Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut by Samantha Cristoforetti
Brand: Experiment
Product Description
Follow a female astronaut through every moment of her ascent as she trains for a mission to the International Space Station and discovers the wonders of life 250 miles above Earth The countdown is over. Today I woke up on Earth and Ill fall asleep in space. Two hundred days orbiting Earth on the International Space Station. Five years working and training with the aerospace community across the world. A lifetime of choices leading to the stars. These are the components of Samantha Cristoforettis dream a dream she invites us to share in this intimate account of an astronauts journey to space. She views the triumphs and disappointments of that journey with a poets eye and a philosophers mindand an engineers gift for detail that brings each experience into sharp focus. With Cristoforetti as our guide were called to become apprentice astronauts and experience the world anew through the visor of a space suits helmet. Bonding with crew members to tackle challenges as a team lifting off from the launchpad in a roar of engines discovering the strange wonders of weightlessness seeing Earth with a fresh perspective after a bittersweet return to solid ground . . . all these moments and more reveal what it really takes to escape our planets gravity in pursuit of a goal. show more
Condition : New
Author : Samantha Cristoforetti
Weight : 550.91
Publisher : Experiment
Language : English
EAN : 9781615198429
ISBN10 : 1615198423
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20211109
Place of Publication : NA
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 140 X 210mm