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Hardback 270 x 210mm 176pp 50 b&w, 225 colour illustrations

ISBN: 978 1 78521 061 7 Book No: H6061 Haynes RRP: £22.99 Pub Month: February 2017

Astronaut Manual 1961 onwards (all roles and nationalities) An insight into the selection, training, equipment, roles and experiences of astronauts by Kenneth MacTaggart foreword by Leroy Chiao

The manual starts with early ideas about astronauts in science fiction and film portrayals of the role. It goes on to cover recruitment and the application process to become an astronaut with NASA and ESA, and the qualifications and fitness required for various astronaut roles. The reader is taken through training for different types of astronaut roles (pilot, scientist, payload specialist, space walker, moon walker, etc) and the different types of missions are described (sub-orbital, Earth orbit, living aboard the International Space Station (ISS), lunar flight and landing, driving on the moon, and planned future missions to asteroids and Mars). The equipment used by astronauts is documented, including clothing, space suits, tools, back-packs, zero-gravity toilets, food stations, etc. The experience of space flight on typical missions is outlined, illustrated by the accounts of real astronauts on actual flights the experience of launch, first reactions to Zero-G, exiting the hatch for a spacewalk, the views of Earth, walking on the moon, re-entering the Earth s atmosphere. A fascinating insight into life as an astronaut.

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