The ISS has been inhabited nonstop since Novemor put another way, it has been more than 17 years since all humans were on the Earth at once. More on the ISS: It took more than one hundred launches to get the components for the ISS into orbit and more than one hundred spacewalks to assemble them. 17th, 2017, by Penguin Random House (387 pages).Īdditional interesting passages and quotes from Endurance: Kelly talks about operating the first espresso maker in space, tweeting with Obama from the ISS, growing lettuce and flowers aboard the station, and how everyday actions work in space, from going to the bathroom to what to wear (Kelly has a favourite black T-shirt he has worn on several space missions and it “has to be one of the most traveled pieces of clothing in the history of clothing.”).Įndurance is entertaining and inspiring, and a great read to start 2018 with. It is worth undertaking such a risky mission for Kelly – the risk of launch, of spacewalks, of living in a metal container orbiting the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour – because the data scientists will receive from this mission will take us that much closer to travelling to Mars someday, and beyond.Ī SpaceX resupply shuttle captured by the ISS using the Canadian-made Canadarm.Įndurance is also full of funny and interesting facts about space travel. Kelly volunteered for the year-long mission to the ISS because he wanted to help scientists understand the long-term effects of being in space on the human body. He covers the strenuous and intimidating interview process at NASA, such as the interview in front of 20 people and the claustrophobia test where applicants are zipped into a thick rubber bag and shut into a closet for an indeterminate amount of time: with the small spaces in shuttles and the ISS, astronauts can’t be afraid of tight spaces. The International Space Station orbiting Earth.Įndurance is Kelly’s record of his time aboard the ISS, as well as a personal biography detailing his middle-class childhood and his poor school performance, to his discovery of his passion for difficult and dangerous missions and his determination to achieve his lofty goals of becoming a fighter jet pilot and an astronaut. The ISS is also important as it represents the good that can come from nations of the world working together rather than fighting the components of the ISS and the astronauts inside are from all over the world, and the ISS is the largest peacetime international project in history. The ISS is a habitable space station orbiting Earth where astronauts live and work in zero-gravity, conducting research and experiments in astronomy, human biology, physics, medicine, and other fields – the results of which could have a profound impact on human life, whether it’s a better understanding of the process of aging or of dangerous weather patterns. Kelly, an American astronaut, is now famous for having completed a record-breaking year-long stay on the International Space Station (ISS) from March 2015 to March 2016. Scott Kelly’s Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery is an incredibly inspiring and fascinating read that shows readers that any dream is possible and that it is never too late to discover your true path in life. Happy 2018 dear Book Nook readers! The new year is the perfect time to re-evaluate old goals and pursue new dreams.
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