Description
| Product ID: | 9781910549957 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Get to Work with Science and Technology |
| Title: | Astronaut |
| Subtitle: | Life as a Scientist and Engineer in Space |
| Authors: | Author: Ruth Owen |
| Page Count: | 32 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage general interest: Space, stars and the solar system, Space (Children's / Teenage), Teenage personal and social topics: Advice on careers and further education, leaving school, Personal & social issues: careers guidance (Teenage), Interest age: from c 9 years |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Imagine working 200 miles above Earth''s surface; performing experiments; working alongside robots; drinking your own recycled urine! This fascinating look at the life of an astronaut introduces readers to the applications of STEM subjects and includes a Q&A for any reader who feels that a career in space science could be for them! Imagine working in a laboratory that''s 200 miles above Earth''s surface. You perform experiments on microbes, metals and even your own body. You travel to work on a spacecraft, work alongside robots and drink your own recycled urine! It''s all in a day''s work for Tim Peake and other astronauts who live and work aboard the International Space Station. This fascinating look at the life of an astronaut introduces readers to the real-life applications of STEM subjects and includes a Q&A for any reader who feels that a career in space science could be for them! |
| Imprint Name: | Ruby Tuesday Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Ruby Tuesday Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-09-12 |
