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    What's It Like in Space?: Stories from Astronauts Who've Been There

    By Ariel Waldman and Brian Standeford

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    Everyone wonders what it's really like in space, but very few of us have ever had the chance to experience it firsthand. This captivating illustrated collection brings together stories from dozens of international astronauts—men and women who've actually been there—who have returned with accounts of the sometimes weird, often funny, and awe-inspiring sensations and realities of being in space. With playful artwork accompanying each, here are the real stories behind backwards dreams, "moon face," the tricks of sleeping in zero gravity and aiming your sneeze during a spacewalk, the importance of packing hot sauce, and dozens of other cosmic quirks and amazements that come with travel in and beyond low Earth orbit.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateApr 5, 2016
    ISBN9781452148717
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    Reviews for What's It Like in Space?

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    • 4/5
      A fun, easy to read, fact book about what it's like to travel in space. Written as a collection of short, page long experiences shared by astronauts on every topic from the awe inspiring experience of gazing back at the beauty of Earth to the more absurd topic of burping in space.A fun and interesting read for anyone curious about space. The stories included information from the Apollo missions through the ISS. There are humorous stories about lost lip gloss and less glamorous stories about how human body functions adapt (or don't adapt) to weightlessness. Recommended as a quick intro to space travel and as a gateway to other more in depth space reading. gr.6 and up.
    • 4/5
      A short book, one paragraph anecdote per page, all about space and being in space, as told by astronauts.
    • 4/5
      In What’s It Like in Space?: Stories From Astronauts Who’ve Been There, Ariel Waldman compiles an assortment of facts about life working in space. She covers everything from take-off, working in microgravity, and the affects of cosmic rays to eating, sleeping, and using the bathroom. Waldman uses quotes from American Sally Ride, Canadian Chris Hadfield, Iranian Anousheh Ansari, Russian Yuri Gagarin, and more to provide firsthand testimony of the facts she presents. The illustrations that accompany each entry are their own works of pop art and ably convey the concepts Waldman discusses. Waldman’s straightforward writing and obvious enthusiasm will appeal to younger readers first learning about space exploration as well as adults who have already fallen in love with space science. This book will make a nice gift for these audiences and brings to mind such works as Phillis Engelbert and Diane L. Dupuis’ The Handy Space Answer Book (1997).
    • 4/5
      This little book -- which looks like it could be a picture book for kids, but is pretty clearly aimed at adults or teens -- consists of a series of two-page spreads. On one page of each, there is a short paragraph with some fact or observation about living and working in space. These range from the silly to the quirky to the interesting to the profound, touching on everything from the difficulty of using a barf bag in zero gravity to the beauty of watching a sunrise from above. On the opposite page, there's an accompanying picture. These are all done in the same funky, colorful, whimsical style, usually featuring people in spacesuits. I got a kick out of both, and, despite the fact that I've read a lot of books on space travel, I even learned a few things I didn't already know.If you've read Mary Roach's Packing for Mars -- and you should! -- you might find this a fun companion volume. I think it'd also make a nice little gift for any space enthusiast with a sense of humor.
    • 2/5
      What's It Like in Space? is a book that doesn't know who it's audience is. There is the bodily function information aimed at the average young male who would get off on fart jokes. Then there are the "woo-woo" inspirational quotes aimed at the older adult. Overall, there is too little information and it's all unfocused. And it's made worse by the ugly illustrations. They made a poor choice of a color palette, the graphics are low resolution and grainy, and, in general, look unfinished. My husband disagrees with me. He says the book was, "Very good." And that the illustrations, since they are for a children's book are "fine." He gives the book 3/5 stars. (He rates low.)
    • 4/5
      My first impression of this book was that it was very visually pleasing. The cover is a rich black, embedded with glitter stars - the kind of cover that begs to be opened and checked out. Inside, I found the nuggets of information, coupled with artsy illustrations, to be fun to read and just enough to make me want more. As an adult reader (and librarian), I would have appreciated a list of sources and certainly more in-depth exploration. I believe that this would be a high interest title in a middle grades library collection based on the subject matter, slightly titillating topics (bodily functions! ooh!), and overall aesthetics of the book.
    • 4/5
      What's it Like in Space? Is a fun, quick read. Depending on how fast you read and how long you look at the illustrations you can finish it in anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. The illustrations are colorful and eye catching. Impressions from astronauts lend authenticity to the book and are usually interesting and often funny. This book may have been intended for middle school kids, but adults should enjoy it too.
    • 4/5
      I received a free advanced reading copy of this book through the Library Thing Early Reviewers program.One of my favorite science writers, Ariel Waldman, collects anecdotes and quotes from astronauts about their experience in space in a small, illustrated coffee table book. Did you know that one cannot burp in space? And while farting is possible, it is not possible to propel oneself in microgravity using only flatulence. There's a lot of bits about "functions" such as eating, sleeping, and excreting in space. But there are also more inspirational stories such as an astronaut not wanting to sleep so as to not miss a moment of the mission or the experience of watching the Earth rotate beneath one's feet while on a spacewalk. It's a fun, charming, and colorful that's a quick read, and especially enjoyable if you've ever wanted to go to space.
    • 4/5
      "What's It Like in Space: Stories from Astronauts Who've Been There" by Arial Waldman is a fun and engaging look at the quirks, expected and otherwise, that come with space travel. The book consists of around 60 facts about space. These facts are accompanied by a brief description and colorful pictures by illustrator Brian Standeford. Additionally, Waldman uses anecdotes from astronauts and, in some cases, uses their own words. Besides lending another layer of authenticity to the book, this also provides readers with a sense that they are getting an inside look at space travel even when many of the facts are fairly well-known.While the book doesn't seem to be specifically marketed to younger readers, it would be a good fit for an upper elementary or middle school classroom library. The entertaining facts, approachable writing style, and colorful illustrations, along with the book's brevity (it is less than 130 pages, and half of the pages are pictures) make it perfect for students who are learning about space. The facts, which range from the smell of space to the impact that space has on the human body, have the potential to pique the interest of even reluctant readers. While there is an emphasis on bodily functions, this can encourage readers to consider the logistics of how the mundane is different in space.
    • 4/5
      More urine than expected. Lovely nonetheless.
    • 4/5
      This not an in depth or scholarly work but almost like a mini coffee table book with almanac size entries accompanied by fun illustrations. What a quirky little read! The most interesting tidbits to me were about the danger of burping in space; the discovery that some troubling mysterious headaches turned out to be caffeine withdrawal; a phenomenon called Moon Face; the difficulty of distinguishing the Earth from other stars when the Moon isn't visible; the odor of space; that several flying insects do not adapt well to weightlessness but moths do; and that when you sleep in space, your limbs end up floating around rather than staying tight to your body. Here's an ominous one: "when your spacesuit goes completely silent, that's a really really bad day." And for food geeks, apparently they keep stockpiles of Tabasco, wasabi, horseradish, Sriracha on the space station because the taste buds get muted.