A charismatic young president issued the historic moon landing challenge. This book, which greatly expands the companion PBS series, tell the stories of the visionaries—based on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material—who helped America win the space race with the first lunar landing fifty years ago.In 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy ridiculed the idea of space travel as a colossal waste of money with no scientific importance. A year later the new president proposed the nation spend twenty billion dollars to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade. More than a story of engineers and astronauts, America's moon landing—now celebrating its 50th anniversary—grew out of the dreams of a handful of people whose work led to the lunar landing. Going in depth to explore their stories beyond the PBS series, writer/producer Robert Stone—called "one of our most important documentary film makers" by Entertainment...

Two best friends. One tiny tent. An attraction that's impossible to ignore. Melody Being a semi-famous science tokker epically rocks because I get to make science accessible for girls. Until I make a mistake and a jerkface tokker ridicules me to his fans. I need to prove I'm not a hack before my followers bail and I ruin my credibility—all before I graduate from high school. Just one problem: my family's hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, where I won't have signal for a week. Oh, and I'm sharing a tent with the Bestie Brigade—my two best friends—and I've crushed on one of them for longer than trends last on TikTok. Dating Steph would make Jess feel left out and I vowed I'd never do that to her again. Do I risk hurting my closest friend for a chance at love? Stephanie Senior year was rolling along just great until my parents announced they're getting divorced the same night I...

Product DescriptionDiana's life was in a rut - she hated her job, she was perpetually single, and she needed a place to live. But then the perfect apartment came along. It seemed too good to be true - because it was. As it turns out, the apartment was already inhabited - by monsters. Vom the Hungering was the first to greet Diana and to warn her that his sole purpose in life was to eat everything in his path. This poses a problem for Diana since she's in his path...and is forbidden from ever leaving the apartment. It turns out though that there are older and more ancient monstrous entities afoot - ones who want to devour the moon and destroy the world as we know it. Can Diana, Vom, and the other horrors stop this from happening? Maybe if they can get Vom to stop eating everything...and everyone. About the AuthorA. Lee Martinez was born in El Paso, Texas. At the age of eighteen, for no apparent reason, he started writing novels. Thirteen short years (and a little over a dozen manuscripts) later, his first novel, Gil's All Fright Diner, was published. His hobbies include juggling, games of all sorts, and astral projecting. Also, he likes to sing along with the radio when he's in the car by himself. For more information on the author, check out www.aleemartinez.com.