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Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having spent over 150 days on his first tour of the International Space Station, its safe to say that Clayton C. Anderson knows a thing or two about space travel. Now retired and affectionately known as "Astro Clay" by his many admirers on social media and the Internet, Anderson has fielded thousands of questions over the years about spaceflight, living in space, and what its like to be an astronaut. Written with honesty and razor-sharp wit, Its a...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 760L
Language
English
Description
Journey aboard the "Vomit Comet" where the students of an astronaut school learn what it is like to do this exciting job by experiencing weightlessness, getting their measurements taken for a space suit, and performing a space walk.
Publisher
Smithsonian Books/Collins
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Using a selection of 180 to 200 objects, this book will tell the artifact stories to convey a sense of what it was like to be there when the object was in use, accompanied by dramatic photographs. The artifacts will range from the famous, such as John Glenn's Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft and the Mars Pathfinder lander and Sojourner rover, to the equally rare, but less well?known, such as the Surveyor 3 camera returned from the Moon and Gordon...
Series
Progress in astronautics and aeronautics volume 220
Publisher
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Language
English
Formats
35) Astronauts
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
[1984]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text and illustrations describe the history of manned space travel and the training and duties of the astronauts.
