A gorgeous introduction to the twelve brave men who have left
footprints on the moon, just in time to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of the first lunar landing.
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took one small step and made history.
Over the course of the next three-and-a-half years, twelve lunar
explorers, including Alan Shepard and Gene Cernan, touched down on the
moon's surface. Author and engineer Suzanne Slade reveals how the Apollo
missions (1969-1972) built upon one another and led to important
discoveries about our nearest neighbor in space. Back matter includes an
afterword by Alan Bean (1932-2018), the fourth person to walk on the
moon.