How to Astronaut

An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth

De: Terry Virts

Narrado por: Terry Virts

Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts offers an insider's guide to astronauting—a behind-the-scenes look at the training, the basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel, including how to deal with a dead body in space, what it’s like to film an IMAX movie in orbit, what exactly to do when nature calls, and much more, in 51 brief chapters.

©2020 Terry Virts (P)2022 Workman Publishing Company

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"There's something intriguing to be learned on practically every page… This book captures the details of an extraordinary job, and turns even the mundane aspects of space travel into something fascinating." — Publishers Weekly

"How to Astronaut is an amusing and enlightening insight into an astronaut's work life.... This is an eye-opening insider's view on what it's really like to be an astronaut: the joys, the dangers, the fear, and the day-to-day reality of it. Virts' writing is humorous, playful, down to earth, and often wise." — Booklist

"Virts' firsthand accounts are richly detailed and often snort-milk-out-of-your-nose hilarious." — Discover

A listening experience

This was both interesting and informative. A great listen.
Thank you for your honesty and insight, Terry Virts.

Don't miss this book.

This is very entertaining and well written, gives an inside look to pilots and astronauts lives. Answers questions you didn't even think to ask. Really loved this book.

A fun book to hear

Although the reading was occasionally dry (see chapter one on appropriate radio voice), the story was great. He added the occasional funny story and insightful observations to the mix. I loved hearing about science, space travel, and exploring new places. Well worth your time.

Thanks for sharing!

Not all of us will get to experience space first hand. Descriptive accounts like Terry’s are the closest so many people will get. People whose efforts are directly or indirectly integral to extending humanity’s furthest reaches. Thanks Terry!

Fantastic! Highly recommended.

Fantastic, even more special narrated by Terry Virts. Highly recommended. I wont forget to take the med while on 0G;) Thanks

Interesting but

For the most part I enjoyed this book and learned from it. I had no problem with him reading his own book and liked the way it was like he was talking to us telling a tale. I liked how he described his experiences which wouldn’t have seemed authentic if someone else described them.
The ending chapters kind of killed the book for me. I can understand that he felt a greater being but his justification for it seemed quite a stretch. The talk about isolation also didn’t seem to really fit or really be the same as his other experiences. The acknowledgments while nice were just way to long.
Had I left off with the talk about visiting outer space I would have enjoyed this better.

Awesome book! Loved it.

Good sense of humor and
awesome information!
Defiantly a great listen.
I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in these kinds of things. It does not read like a manual which is nice.
Thank you for writing this book Terry,
I enjoyed it very much. :D

True to the title

This is a great account of the current job of astronaut. I have worked in Mission Control, Shuttle and Space Station Program offices, and recommend this book for anyone interested in wishing they had been or hope to hire-on as on astronaut.

Wow! Spectacular !

I wasn't sure I'd like this
book. It's not something
I'd typically read. Absolutely
loved it. Love Terry
and his thoughts on everything. Great job Terry!

Amazing listen, very enjoyable, and enjoyable

Great listen. Enjoyed it up to the last minute. Not too long and really a fun book.