Title Spaceman : the true story of a young boy's journey to becoming an astronaut / Mike Massimino.

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New York : Delacorte Press, [2020]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	JB MASSIMINO	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 629.45 MASSIMINO	Check Shelf
Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Young Adult	YA B MASSIMINO	Check Shelf
New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Young Adult	YA 92 MASSIMINO, MIK	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department	J92 MASSIMINO	Check Shelf
Southington Library - Children	J Biography MASSIMINO	Check Shelf
Wethersfield Public Library - Children's Department	J BIOG MASSIMINO	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	xviii, 266 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Note	"Adapted for young readers" -- Title page.
Audience	Ages: 9 to 12.
Summary	"The story of Mike Massimino's life growing up in a working-class family and his determination to get the education and experience that would lead to his challenging but successful rise to become a NASA astronaut"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents	Prologue: A science fiction monster -- A perfect good -- Most all-around -- Who you gonna get? -- The smart-kid olympics -- Force feedback -- Human factors -- Disqualified -- Yes or no -- There's Mach I -- Spacewalker -- Shackleton mode -- Seeing beyond the stars -- Ready to go -- Weightless -- Earth is a planet -- Maybe this is heaven -- February 1, 2003 -- Why we go -- From the ashes -- One last job -- Line 28 -- Grounded -- Epilogue: Around the next corner.
Subject	Massimino, Mike, 1962- -- Juvenile literature.
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Juvenile literature.
	Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft) -- Juvenile literature.
	Astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Massimino, Mike, 1962- (OCoLC)fst01942051
	Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft) (OCoLC)fst00664750
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (OCoLC)fst00528469
	Astronauts. (OCoLC)fst00819615
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Massimino, Mike, 1962-
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
	Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
	Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
	Massimino, Mike, 1962-
	Astronauts.
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
	Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft).
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Biographies.
Other Form:	Online version: Massimino, Mike, 1962- Spaceman. First edition. New York : Delacorte Press, [2020] 9780593120880 (DLC) 2019020552
ISBN	9780593120866 (trade hardcover)
	0593120868 (trade hardcover)
	9780593120873 (library binding)
	0593120876 (library binding)

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