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How to Astronaut

An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth

By: Terry Virts

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Hardcover | 15 September 2020 | Edition Number 1

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320 Pages

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2.6 x 16 x 23.5

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Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts offers a "travel guide" to space travel, explaining the basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel--how to deal with a dead body in space, what it's like to film an IMAX movie in space, what exactly to do when nature calls, and much more, in 50 brief chapters.

About the Author

Colonel Terry Virts earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the United States Air Force Academy in 1989, and a master of aeronautical science degree in aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Selected by NASA in 2000, he was the pilot of STS-130 mission aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. In March 2015, Virts assumed command of the International Space Station, and spent over 200 days on it.

Virts is one of the stars (and photographers) of the IMAX film, A Beautiful Planet, released in April 2016. He is also the author of View from Above (National Geographic, 2017). He lives near Houston.

Industry Reviews

"There's something intriguing to be learned on practically every page… This book captures the details of an extraordinary job, and turns even the mundane aspects of space travel into something fascinating."
—Publishers Weekly

"How to Astronaut is an amusing and enlightening insight into an astronaut's work life.... This is an eye-opening insider's view on what it's really like to be an astronaut: the joys, the dangers, the fear, and the day-to-day reality of it. Virts' writing is humorous, playful, down to earth, and often wise."
—Booklist

"Virts' firsthand accounts are richly detailed and often snort-milk-out-of-your-nose hilarious."
—Discover

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