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Scott Kelly

    Scott Kelly offers readers a unique perspective on the cosmos, honed by extensive experience across multiple spaceflights and command roles aboard the International Space Station. His writing delves into the profound discipline and challenges faced by individuals in extreme physical and psychological environments. Kelly's narratives capture the extraordinary resilience, teamwork, and spirit of exploration essential to venturing beyond our planet. His work provides a compelling insight into life in space and the enduring human drive to discover.

    Endurance
    • Endurance

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - what it's like out there and what it's like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently. The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for most consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few of us ever have and very few of us ever will. Kelly's humanity, compassion, humour, and passion shine as he describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal. He touches on what's happened to his body, the sadness of being isolated from everyone he loves; the pressures of constant close cohabitation; the catastrophic risks of colliding with space junk, and the still more haunting threat of being absent should tragedy strike at home. From a natural storyteller Endurance is one of the finest examples the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the boundless wonder of the galaxy.

      Endurance
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