How to Astronaut: An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth

“Virts’ firsthand accounts are richly detailed and…hilarious.” —Discover

“There’s something intriguing to be learned on practically every page…[How to Astronaut] captures the details of an extraordinary job and turns even the mundane aspects of space travel into something fascinating.” —Publishers Weekly

“Amusing and enlightening…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

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 —