Ask the astronaut a galaxy of astonishing answers to your questions on spaceflight

"Ever wondered what space is really like? In his 25 years of training for, flying in, consulting on, and writing and speaking about space, astronaut and spacewalker Tom Jones can answer that question and many others. What do you feel on liftoff? What is weightlessness? Where do you sleep in spa...

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Main Author: Jones, Tom, 1955 January 22- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Washington DC : Smithsonian Books, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Your future in space
  • Aspiring to space
  • Training for space
  • Getting to space
  • Ships for space
  • Surviving in space
  • Living in space
  • Working in space
  • Walking in space
  • Risks of space
  • Seeing space
  • Returning from space
  • Back on Earth
  • Exploring space and the planets
  • Big bangs and black holes: exploring the universe.