Ground Control to Major Tim

£3.99

Ground Control to Major Tim

The Space Adventures of Major Tim Peake

Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology

Author: Clive Gifford

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Language: English

Published by: Wayland

Published on: 26th January 2017

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 21 Mb

ISBN: 9781526305138


Target Audience and Content Overview

Aimed at children inspired by Major Tim Peake's adventures in space, this 32-page book looks at the history-making career of the man who, in 2016, became the first British astronaut to live and work on the International Space Station.

Highlights of Major Tim Peake's Space Missions

During his time on board the ISS, Tim Peake carried out experiments, performed a crucial spacewalk and took some awesome photographs. He also found time to run a marathon, present an award to Adele and read a bedtime story to children listening 400km below him on Earth.

Book Features and Inspiration

Packed with amazing photographs, this book reveals how Major Tim's fascination with flight and science began and how his career as an astronaut developed, documenting his inspirational journey into space.

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