Balloon to the Moon

Product Description

In 1969, humans walked on the moon.
How did we get there? It all began in 1783, when a sheep, a duck and a rooster became the first creatures to fly in a hot air balloon.
Balloon to the Moon explains how, in a few hundred years, humans went from their first experiments in controlled flight, to sending astronauts to space.
From early gliders, to Neil Armstrong's famous "Huge step for mankind", and all the way into the future, this book tells the fascinating true story of the technology and the people that made the dream of space exploration a reality.