The Usborne Official Astronaut's Handbook

A funny and fascinating how-to guide for budding astronauts, providing a crash course on what it takes to travel into space. Answers all the big questions about space travel, from "How do rockets work?" and "What do astronauts do all day?" to "How do you go to the toilet on a spaceship?" Explores the technology that astronauts use, from space suits to Soyuz spacecraft, and scientific experiments on the International Space Station, and includes internet links to recommended websites to find out more. With a personal message by the British European Space Agency astronaut, Tim Peake, who spent six months on the International Space Station in 2016, and exclusive insights from the UK Space Agency and ESA who have provided expert advice on this book.

About the author

Louie Stowell has written dozens of non-fiction and story titles for Usborne, on everything from space science and coding to the human body and, now, politics. She is now Editorial Director at Ladybird, Penguin Random House and is currently working on four children's fantasy novels.

Summary

Discover how you become an astronaut, the training you must undertake, how you travel into space and what you do when you're up there. With a foreword from ESA astronaut Tim Peake, the first British astronaut to embark on a mission to the International Space Station. Published in association with the UK Space Agency.

Report

A fascinating guide for budding astronauts. The Guardian

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Melmoth, Louie Stowell, Stowell Louie
• Assisted by: Roger Simo (Illustration), Simo Roger (Illustration)
• Publisher: Usborne Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.06.2015
• EAN: 9781409590743
• ISBN: 978-1-4095-9074-3
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Handbooks; The Usborne Official Handbook; Handbooks; The Usborne Official Handbook
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Astronomy, Interest age: from c 9 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), Space (Children's / Teenage)