📖Recommend for Grades 6 and up📖
by Jeffrey Kluger
In 1959 a group of seven Naval Test Pilots
got a new job; Astronauts. This marked the start of space exploration for The United States, with the first man going up in 1961, and continuing today. While
there have been many accomplishments (the US put the first man on the moon),
there have also been missteps and even tragic accidents. From the Liberty Bell
7 sinking in 1961 to an Astronaut almost drowning in space in 2013, these are
twelve disaster stories of space travel and exploration.
Warning: You may want to have
tissues prepared for some of these stories. The author wonderfully breaks down
each of the stories into chapters so readers can stop and process, or reflect
on what they just read. Some may be familiar with certain stories (Apollo 13 in
1970) while others are likely to be brand new. You can even read this with an
adult and ask them which of these stories they remember. There is an index
included in the back of the book to easily check when names pop up again in
later chapters to check where you read it before.
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