24 Hours in Space

Hardback Published on: 28/04/2022
Price: €11.50
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Synopsis

Join an astronaut for a day as she goes on her first ever spacewalk, and new crew members arrive.

Find out how she trained for her mission and what it's like living and working in space. How do you eat and drink at zero gravity? How do space toilets work? What are space suits designed for?

- Told in lively comic book style
- Written with expert consultation from Libby Jackson, Human Spaceflight and Microgravity Programme Manager for the UK Space Agency
- Perfect for school projects
- Discover more books in the 24 hours in... series

Chapters in this book include:
- A new day
- Getting used to Zero-G
- Meet the crew...
- ...and Mission Control
- Space food
- How do astronauts reach the ISS?
- New crew members arrive
- A tour of the space station
- Astronaut training diary
- Using the toilet in space
- Science experiments
- A visit to the gym
- Getting set for a spacewalk
- Spacesuits
- Out on a spacewalk!
- Time to relax
- Time for bed
- Space station questions

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781474986335
  • Number of pages: 64
  • Dimensions: 257 x 196 x 13 mm
  • Interest age: From 7 years
  • Weight: 470g
  • Languages: English