Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (Record no. 296705)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780857524768
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 629.450092 KEL-E .EA
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Scott Kelly
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Doubleday / Penguin Random House
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 387 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The veteran of four space flights 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 inimical to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the pressures of constant close cohabitation; the catastrophic risks of depressurization or 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 another mission, his twin brother's wife, Gabrielle Giffords, was shot while he still had two months in space. Kelly's humanity, compassion, humor, and passion 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 American spaceflight. Here we see the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the boundless wonder of the galaxy.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Kelly, Scott, -- 1964- International Space Station. Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Margaret Lazarus Dean
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 08/06/2018   629.450092 KEL-E .EA DCB3424 08/06/2018 08/06/2018 Book