published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us design and production by Ellen Huber art direction by Rita Marshall printed by Corporate Graphics in the United States of America photographs by Alamy Art Directors TRIP INTERFOTO Corbis Bettmann Dreamstime Masi Gianluca Getty Images Apic Ralph Morse Time Life Pictures NASA Newsmakers NASA Time Life Pictures Rolls Press Popperfoto SSPL Space Frontiers Hulton Archive World Perspectives The Granger Collection NYC iStockphoto Mike Bentley Brandon Laufenberg NASA Copyright 2012 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher library of congress cataloging-in-publication data for the hardcover edition Bodden Valerie To the moon by Valerie Bodden p cm Great expeditions Includes bibliographical references and index Summary A history of America’s famed Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969 detailing the challenges encountered the individuals involved the discoveries made and how the expedition left its mark upon the world ISBN 978-1-60818-068-4 hardcover ISBN 978-1-56660-044-6 eBook 1 Project Apollo U S History Juvenile literature 2 Space flight to the moon History Juvenile literature I Title TL789 8 U6A52195 2011 629 45’4 dc22 2010033549 CPSIA 110310 PO1383 First Edition 246897531
Table of Contents Chapters The Race for Space 7 The Greatest Adventure 17 An Eagle Lands 27 One Small Step 35 Apollo 11 Profiles Neil Armstrong 13 Buzz Aldrin 23 Michael Collins 33 Gene Kranz 41 Expedition Journal Entries A Happy Home 9 What More Could You Say 19 No Trouble to Walk Around 29 All You See Is the Three of Us 37 Timeline 44 Endnotes 45 Selected Bibliography 46 For Further Reading 47 Index 48
