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Graphic Library: Graphic History
The First Moon Landing
In graphic novel format, tells the story of the Apollo 11 mission, including the first moon landing in 1969.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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October 20, 2015
It would be a good introduction to a fairly young audience for students just, just learning about the Space Race. It has to cover a lot in little space, and while it certainly conveys the sense of intense preparation, planning, and caution that went into the mission, it doesn’t quite capture the sense of urgency, and it really glosses over the danger – although that could be on purpose, considering the aimed for audience.
Probably the thought process is: lets-get-them-interested-in-science-with-the-cool-successes-before-we-scare-them-with-the-tragic-mistakes.
January 13, 2020
This book lays out a vivid picture of what the space race was and what that looked like, which led up to the emotional first walk on the moon.
The first chapter of this book covers how the Soviet Union’s, Sputnik, gave the US the desire to invest their time and money through NASA to develop and test spacecraft. In this book, we briefly learn about the Mercury missions and how the astronauts went to space on what they called test flights. These Mercury test flights then led to Gemini, which was the first space walks. Then in 1968, the Apollo 8 mission, carried astronauts around the moon and back. NASA then decided that they needed two more test flights before landing on the moon, and those two missions were successful and were called Apollo 9 and Apollo 10.
Chapter two and three cover in more detail, the Apollo 11 mission - which of course is the famous mission when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon. These two chapters really capture the excitement that the whole country anticipated and a picture of what it was like for the astronauts themselves. The ending is perfect - it depicts the astronauts as true American heroes and the excitement the country had over winning the space race over the Soviet Union.
I also have to give the illustrator, Gordon Purcell five stars for his striking artwork that draws you into this true story of American history and makes you just as excited as those Americans must have been long ago!
The first chapter of this book covers how the Soviet Union’s, Sputnik, gave the US the desire to invest their time and money through NASA to develop and test spacecraft. In this book, we briefly learn about the Mercury missions and how the astronauts went to space on what they called test flights. These Mercury test flights then led to Gemini, which was the first space walks. Then in 1968, the Apollo 8 mission, carried astronauts around the moon and back. NASA then decided that they needed two more test flights before landing on the moon, and those two missions were successful and were called Apollo 9 and Apollo 10.
Chapter two and three cover in more detail, the Apollo 11 mission - which of course is the famous mission when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon. These two chapters really capture the excitement that the whole country anticipated and a picture of what it was like for the astronauts themselves. The ending is perfect - it depicts the astronauts as true American heroes and the excitement the country had over winning the space race over the Soviet Union.
I also have to give the illustrator, Gordon Purcell five stars for his striking artwork that draws you into this true story of American history and makes you just as excited as those Americans must have been long ago!
September 30, 2014
Non-fiction graphic novels are my favorite must have books for school libraries for reluctant reads. The First Moon Landing does a nice job of explaining some of what went into the Apollo 11 mission and the first moon landing in 1969 in a clear and entertaining way.
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