Endeavour s Long Journey: Celebrating 19 Years of Space Exploration - Hardcover

Olivas, John D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0985623721 ISBN 13: 9780985623722

Publisher: East West Discovery Pr, 2013

Synopsis

Space shuttle Endeavour brings its fascinating history to life through a journey to space with a young boy Jojo. Exploring space with the shuttle, Jojo learns about Endeavour's extraordinary contribution to space science, and its famous service missions including the Hubble Space Telescope. The book also features stunning NASA photos, fun facts, famous firsts and quizzes to inspire kids in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

About this title

About the Author:

John “Danny” Olivas, PhD, PE, born in North Hollywood, is a former NASA astronaut. Dr. Olivas, one of only seven Hispanics to fly in space, has traveled more than 11.6 million miles in space, on two U.S. Space Shuttle missions, STS-117 on Atlantis and STS-128 on Discovery, to the International Space Station. His other NASA missions include living at the bottom of the ocean in an underwater habitat, surviving the frozen Arctic, trekking across the mountains of Wyoming and sailing the sea of Cortez. Dr. Olivas retired from NASA in 2010 and now resides in the Los Angeles area with his wife and five children. He has shared his space stories with children both here at home as well as internationally. Now he shares one of his stories in his first book. Olivas's motto of “Dream Big Dreams” is one he wishes to pass onto the next generation of explorers.

About this edition

• Publisher: East West Discovery Pr
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0985623721
• ISBN 13: 9780985623722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 36
• Illustrator: Roski Gayle Garner