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88 reviews'Today I woke up on Earth. And I will fall asleep in space'
In space the sun rises & sets 16 times a day. You fly over every sea, every mountain & desert, every city & every port. The most ordinary things -- eating, sleeping, brushing your teeth or cutting your hair -- have to be relearned, until they become familiar again. This is the story of Samantha Cristoforetti's incredible journey to becoming an astronaut, & her journey beyond Earth.
Her voyage as an apprentice astronaut began when she was in her early thirties: five years of intense training around the world, from Houston to Japan to the legendary Star City in Russia. Countless hours spent in centrifuges, spaceship simulators & under water for spacewalk practice. Then, one day, a rocket was waiting for her on the launch pad. And after eight minutes of wild ascent, she was on orbit, crunched up with her two crewmates in a tiny spaceship that took them to the International Space Station.
With honesty & warmth, Cristoforetti chronicles the two hundred days she spent on the ISS, the joys & challenges of being in an extraordinary place, from the sublime sight of seeing Earth for the first time to more unusual concerns, such as mastering the art of floating. How do you find your bearings when there is no up & down? What is it like to run in weightlessness? And how do you cook in space?
This is an enthralling, inspiring & surprisingly down-to-earth story about what it really takes to pursue your dreams.
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Cristoforetti is currently on her second mission to the International Space Station, #MissionMinerva.
Jill Foulston has translated novels by Erri de Luca, Marco Balzano, Augusto de Angelis, and Piero Chiara. In 2020, she was shortlisted for the Italian Prose in Translation Award. A former editor at Penguin and Virago
