Mechanical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, decorated war veteran, graduate of MIT with a PhD in Astronautics, Gemini 12 and Apollo 11 astronaut, inventor, Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee, author of books for children, teens and adults, and passionate advocate for space exploration and science education, Buzz Aldrin is all that - a true American hero. Watch the interview to learn more about him and read a short biography about his life. Includes an interview transcript and a selected list of his books.

Concepts

children's literature, space exploration

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Additional Tags

children's author, nonfiction writer, buzz aldrin, reading rockets, astronaut, books about astronomy, elementary authors a - c

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional