Books with title The Space Race

The beautiful princess is of age and must choose a husband who will become the new king. She has three suitors. Simon is handsome and charmingbut he only sees the princess as his chance to become a wealthy ruler. Thomas is the mighty captain of the guardbut he wants the princess to choose him only so he can gain the peoples admiration. John is handsome but a simple commoner with a compassionate heartbut he alone truly loves the kindhearted princess. All three men behave perfectly in the princesss presence: how can she tell their true characters? After getting advice from her father the king and her mother the queen, an unusual race is designed to reveal the best man to marry.

Part of the Adventures on the American Frontiers series for readers with a third to fifth grade reading level. This is a very clear and direct telling with very many color photographs. Contents include the cold war backgroung for the space race and the Game Plan for reaching the moon. Subsequent chapters are all told from different perspectives. Chapter 3: "Our First Sub-Orbital Manned Flight: Alan B. Shepard, Jr." details the flight of the first American to be launched. Chapter 4 investigates the phenomenon of the great popularity of John Glenn: "An American Hero: Orbiting John Glenn, Jr." The fifth chapter deals with the awful tradegy on the test pad that took the lives of three astronauts, Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffey, and the huge part Frank Borman played in helping the nation see the necessity of pressing on with the attempt to reach the moon: "Tragedy at the Test Site for Apollo 1." The next chapter recounts the successful moon landing in 1969: "Giant Steps To The Moon." The author then recounts the antics and fun of "Apollo 12: Moon Travelers Merrymaking" from the perspective of Alan Bean, who went with Dick Gordon and Pete Conrad to the moon. Much more frightening was the voyage of Apollo 13, recounted in chapter 8. These were the astronauts who barely made it back to Earth with little functioning power: "Apollo 13: The World Waits at Three Minutes and Counting." The author concludes with two chapters that detail some of the space program after the United States stopped sending men to the moon. The book is profusely illustrated by color photographs.