Bibliograph

How to astronaut, an insider's guide to leaving planet earth, Terry Virts

Type

Label

How to astronaut, an insider's guide to leaving planet earth, Terry Virts

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How to astronaut

Oclc number

1182803507

Responsibility statement

Terry Virts

Sub title

an insider's guide to leaving planet earth

Summary

Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts offers an insider's guide to astronauting--a behind-the-scenes look at the training, the basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel, including how to deal with a dead body in space, what it's like to film an IMAX movie in orbit, what exactly to do when nature calls, and much more

Table Of Contents

Introduction: not your father's astronaut book: but he'll like it too! -- Training -- Launch -- Orbit -- Spacewalking -- Deep space -- Re-entry -- Afterword: isolation: better on Earth or in space?

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