Book Launch - Clayton Anderson - So You Want To Be An Astronaut

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• Saturday, Aug 19, 2023  4:30pm - 5pm

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Join us as we celebrate the launch of Astro Clay's latest book - So You Want To Be An Astronaut.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Clayton C. Anderson retired in 2013 after a thirty-year career with NASA and two missions to the International Space Station, during which he performed six spacewalks. He is the author of The Ordinary Spaceman: From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut (Nebraska, 2015) and A is for Astronaut: Blasting through the Alphabet. He is also a motivational speaker and a senior faculty fellow and a distinguished lecturer of aerospace engineering at Iowa State University. In 2022 he became the president and CEO of the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

It takes a special set of skills to prepare one for life as an astronaut. Retired US astronaut Clayton Anderson educates young readers on what is needed to be part of a space mission.
As it turns out, getting ready to go to space isn’t all buttons and charts. A lot of the skills and training that astronauts need to succeed in outer space also come in handy here on Earth.  From learning to be a good listener to brushing up on organizational skills to becoming a good team player, wannabe astronauts will learn that many of the skills needed to be a space explorer will help in all walks of life. Everyone has important work to do, and cooperation will help get a job done.
Get ready to blast off, here on Earth and in space!

Books available for purchase with Book Signing to follow.'