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Index Aldrin, Edwin “Buzz” 14 animals in space 37, 38 Apollo 17 34 Armstrong, Neil 14 becoming an astronaut 18 Canada 8, 11, 19 Canadarm 26, 27 Cassidy, Christopher 9 Conrad, Pete 26 de Groh, Kim 44 Dietrich, Dan 40 Endeavour 8 Epps, Jeannette 45 exercise in space 30, 31, 41-43

European Space Agency 19, 27 Gagarin, Yuri 14 Hadfield, Chris 19, 31 International Space Station (ISS) 8, 13, 17, 23, 35, 44, 45 Kavandi, Janet 20 Kerwin, Joseph 36 Kotov, Oleg 35 Marshburn, Thomas 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Massimino, Michael 21 Mercury 7 14, 15 Musk, Elon 45

robots 26, 27, 39 Robonaut 39 Russia 8, 14, 19, 35 Ryazansky, Sergei 35 Schmitt, Harrison 14, 33, 34 Sero, Mitsuteru 44

Skylab 14, 36, 37 Smith, Trent 40 spacewalk 7-11, 24, 35 SpaceX Dragon 45

U.S. Air Force 14 Wetiz, Joseph 36

Photo Credits All images are courtesy of NASA with the following notes: 12: NASA/Paolov Nespoli 19: NASA/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center 32: NASA/Eugene Cernan 41: NASA/ESA 45: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis

About the Author K.C. Kelley has written dozens of nonfiction books for young readers on topics as wide as space: animals, nature, robots, baseball, history, careers, and, of course, astronauts.

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