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In 2016 Herrington authored a children's book called Mission to Space published by White Dog Press, a secondary imprint of Chickasaw Press. In the book, Herrington shares his passion for space travel and provides a glimpse into his astronaut training and mission to the International Space Station.
Anna Menon, a mission specialist and medical officer on the Polaris Dawn mission, poses with "Kisses from Space," a children's book she co-authored. Menon read the book Wednesday from orbit. But ...
Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks (stylized in lowercase), [1] was an American author, theorist, educator, and social critic who was a Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College.
Occupation. Writer. Known for. Newbery Medal (2018) Newbery Honor (2021) Erin Entrada Kelly is an American writer of children's literature. She was awarded the 2018 John Newbery Medal by the Association for Library Service to Children for her third novel, Hello, Universe. Kelly also received a 2021 Newbery Honor for We Dream of Space[1][2] and ...
The program was launched in June 2010, by NCESSE in the U.S. and by the Clarke Institute internationally. [3] As of 2018, SSEP has sponsored fourteen missions to LEO – two on board the Space Shuttle, and twelve to the ISS – with a thirteenth mission to the ISS announced in March 2018, and expected to fly in the spring/summer of 2019.
Bob McDonald OC (born January 25, 1951) is a Canadian author and science journalist.He is the national science commentator for CBC Television and CBC News Network (formerly Newsworld), and since 1992 has been the host of a weekly radio science show, Quirks & Quarks which draws approximately 800,000 listeners each week.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Known for. Host of Xploration Station and Emily's Wonder Lab. Calandrelli in reduced-gravity flight in 2010. Emily Dawn Calandrelli is an American science communicator, engineer, author, and television presenter. She was the host and an executive producer of Xploration Outer Space and Emily's Wonder Lab. [4]
Barbara Morgan. Barbara Radding Morgan (born November 28, 1951) is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She participated in the Teacher in Space program as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. She then trained as a mission specialist, and flew on STS-118 in August 2007.