Apollo Missions for Kids

In 1961, President Kennedy issued a challenge: before the end of the decade, the United States would land a person on the moon and return him safely to Earth—a bold proclamation at the time given that only one US astronaut had ever been to space, for just 15 minutes. To answer President
Kennedy’s call, NASA embarked on the Apollo missions: a complicated, dangerous, and expensive adventure involving 400,000 people. Before the missions were over, NASA astronauts had made eleven Apollo flights, six of which landed on the moon, and eight astronauts had lost their lives.
The Apollo Missions for Kids tells the story of this pivotal era in space exploration from the perspective of those who lived it—the astronauts and their families, the controllers and engineers, and the technicians and politicians who made the impossible possible. The book includes a time line, resources for further study, and places to visit to see Apollo mission artifacts, along with 21 hands-on activities to better understand the missions and the science behind them. Kids will:
Determine what they would weigh on the moon
Learn to identify the moon’s features
Demonstrate orbital mechanics with a marble and a shallow bowl
Calculate how far away the moon is using sports equipment
Recreate the shape and size of the command module
Eat like an astronaut and make “space food”
Design a mission patch
And much more!

In 1961, presedintele Kennedy a lansat o provocare: inainte de sfarsitul deceniului, Statele Unite aveau sa aterizeze o persoana pe Luna si sa o intoarca in siguranta pe Pamant - o proclamatie indrazneata la acea vreme, avand in vedere ca un singur astronaut american fusese vreodata in spatiu , pentru doar 15 minute. Pentru a raspunde apelului presedintelui Kennedy, NASA s-a angajat in misiunile Apollo: o aventura complicata, periculoasa si costisitoare, implicand 400.000 de oameni.