Reviews

Mission Control, This Is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon by Andrew Chaikin

book_nut's review

4.0

Wonderful. Made me want to watch The Right Stuff.

abigailbat's review

4.0

Each chapter deals with one of the Gemini or Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s in this detailed book about the United States's space program. Also included is information about the astronauts' lives in space. Detailed source list and index make this great for research. Interesting subject matter and tons of photos and paintings make this great for browsing, too. Recommended.

Read my full review on my blog: http://abbylibrarian.blogspot.com/2009/09/book-review-mission-control-this-is.html

antlersantlers's review

4.0

Super fun book about the Apollo missions for older kids. One of the best parts is the illustrations are by Alan Bean, an actual Apollo astronaut. He gives them kind of weird captions, but they are really beautiful. I'd say this book is in league with Mark Kurlansky's [b:World Without Fish|9423723|World Without Fish|Mark Kurlansky|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348451817s/9423723.jpg|14308139].

bkwrm127's review

4.0

Absolutely gorgeous art painted by an astronaut who went to the moon! For that alone, I'd give this high marks.

mullinstreetzoo's review

5.0

The space program remains one of my favorite subjects, and this volume is absolutely fabulous. The paintings by Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean push this one to must-read level.