Incredible Space MissionsThe Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 2007 M08 15 - 48 pages In bold, colorful, graphic nonfiction format, the trials and tribulations of the cosmonaut and astronauts involved in their missions are told with historical accuracy. Graphic nonfiction is at its most enthralling in this book about the extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the first spacewalk, Apollo 11 and the moon landing in 1969, and the Apollo 13 lunar mission that was disabled by an explosion. In bold, colorful, graphic nonfiction format, the trials and tribulations of the cosmonaut and astronauts involved in their missions are told with historical accuracy. |
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15 MINUTES ABORT AIRLOCK Alan Shepard Aleksei Leonov American astronaut Apollo 11 mission APOLLO MISSIONS APRIL AQUARIUS BELYAYEV CCCP COMMAND MODULE PILOT COMMAND/SERVICE MODULE cosmonaut COURSE CORRECTION crews CRYO TANKS DEPRESSURIZATION descent stage docked DUTY CAPCOM EAGLE Earth's orbit Edwin Aldrin END APOLLO ENGINE fell to Earth FLIGHT DIRECTOR FRED FUEL CELLS GOING HAISE HATCH HEAT SHIELD HOUR HOUSTON IGNITING INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION JETTISON JOURNEY Kennedy Space Center KERWIN KILOMETERS launch vehicle living in space LOVELL LUNAR MODULE PILOT LUNAR SURFACE METERS MIKE MILES MINUTES LATER MISSION CONTROL moon landing NASA Neil Armstrong NNNNGH NUMBER ODYSSEY OKAY Orbiting space stations Orion OXYGEN POWER PROBLEM RADIO BLACKOUT READY REENTRY Reusable rocket Salyut satellite into space SCRUBBERS SEPARATION COMPLETE SERVICE MODULE Skylab Soviet Union Soyuz space missions space program Space Race space shuttles space walk spacecraft SPACESHIP STEVE U.S. sent UNITED Valentina Tereshkova Vostok WARNING LIGHT wwww Yuri Gagarin СССР