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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.