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Nosy Crow

How to be an Astronaut and Other Space Jobs

£7.99

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Training for space starts here. This comprehensive guide explores the dozens of careers that make space exploration possible—from the obvious roles like astronaut and engineer to the unexpected ones like space chef, spacesuit designer, and exoplanet hunter.

Beyond the job descriptions, you'll discover what daily life in space actually involves, the qualifications needed (astronauts must speak both English and Russian), and fascinating details like the Velcro patch inside helmets for nose-scratching.

Book details:

Press-out-and-make rocket, 100+ stickers, fold-out scenes
Written by planetary physicist Dr Sheila Kanani MBE
Shortlisted for 2020 Blue Peter Book Awards
Free Stories Aloud audio reading included

Suitable for children aged 6 years and up

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Further Information

What's Included: 32-page paperback with press-out-and-make rocket, over 100 stickers of rockets/astronauts/planets, fold-out pages for creating space scenes, and QR code for free Stories Aloud audio reading. Activity sheets available on Nosy Crow website.

About the Author: Dr Sheila Kanani MBE is a planetary physicist who earned her PhD studying Saturn's magnetosphere using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. She was Education, Outreach and Diversity Officer at the Royal Astronomical Society and won the 2020 Europlanet Prize for Public Engagement. Awarded MBE in 2022 New Year's Honours for services to astronomy and diversity in physics.

Careers Covered: Astronaut, spaceship engineer, Mission Control workers, space chef, spacesuit designer, satellite designer, computer engineer, space doctor, flight director, planetary scientist, astrobiologist, exoplanet hunter, and more.

Educational Value: Includes history of space travel, requirements for becoming an astronaut (3+ years in science/military/engineering, bilingual in English and Russian), fascinating facts about daily life in space (eating, sleeping, hygiene in zero gravity), and environmental themes about caring for Earth.

Awards: Shortlisted for the 2020 Blue Peter Book Awards.

Product Specifications

ISBN: 9781788004442

Publisher: Nosy Crow

Author: Dr Sheila Kanani MBE

Illustrator: Sol Linero

Format: Paperback with interactive elements

Pages: 32

Weight: Approximately 218g

Publication Date: 6 June 2019

Age Range: 6 years and up

Language: English

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