Floating in Space

By Franklyn M. Branley; True Kelley (Illustrator)
(HarperCollins, Paperback, 9780064451420, 32pp.)

Publication Date: February 1998

Other Editions of This Title: Prebound

Categories: Technology - Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science

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Have you ever dreamed of being an astronaut? Wondered what it might be like to see the sun set sixteen times in one day?

Open this book and be transported on an information-packed voyage aboard the space shuttle. True Kelley’s kid-friendly diagrams and illustrations and Franklyn Branley’s straightforward text reveal what astronauts eat, how they move, and what kinds of work they do in space.




About the Author

Franklyn M. Branley was the originator of the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series and the author of close to 150 popular books about scientific topics for young readers of all ages. He was Astronomer Emeritus and former Chairman of the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium.

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