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"Two children travel to the moon in a spaceship, do some exploring, and come back home again"--Provided by publisher.

Two young bears, brother and sister, make the long journey by rocket to the moon with their dog, and explore the moon's surface.

A boy gets in a spaceship and takes a dangerous but exciting trip to the moon.

"Young children can harness their reading superpowers as they blast off into space along with Apollo 11, to learn about the astronauts, the spacecraft, the science and the very first Moon walk"-- Provided by publisher.

A long time ago a mouse learned to fly... and crossed the Atlantic. But what happened next? Torben Kuhlmann's stunning new book transports readers to the moon and beyond! On the heels of Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse comes Armstrong: A Mouse on the Moon--where dreams are determined only by the size of your imagination and the biggest innovators are the smallest of all. The book ends with a brief non-fiction history of human space travel--from...

"Presents facts about the composition, surface, atmosphere, and history of exploration of Earth's moon and features large illustrations and photographs"-- Provided by publisher.

"Greetings, future astronaut! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join a crew of astronauts on the journey of a lifetime and become the first person to set foot on the far side of the moon. Get to now your fellow crew members, learn what to pack for your mission and how to prepare a rocket for lift-off. Discover what life is like on a lunar space station and how to adjust to microgravity. On the Moon, you'll explore the shadowy...

"How do you stay alive in a place where everything is trying to kill you? In this book, rocket scientist Joalda Morancy teches you how to dodge radiation, escape choking clouds of moon dust, and grow essential food so you don't starve. You'll also learn how to live in underground lava tubes and even have a go at using a giant space catapult. Don't leave earth without it!"--Back cover.

"This fascinating book describes what scientists discovered about the Moon from the Apollo missions that came after the successful landing in 1969, until the last mission in 1972. A discussion follows of why flights to the Moon stopped, the creation of space stations, such as Skylab, that followed, and what exciting new plans are now being made to revisit the Moon. Maps of the Moon show where astronauts drove in rovers on the surface and what resources...

In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the Russians were winning the space race, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month, and President Kennedy's promise to put a man on the moon by the...