02581cam a2200373 i 4500 623560650 TxAuBib 20211209120000.0 170530s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017024799 9781524731595 Hardcover 1524731595 Hardcover DLC DLC eng eng rda rda DLC rda NjBwBT rda DLC IMmBT TxAuBib NjBwBT IMmBT TxAuBib rda Kelly, Scott, 1964-, author. Endurance : A Year In Space, A Lifetime Of Discovery / By Scott Kelly with Margaret Lazarus Dean. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. 387 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The veteran of four spaceflights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a sphere utterly hostile to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both life-threatening and mundane: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the catastrophic risks of colliding with space junk; and the still more haunting threat of being unable to help should tragedy strike at home--an agonizing situation Kelly faced when, on a previous mission, his twin brother's wife, American Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was shot while he still had two months in space. Kelly's humanity, compassion, humor, and determination resonate throughout, as he recalls his rough-and-tumble New Jersey childhood and the youthful inspiration that sparked his astounding career, and as he makes clear his belief that Mars will be the next, ultimately challenging, step in spaceflight. In Endurance, we see the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the infinite wonder of the galaxy. - Provided by Publisher. 1140L Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.8 25 514694. 20211209. New York Times Best Sellers, 2017. Kelly, Scott 1964- Astronauts United States Biography. Best seller. Autobiographies. lcgft Biographies. lcgft Dean, Margaret Lazarus, 1972-, author. TXKPL