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Author Virts, Terry, 1967- author.

Title How to astronaut : an insider's guide to leaving planet earth / Terry Virts.

Publication Info. New York : Workman Publishing, [2020]
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  629.45 VIRTS    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  629.45 VIR    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.45 VIRTS    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  629.45 VIRTS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  629.45 VIR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  629.45 VIRTS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.45 VIRTS    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  629.45 VIR    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  629.45 VIRTS    DUE 04-29-24
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  629.45 VIRTS    Check Shelf

Description ix, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Includes an index.
Contents Introduction: not your father's astronaut book: but he'll like it too! -- Training -- Launch -- Orbit -- Spacewalking -- Deep space -- Re-entry -- Afterword: isolation: better on Earth or in space?
Summary Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts offers an insider's guide to astronauting--a behind-the-scenes look at the training, the basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel, including how to deal with a dead body in space, what it's like to film an IMAX movie in orbit, what exactly to do when nature calls, and much more.
Subject Virts, Terry, 1967-
Astronautics -- Biography.
Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
Manned space flight -- Biography.
Menus for space flight -- Biography.
Space flight training -- Biography.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
ISBN 9781523509614 (hardcover)
1523509619 (hardcover)
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