Spaceman An Astronauts Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe by Mike Massimino
Brand: Crown Archetype
Product Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find yourself strapped to a giant rocket thats about to go from zero to 17500 miles per hour Or to look back on Earth from outer space and see the surprisingly precise line between day and night Or to stand in front of the Hubble Space Telescope wondering if the emergency repair youre about to make will inadvertently ruin humankinds chance to unlock the universes secrets Mike Massimino has been there and in Spaceman he puts you inside the suit with all the zip and buoyancy of life in microgravity. Massiminos childhood space dreams were born the day Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. Growing up in a workingclass Long Island family he catapulted himself to Columbia and then MIT only to flunk his first doctoral exam and be rejected three times by NASA before making it through the final round of astronaut selection. Taking us through the surreal wonder and beauty of his first spacewalk the tragedy of losing friends in the Columbia shuttle accident and the development of his enduring love for the Hubble Telescopewhich he and his fellow astronauts were tasked with saving on his final missionMassimino has written an ode to never giving up and the power of teamwork to make anything possible. Spaceman invites us into a rare wonderful world where science meets the most thrilling adventure revealing just what having the right stuff really means. show more
Condition : New
Author : Mike Massimino
Weight : 626.99
Publisher : Crown Archetype
Language : English
EAN : 9781101903544
ISBN10 : 1101903546
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20160906
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 165 X 239 X 28mm