Moon Landing: Apollo 11 40th Anniversary Pop-Up

About this book

"This wonderful book retells our story vividly. I should know; I was there." Buzz Aldrin Trace the history of peoples fascination with the moon and the scientific developments that led to a ground-breaking mission in an out-of-this-world novelty book marking the first moon landing. Acclaimed author Richard Platt focuses on humankinds dreams of traveling to the moon the race to conquer space the technology needed to reach the moon and sustain the astronauts in space and the moon landing itself. Re-creating the excitement of the expedition are extraordinary pop-ups depicting a rocket the lunar module a spaceship and a spectacular spherical moon while booklets and flaps offer readers a wealth of intriguing facts. Published in anticipation of the fortieth anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20 1969 Features official NASA photographs two mini-books and fun informational flaps