Mission Moon: An Illustrated Guide to Space Exploration

In anticipation of the upcoming Artemis moon landings, launch into this gorgeously illustrated exploration of space--and discover the incredible feats of technology and imagination that got us to the lunar surface.

For almost all of time, the moon lay untouched. Then the race into space brought human visitors, spacecraft and a new age of exploration. Our Moon Rising engages young readers by telling this ongoing adventure from a new perspective: from the moon itself.

Author and illustrator Sarah Mlebach details the many endeavors to reach the moon-from ancient dreamers to daring astronauts from countries around the globe. In cooperation with the lab run by former NASA administrator Thomas Zurbuchen, Our Moon Rising spans from the earliest satellites to the 1960s Space Race to life aboard the International Space Station. Plus it looks to the future by examining the new for-profit space race, international moon rover expeditions, and the upcoming Artemis missions, which plan to put humans on the moon again as early as 2026.