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Michael Slack.
Goodman offers solid information about spacecraft, flight, and the effects of space on the human body in this "travel guide." Readers are encouraged to imagine packing for a space trip, training for the effects of weightlessness, eating and drinking on a space station, and the views from above earth. Cartoon illustrations, photographs, quotes, and asides crowd the pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.