02147nam a22001937a 450000500170000000800410001702000220005804000100008008200240009010000230011424500430013726000320018030000470021252015000025965000180175994200120177799900170178995201470180620241119133919.0241119b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a978-1-804-94626-8  cGSLRC  aCIR 629.4 P357 2024  aPeake, Tim.953953  aSpace :bthe human story /cTim Peake.  aUK :bPenguin Books,c2024.  a330 pages :bcolored pictures ;c8 inches.  aOnly 656 people in human history have left Earth. In Space: The Human Story, astronaut Tim Peake traces the lives of these remarkable men and women who have forged the way, from Yuri Gagarin to Neil Armstrong, from Valentina Tereshkova to Peggy Whitson.

Full of exclusive new stories, and astonishing detail only an astronaut would know, the book conveys what space exploration is really like: the wondrous view of Earth, the surreal weightlessness, the extraordinary danger, the surprising humdrum, the unexpected humour, the newfound perspective, the years of training, the psychological pressures, the gruelling physical toll, the thrill of launch and the trepidation of re-entry. The book also examines the surprising, shocking and often poignant stories of astronauts back on Earth, whose lives are forever changed as they readjust to terra firma.

Publication of the book comes on the eve of NASA's plans to return to the moon, fifty years after an astronaut last walked on the lunar surface. In 2024 the Artemis II mission will send four astronauts to orbit the moon. In 2025 Artemis III will send the first woman and the first person of colour to step on the lunar surface. What will separate these upcoming moonwalkers from the legendary Apollo crews? Does it still take a daring-do attitude, super-human fitness, intelligence, plus the 'Right-stuff' - a fabled grace under pressure? And how will astronauts travel even further - to Mars and beyond? Space: The Human Story reveals all.  aSpace.953954  2ddccBK  c96331d96331  00102ddc40708NFICaGSLRCbGSLRCcCIRd2024-11-19l1oCIR 629.4 P357 2024pGS19839r2025-09-24 00:00:00s2025-02-12v659.00w2024-11-19yBK