Ultimate Field Trip #5; Blasting Off To Space Academy

by Susan E. Goodman; Michael J. Doolittle

• ISBN13: 9780689830440
• ISBN10: 0689830440
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Summary

What's the best part of being an astronaut? Is it the excitement of leaving the Earth behind at the mind-boggling speed of 25,000 mph? Is it the chance to float around a shuttle in zero gravity? Or make new scientific discoveries? Or go out on a space walk?Few of us get to answer these questions for ourselves by rocketing into space. But a group of kids took the first step by going to U.S. Space Academy. For close to a week, they tried on flight suits and the lives of training astronauts. They used NASA simulators and learned how to walk on the Moon and how to work without gravity. They walked, talked, read, lived space travel.Then, they blasted off on a mission of their own....Susan E. Goodman and Michael J. Doolittle bring the adventures of science and space travel alive in the fifth book of the Ultimate Field Trip series. Vivid storytelling and photos help readers don mental space suits and go along for the ride.

Table of Contents

Countdown to Adventure	1	(2)
On the Training Floor	3	(8)
Living in Space	11	(8)
Building Rockets	19	(6)
``We have liftoff''	25	(10)
Mission Accomplished	35	(4)
Glossary	39	(3)
Bibliography	42