We Land on the Moon Coloring Book Based on NASA's Project Apollo Rockets to the Stars, 1969
THF292641 / We Land on the Moon Coloring Book Based on NASA's Project Apollo Rockets to the Stars, 1969 / front cover
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Artifact Overview
This coloring book from 1969 was created to excite youngsters about the space program and especially about the moon landing of July 20. It covered the Mercury, Apollo, and Saturn vehicles and astronauts, as well as some history of the space program.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Coloring book
Date Made
1969
Subject Date
1969
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
96.66.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 12.25 in
Width: 9.25 in
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Related Content
Set"One Giant Leap for Mankind": Remembering the First Manned Moon Landing
- 18 Artifacts
Three weeks after astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, President Kennedy laid out a bold vision that America should commit itself to landing a man on the moon "before the decade is out." Many missions followed until, on July 20, 1969--just six months before the end of the decade--American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin A. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. became the first humans to set foot on the moon.