Spaceman : the true story of a young boy's journey to becoming an astronaut /
Massimino, Mike, 1962-
Spaceman : the true story of a young boy's journey to becoming an astronaut / Mike Massimino. - First edition. - xviii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
"Adapted for young readers"--Title page.
Prologue: A science fiction monster -- A perfect good -- Most all-around -- Who you gonna get? -- The smart-kid Olympics -- Force feedback -- Human factors -- Disqualified -- Yes or no -- There's Mach I -- Spacewalker -- Shackleton mode -- Seeing beyond the stars -- Ready to go -- Weightless -- Earth is a planet -- Maybe this is heaven -- February 1, 2003 -- Why we go -- From the ashes -- One last job -- Line 28 -- Grounded -- Epilogue: Around the next corner.
"The story of Mike Massimino's life growing up in a working-class family and his determination to get the education and experience that would lead to his challenging but successful rise to become a NASA astronaut"--
Ages: 9 to 12.
9780593120866 0593120868 9780593120873 0593120876
2019015873
Massimino, Mike, 1962- --Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration --Juvenile literature.
Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)--Juvenile literature.
Astronauts--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Autobiographies.
Spaceman : the true story of a young boy's journey to becoming an astronaut / Mike Massimino. - First edition. - xviii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
"Adapted for young readers"--Title page.
Prologue: A science fiction monster -- A perfect good -- Most all-around -- Who you gonna get? -- The smart-kid Olympics -- Force feedback -- Human factors -- Disqualified -- Yes or no -- There's Mach I -- Spacewalker -- Shackleton mode -- Seeing beyond the stars -- Ready to go -- Weightless -- Earth is a planet -- Maybe this is heaven -- February 1, 2003 -- Why we go -- From the ashes -- One last job -- Line 28 -- Grounded -- Epilogue: Around the next corner.
"The story of Mike Massimino's life growing up in a working-class family and his determination to get the education and experience that would lead to his challenging but successful rise to become a NASA astronaut"--
Ages: 9 to 12.
9780593120866 0593120868 9780593120873 0593120876
2019015873
Massimino, Mike, 1962- --Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration --Juvenile literature.
Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)--Juvenile literature.
Astronauts--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Autobiographies.