The Ordinary Spaceman: From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut
- ISBN-10
- 0803262825
- ISBN-13
- 9780803262829
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-06
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Author
- Clayton C. Anderson
Description
"A memoir chronicling Clayton Anderson's quest to become an astronaut. From his childhood to working for NASA, and then eventually becoming an astronaut"--
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