Packing for Mars for Kids - Mary Roach

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Résumé :
What is it like to float weightlessly in the air? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a spacewalk? How do astronauts go to the bathroom? Is it true that they don't shower? Can farts really be deadly in space?

Best-selling Mary Roach has the answers. In this whip-smart, funny, and informative young readers adaptation of her best-selling Packing for Mars, Roach guides us through the irresistibly strange, frequently gross, and awe-inspiring realm of space travel and life without gravity. From flying on NASA's Weightless Wonder to eating space food, Packing for Mars for Kids is chock-full of firs-hand experiences and thorough research. Roach has crafted an authoritative and accessible book that is perfectly pitched to inquiring middle grade readers....

Biographie:
Mary Roach?is the author of eight best-selling works of nonfiction, including?Grunt,?Stiff, and, most recently,?Fuzz. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic and the?New York Times Magazine, among other publications. She lives in California....

Sommaire:
Mary Roach?is the author of seven best-selling works of nonfiction, including?Grunt,?Stiff, and, most recently,?Fuzz. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic and the?New York Times Magazine, among other publications. She lives in California....