Spaceman : an astronaut's unlikely journey to unlock the secrets of the universe
Massimino, Mike, 1962-2016
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Many children dream of becoming an astronaut when they grow up, but when a six-year-old Mike Massimino saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon he knew what he wanted to do when he became an adult. But NASA rejected him; then when he applied again they turned him down because of his poor eyesight. For the next year he trained his eyes to work better and finally, at the third time of asking, NASA accepted him. So began Massimino's 18-year career as an astronaut, and the extraordinary lengths he went to to get accepted was only the beginning. In this memoir, he reveals the hard work, camaraderie and sheer guts involved in the life of an astronaut.
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Massimino, Mike, 1962-, author
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Collation:
xiv, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781471149528 (hbk)9781471149559 (ebook)
Dewey class:
629.4'5'0092
Language:
English
BRN:
12284
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