Spaceman - An Astronaut''s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

Zusatztext 'This terrific memoir... is u tterly gripping .' Informationen zum Autor Mike Massimino served as an astronaut for NASA between 1996 and 2014, going on two missions to service the Hubble telescope, spending more than 30 hours on spacewalks. He has appeared as himself on The Big Bang Theory and is now a professor at the University of Columbia. He lives in New York. Tanner Colby is the author and co-author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller The Chris Farley Show. He is a frequent contributor to Slate magazine, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Klappentext The inspirational story of US astronaut Mike Massimino, who has had an 18-year career at NASA, twice going into space to service the Hubble telescope and becoming the first man ever to tweet from space. Massimino was twice rejected by NASA due to poor eyesight, but he trained his eyes to work better and got in on the third attempt. Covers all aspects of working as a astronaut, with colour photos. Zusammenfassung The inspirational story of US astronaut Mike Massimino, the man who saved the Hubble telescope.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Tanner Colby, Mike Massimino, MIKE MASSIMINO TAN
• Verlag: Simon & Schuster UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.10.2016
• EAN: 9781471149528
• ISBN: 978-1-4711-4952-8
• Seiten: 336
• Mitarbeit: Tanner Colby
• Thema: Sachbuch > Natur, Technik > Biographien, Autobiographien