Outer Space - Observation & Exploration, Scientists - General & Miscellaneous - Biography, Astronautical Engineering - General & Miscellaneous, Space Vehicles, 20th Century American History - Space Program, Astronauts & Space Flight
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Overview
As a young boy growing up in New Mexico, Mike Mullane built homemade rockets and dreamed of one day flying into space. His dream became a reality in the late 1980s when he completed three missions aboard the space shuttles Discovery, and Atlantis. In this riveting, firsthand narrative, Mullane presents a minute-by-minute account of one of those missions. An inspiring true story, it encourages young people everywhere to dare to pursue their dreams, whatever they may be.Editorials
School Library Journal
Gr 5-7Mullane describes his early career and experiences aboard the space shuttle Atlantis during a 1988 mission with unbridled, shake-you-by-the-shoulders enthusiasm: ``I cheered! I screamed my head off! I skipped around the room!...It was wonderful! Incredible! I WAS GOING TO BE AN ASTRONAUT!'' The author has a clear message to deliver. Though a ``space geek'' in his youth, he was no super studentbut he did have a dream, and he stuck to it even after poor eyesight scrubbed his chance of military-pilot training. Though overfond of exclamation points, he has a way with similies and really captures the range of sensations and emotions that space travel entails. He closes with advice for would-be astronauts and others, reckoning that the crew of the first mission to Mars is about 10-15 years old right now. Except for the black-and-white illustrations, which are sparse and seem to be drawings imitating photographs, this makes a lively, inspirational companion to books like Sally Ride and Susan Okie's To Space and Back (Lothrop, 1989).John Peters, New York Public LibraryBook Details
Published
September 1, 1994
Publisher
Silver Burdett Press
Pages
114
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780382246647