Fighting to Survive Space Disasters: Terrifying True Stories

Fighting to Survive Space Disasters: Terrifying True Stories
ISBN-10
0756562082
ISBN-13
9780756562083
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
64
Language
English
Published
2019-08
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Authors
Elizabeth Raum, Eric Mark Braun

Description

Being lost is scary. Being lost in space is terrifying. These true tales of surviving a disaster in space follow real astronauts through harrowing ordeals in which they relied on their training, instincts, and courage to survive.

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