Blasting Off to Space Academy

Ultimate Field Trip #5

by Susan E. Goodman, Michael J. Doolittle (Illustrator)

Introduces young readers to the life of an astronaut as a group of kids at the U.S. Space Academy put on flight suits, work in zero gravity, use NASA simulators, and more.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2001

About the author

Susan E. Goodman is the author of more than thirty nonfiction books for children, including How Do You Burp in Space?; See How They Run: Campaign Dreams, Election Schemes, and the Race to the White House;All in Just One Cookie, an ALA Notable Book; and On This Spot, a Washington Post Top Picture Book of the Year. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

from https://us.macmillan.com/author/susan...

see also http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/sgo...

Reviews

[Charles]

Geared toward the full-week space camp, but a good primer for our Parent-Child weekend trip too, gave us a good idea what to expect, what an adventure!