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Here is a rare perspective on a story we only thought we knew. For Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story that belongs to many, not just the few and famous. It belongs to the seamstress who put together twenty-two layers of fabric for each space suit. To the engineers who created a special heat shield to protect the capsule during its fiery reentry. It belongs to the flight directors, camera designers, software experts, suit testers, telescope crew, aerospace technicians, photo developers, engineers, and navigators.
Gathering direct quotes from some of these folks who worked behind the scenes, Catherine Thimmesh reveals their very human worries and concerns. Culling NASA transcripts, national archives, and stunning NASA photos from Apollo 11, she captures not only the sheer magnitude of this feat but also the dedication, ingenuity, and perseverance of the greatest team ever—the team that worked to first put man on that great gray rock in the sky.
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Fern Fladell
reviewed Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon on July 26, 2007 Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
(Musical pairing: Man on the Moon by R.E.M.)
Let me start by saying that I was not one of those kids who was into space and NASA as a kid. But maybe if I had had this book, I would have been.
What sets Team Moon apart from other books on space or Apollo 11 is Thimmesh's approach to the topic. Instead of just telling the basic facts and focusing on the space race and the astronauts themselves, she focuses on the team effort of the mission. The success of the mission and lives of the astronauts depended on everyone from the parachute engineer to the seamstresses who sewed the spacesuits. Each chapter focuses on a different challenge or problem that needed to be solved in order for the mission to be successful.
The bottom line: Team moon is an excellent non-fiction book about space with riveting facts, cool photos, and a nice emphasis on teamwork and problem solving.
Fun Fact: The astronauts received training in photography before they left so that they would be able to capture the best snapshots possible of the moon.
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