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Trials of Apollo volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Description
On his path to restoring five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Lester, also known as Apollo, offers his aid to the Roman demigods preparing for a desperate last stand against the Triumvirate of Roman emperors.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (346 min.) color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"This program is the most comprehensive history of the Apollo program ever to be released. Drawn entirely from the award-winning footage from the NASA archives, it is the only program of its kind to cover the complete history of this important segment of the United States space program. The History of Apollo is not only the story of the race to the moon; it is the story of man's first attempt to break the bonds of planet Earth and set foot on an alien...
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In Carrying the Fire, Michael Collins conveys, in a very personal way, the drama, beauty, and humor of the adventure of reaching the moon. He also traces his development from his first flight experiences in the air force, through his days as a test pilot, to his Apollo 11 spacewalk. Presenting an evocative picture of the joys of flight as well as a new perspective on time, light, and movement from someone who has seen the fragile Earth from the other...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 60 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Apollo astronauts and engineers tell the inside story of how the first mission to the moon, Apollo 8, pioneered groundbreaking technologies that would pave the way to land a man on the moon and win the space race.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, map ; 29 x 32 cm
Description
Released in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, this nonfiction picture book offers a step-by-step explanation of how the Apollo 11 spacecraft worked, as told by a young enthusiast. Includes glossary.
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Trials of Apollo volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
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Lester, Leo, Calypso, and Meg ride the bronze dragon, Festus, to Indiana to seek the most dangerous Oracle, but must first face another evil Roman emperor.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Description
Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.
15) Eight days gone
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Depicts the 1969 Apollo 11 mission when man first walked on the moon.
Author
Pub. Date
2012, c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
"In 1961 the President of the United States made a pledge that America would send a man to the Moon before the end of the 1960s. Here is the story of the final stage of that race against time".
17) Return to earth
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Buzz Aldrin's courageous, inspiring account of fame and depression following Apollo 11 When Buzz Aldrin returned victorious from the Apollo 11 mission as one of the first men to have walked on the moon, he didn't realize that, in other ways, his odyssey had just begun. "There was a jolt as the small drogue chutes opened," Aldrin relates in the opening passages of Return to Earth, remembering his abrupt descent into the gravity of the blue planet....
Author
Series
Trials of Apollo volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
375 pages : illustration. map ; 22 cm.
Description
"After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. He must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor"--
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On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when two Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon. Now the greatest event of the twentieth century is magnificently retold through the eyes and ears of the people who were there. Based on the interviews with twenty-three moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, journalist Andrew Chaikin conveys every aspect of the missions with breathtaking...
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