Kelly, David A.
Tee Time on the Moon: How Astronaut Alan Shepard Played Lunar Golf
- ISBN 13:
- 9781662680175
- author:
- Kelly, David A.
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Minedition (imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc)
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 40
- Dimensions:
- 28.5 x 23.6 x 1.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Children / Juvenile, Children's, Non-Fiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Astronaut Alan Shepard's mission to the moon was one of scientific discovery and exploration. In 1971, he and his fellow astronauts made their way to the Moon in the cramped Apollo 14 capsule. While the world watched on TV, Shepard and Edgar Mitchell gathered rock and soil samples wearing stiff, heavy spacesuits. But Alan Shepard had a secret hidden in his sock: two tiny golf balls. Golf was Shepard's favorite sport, and since the moon has virtually no atmosphere and gravity that is only a fraction of the Earth's, a golf ball should have been able to go far. The experiment that followed may have started as a stunt, but it ended up making people think differently about the moon, ask questions, and look for answers. This picture book tells the story of Alan Shepard's lunar golf experiment in an engaging and accessible way, well suited to readers interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
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