How to Astronaut: An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth
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Ride shotgun on a trip to space with astronaut Terry Virts. A born storyteller with a gift for the surprising turn of phrase and eye for the perfect you-are-there details, he captures all the highs, lows, humor, and wonder of an experience few will ever know firsthand. Featuring stories covering survival training, space shuttle emergencies, bad bosses, the art of putting on a spacesuit, time travel, and much more! 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, in 51 brief chapters.

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Ride shotgun on a trip to space with astronaut Terry Virts. A born storyteller with a gift for the surprising turn of phrase and eye for the perfect you-are-there details, he captures all the highs, lows, humor, and wonder of an experience few will ever know firsthand. Featuring stories covering survival training, space shuttle emergencies, bad bosses, the art of putting on a spacesuit, time travel, and much more! 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, in 51 brief chapters.
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Virts, T. (2020). How to Astronaut: An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth. [United States], Workman Publishing Company.

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Virts, Terry. 2020. How to Astronaut: An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth. [United States], Workman Publishing Company.

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Virts, Terry, How to Astronaut: An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth. [United States], Workman Publishing Company, 2020.

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Virts, Terry. How to Astronaut: An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth. [United States], Workman Publishing Company, 2020.

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