TO SPACE & BACK : us astronaut sally ride shares the adventure of outer space

RIDE, SALLY / Okie, Susan

ISBN 10: 0688061591 / ISBN 13: 9780688061593

Published by New York, New York, U.S.A.: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1986, 1986

About this Item

1986 1ST EDITION/1ST PRINTING STATED hardcover book LIKE NEW/dustjacket LIKE NEW brodart covered, SIGNED in PERSON at the Los Angeles Book Festival at UCLA on the FULL title page by author/astronaut SALLY K RIDE.

Seller Inventory # SPCBCK

Bibliographic Details

• Title: TO SPACE & BACK : us astronaut sally ride shares the adventure of outer space
• Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1986
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688061591
• ISBN 13: 9780688061593
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • SIGNED NON FICTION SPACE
  • CHILDREN'S - SPACE
  • SIGNED CHILDREN'S - PICTURE BOOKS

About this title

Synopsis

Much has been written about the vast scientific importance of space exploration, but very little about the human side of being a m,ember of an astronaut crew. In this book, with the help of journalist Susan Okie, Sally Ride shares the personal experience of traveling into space.

Astronauts live, sleep, eat, and work in conditions totally unlike anything we know here on Earth. Everything they do is affected by weightlessness. The simplest of daily routines, such as preparing meals or getting dressed, is a challenge to human ingenuity. Astronauts live and work as members of a team -- each a highly trained expert in a particular field. The cheerful enthusiasm with which they adapt to the special environment of space is testimony to their total commitment to their work.

Written especially with a young audience in mind, To Space and Back answers questions frequently asked by space enthusiasts of all ages. It also reveals that the remarkable men and women who have chosen to pioneer the frontiers of space are first and foremost unique individuals -- like all of us.

About the Author

Susan Okie has known Sally Ride since they were students together at Westlake School. She remembers her as a "fleet-footed fourteen-year-old with a self-confident grin" who was her academic rival. They have remained close friends, even though their lives have taken them in different directions. Susan Okie also attended Swarthmore College and later went to Radcliffe, from which she graduated with a degree in biology. She received her M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1978. She now works as a medical journalist for the Washington Post.