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Apollo 13 : a successful failure / Laura B. Edge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edge, Laura Bufano, 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Project Apollo (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.
- Project Apollo (U.S.).
- Apollo 13 (Spacecraft)--Juvenile literature.
- Apollo 13 (Spacecraft).
- Space vehicle accidents--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- Space vehicle accidents.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (140 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- 2020.
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Twenty-First Century Books, 2020.
- Summary:
- "This young adult book tells the story of the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. It was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program and the third that was meant to land on the Moon. The landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded, threatening all lives onboard the craft. The crew did return home safely. This book explores how the team worked together and what the space program learned from the experience"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Explosion in space
- The race for space
- A dying spacecraft
- Lunar lifeboat
- The moon out the window
- A cold, dark journey
- Splashdown
- Whew, what a mission!
- The last men on the moon
- Apollo's legacy.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5415-8176-8
- 1-5415-9578-5
- 1-5415-9579-3
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