Reaching for the Moon by Buzz Aldrin

Reaching for the Moon by Buzz Aldrin

Perfect for the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing in summer 2019!

It's been fifty years since Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon. But the journey didn't begin when he stepped on board Apollo 11 that fateful day in July 1969. It began the day he was born.

This picture book is Buzz Aldrin's story, in his words. Wendell Minor's gorgeous paintings evoke the wonder of space exploration for young readers.

Becoming an astronaut took more than education, discipline, and physical strength. It took years of determination and believing that any goal was possible--from riding a bike alone across the George Washington Bridge at age ten to making a footprint on the moon.

We all have our own dreams. This is the story of how Buzz's came true.

BUZZ ALDRIN is an outspoken supporter of the ongoing effort to explore the frontiers of space. Aldrin has a vision, and in this book he sketches out the road he recommends into an extraordinary future. As a pioneering astronaut who first set foot on the lunar during mankind's first landing of Apollo 11--and as a rocket scientist who created the orbital rendezvous technology vital to America's moon landings and the Aldrin Mars Cycler--Aldrin has a vision. MARIANNE DYSON is a former NASA flight controller and award-winning author. She holds a physics degree and was one of NASA's first female flight controllers during the Space Shuttle program's early years. For her children's books, she has received the Golden Kite Prize and the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award.

Her adult and children's scientific essays and science fiction stories have featured in national journals and anthologies. She has worked for Scholastic, Enslow, and National Geographic as a technical reviewer.