Reaching for the Moon: The Apollo Astronauts

Explorers of New Worlds

Reaching for the Moon The Apo[[o Astronauts

\ Vasco NCI11cZ de Balboa and the Discovery of the South Sea. Daniel Boone and the Exploration of the Frontier

John Cabot and the Rediscovery of North America Jacques Cartier and the Exploration of Canada Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the New World j,lmes Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific

Francisco Coronado and the Exploration of the American Southwest

Hernando Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico J,clCques COListeau and the Undersea World I

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Sir Francis Drake and the Foundation of a World Empire

John C. Fremont: Pathfinder of the West Vasco da Cama and the Portuguese Explorers Sir Edmund Hillary: Modern-Day Explorer Henry Hudson: III-Fated Explorer of North America's Coast Jollier and Marquette: Explorers of the Mississippi River La Salle and the Exploration of the Mississippi Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the Louisiana Purchase Ferdinand Magellan and the First Voyage Around rhe World Robert Peary and the Quest for rhe North Pole Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of the Inca Marco Polo and the Wonders of the East Juan Ponce de Leon and the Search for the Fountain of Youth Sir Walter Raleigh and the Search for El Dorado Reaching for the Moon: The Apollo Astronauts Theodore Roosevelt and rhe Exploration of the Amazon Basin Sacagawea: Cuide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Struggle Against Antarctica John Smith: Explorer and Colonial Leader Hernando de Sora and the Exploration of Florida The Viking Explorers

Explorers of New Worlds

Reaching for the Moon The Apollo Astronauts

Hal Marcovltz

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mareovitz, Hal Reaching for the moon, the Apollo astronauts / Hal l\lareovit7. p. e lll . - (Explorers of new worlds) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-791O-5957-X (he) - ISBN 0-7910-6167-1 (pbk.) I. Project Apollo (U.S.)-Juvenile li terature. 2. Astronauts- United States-Juvenile literature. [I. Project Apollo (U.S.). 2. Space flight to the moon. I. Title. II. Series.

TI.789.B.UG A5538 2000 629.