Title: Flying to the Moon and Other Strange Places
Description: The story of history's greatest adventure told by the man who was there.

'Nine seconds before lift-off, the five first-stage engines of the Saturn ignited - a thrust of seven and a half million pounds' and man was on his way to the moon.

Michael Collins, one of the three-man crew of the Apollo II flight describes this historic trip, his career as a test pilot, the astronaut training schedule and the first landing on the moon. A real life adventure which makes enthralling reading.
Subjects: Collins, michael, 1930-2021, Space flight to the moon, juvenile literature, Astronauts, Space flight to the moon, Astronauts, juvenile literature
Places: Moon, Tampa, Cape Canaveral, San Antonio, Oregon, New Mexico, Panama, Houston, Washington, Baltimore
People: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin
Time periods: 1969