space, live in space, and travel farther than anyone ever has. But Kennedy was right when he said, no single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind… and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.

      The new space program first begins flying more missions in Earth orbit. These Mercury missions are the country’s first flights into space. They test technology to get astronauts into Earth orbit and return safely to Earth. Then the Gemini missions test the skills needed to go the moon. These missions have astronauts spend more time in space. They work on space walks and practice docking spacecraft together in space.

      Finally, in 1966, Project Apollo begins. The first Apollo flights are unmanned tests of the huge Saturn V rocket, the only rocket powerful enough to send astronauts to the moon. These flights also test the lunar lander, the only spacecraft designed to fly in space and land on the moon.

      Engineers and technicians put rockets such as the Saturn V through hundreds of hours of rough testing.

      You are excited to be involved with something as big and historic as a moon landing. It’s an exciting age of space discovery and exploration, and you want to be a part of it.

      To work on training for the Apollo 11 mission, press here.

      To be in

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