TY - BOOK N2 - Told in free verse, the story of the American effort to land the first man on the moon comes to life. During the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days following his speech, eighteen astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared into space. And four hundred thousand people-- engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists-- joined Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality. AB - Told in free verse, the story of the American effort to land the first man on the moon comes to life. During the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days following his speech, eighteen astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared into space. And four hundred thousand people-- engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists-- joined Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality. T1 - Countdown :2979 days to the moon / AU - Slade, Suzanne, AU - Gonzalez, Thomas, ET - First edition. CN - TL789.8.U6 CN - TL789.8.U6 ID - 857159 KW - Space flight to the moon KW - Space flight to the moon KW - Manned space flight KW - Astronautics SN - 9781682630136 SN - 1682630137 SN - 9781643108346 SN - 1643108344 TI - Countdown :2979 days to the moon / ER -