Study the historical timeline located inside the back cover. Chart his path on the map inside the front cover. In this book, Jerry Ross recounts his journey with engaging stories, personal photographs, and memorabilia. He would go to Purdue University, learn to be an engineer, and fly in space. With his dream in mind, young Jerry decided upon a plan. His 4th grade teacher challenged him to reach further. So he made scrapbooks about America’s budding space program. He wanted to learn about satellites and rockets. The year was 1957, and no human being in history had ever been launched into space.īut Jerry was curious. Young Jerry Ross had a dream to one day fly in outer space. Interspersed with narratives from his wife, this account offers an entertaining glimpse into the rigorous lives of astronauts and their families."-Deborah Parrott (RUSA/CODES)įrom the back page of the Becoming a Spacewalker: My Journey to the Stars. Through Ross's eyes we see his personal victories and setbacks, as well as those of our nation as it crossed the hurdles and milestones of the space program. "Spacewalker is a spellbinding autobiography of Jerry Ross, the astronaut who carries the individual record for the greatest number of space flights in the United States.
Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA's Record-Setting Frequent Flyer
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