The Space Tourist's Handbook
Subtitle: Where to Go, What to See, and How to Prepare for the Ride of Your Life
Publisher: Quirk Books
Published: November 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781594740664
Subjects: TRAVEL & HOLIDAY; Travel - General; Manned Space Exploration; Travel Guides; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - General; Museums, Tours, Points of Interest; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; Aeronautics & Astronautics; Astronautics; Civilian use; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Outer space; Popular works; Space tourism
First sentence: On April 12, 1961, a young Soviet Air Force pilot named Yuri Gagarin left planet Earth behind in a spaceship called Vostok 1 and became the first human being to fly in space.