Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
6597
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
American Moments
Description
This book examines the history of the U.S. space program, focusing on the Apollo 13 mission in 1970 during which the loss of an oxygen tank forced astronauts to abandon their plan to land on the moon, and placed their lives in danger.