Date 04 September 2019
Pages 442
Format cm 15 x 22
Price € 15.90
EAN 9782226443427
Publisher Website www.albin-michel.fr

How Many Steps to the Moon

COLLECTION Destins
Category Children's Books
Age 9-1212-15
Katherine Johnson, the woman who made it possible for men to go to the Moon.

In the 1920s, Joshua and Joylette live on a farm with their four children. Katherine, the youngest, spends her days counting. Thanks to her exceptional abilities, she enters high school at the age of 10 and graduates from college at 18. In an America where black rights had yet to be won, she made her way to NASA. In 1962, astronaut John Glenn asked her to check the accuracy of his trajectory calculations before leaving to orbit the Earth. Seven years later, she was asked to calculate the trajectory of Apollo 11 to the Moon. In the shadow of men, Katherine also worked in her own way to advance the rights of women and black people.

  • Sales in France 16,000 copies
  • As of: September 2021