Opération Lune

Pierre de Latil
Year1969
PublisherHachette
PlaceParis
LanguageFR
Pages191
SeriesBibliothèque Verte
Rating★★★☆☆ (3/5)
AudienceGeneral, Youth
LevelBeginner
Keywords
space travelhistory of sciencespace raceApollo ProgramMoon
ThemesApollo Program, Human Spaceflight, Lunar Exploration

A chronicle of the American lunar conquest written for young readers in the immediate aftermath of Apollo 11 (July 1969). In four chapters, Pierre de Latil recounts the missions Apollo 8 (first crewed flight around the Moon, December 1968), Apollo 9 and 10 (lunar module tests), and Apollo 11 (the 20 July 1969 landing and Armstrong's EVA). Illustrated by Raoul Auger and enriched with NASA photographs, the book is aimed at young readers and general audiences.

📖 Editorial Review

Written in the immediate aftermath of the Apollo 11 landing, this book by Pierre de Latil is a compelling chronicle aimed at young readers. Published in the Bibliothèque Verte series by Hachette, it opens with a Jules Verne epigraph ("Everything that a man is capable of imagining, other men are capable of …