Traces the history of manned space flights from Mercury to the Shuttle program, examines the medical effects of weightlessness on astronauts, the difficulties of eating, working, sleeping, and cleaning oneself on board, and future plans for a space station.
year: 1989, 2009
call number/section: 523
subjects: space colonies, juvenile literature, outer space, exploration, astronautics, astronauts, life support systems (space environment), space flight, physiological effect, space shuttles
Editions
Baker, David
Rourke Enterprises (1989)
Traces the history of manned space flights from Mercury to the Shuttle program, examines the medical effects of weightlessness on astronauts, the difficulties of eating, working, sleeping, and cleaning oneself on board, and future plans for a space station.
Schools: 0
Baker, David
Weigl Publishers (2009)
Explores the day to day activities of astronauts when they are in space.
Schools: 1