Carrying the Fire, Beyond, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth 3 Books Set

Name: Carrying the Fire, Beyond, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth 3 Books Set
Brand: Stephen Walker

Stephen Walker

Description. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth. Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4,000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft, and become a YouTube sensation with his performance of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' in space. The secret to Chris Hadfield's success – and survival – is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst – and enjoy every moment of it... Beyond: A Times Book of the Year 2021 Hardcover. Beyond tells the thrilling story behind that epic flight on its sixtieth anniversary. It happened at the height of the Cold War as the US and USSR confronted each other across an Iron Curtain. Both superpowers took enormous risks to get a man into space first – the Americans in th...