Ask An Astronaut

My Guide to Life in Space

Major Tim Peake 2017 Cedar Mill Lib 629.45 Peake

Other books:

• Hello, is this planet Earth?: My View from the International Space Station 2016
• The Astronaut Selection Test Book: Do You Have What it Takes for Space? 2018
• Limitless: The Autobiography 2020
• The Cosmic Diary of our Incredible Universe 2022
• Fiction? Swarm 2021 . . Swarm Rising 2021

• Road to the Stars by Yuri Gagarin

• Born 1972, ESA Astronaut 2009 (186 days on ISS 2015), Retired from active service 2023

• p3 ~157 Questions via twitter
• p137 Funniest moment in space, Scott Kelly in gorilla suit, hides in Tom Kopra's crew quarter
• p140 ESA Astronaut watch: Omega Speedmaster X-33 Skywalker

• p140 always carried a small flashlight ("torch" and a Leatherman Multitool

• p230 What are the long-term health effects of spaceflight?
• p233 ISS 0.7-1.0 mSv per day, one month = 10 years of Earth radiation per day = 250 chest X-rays
• p235 Depleted immune system (microgravity, inadequate sleep, isolation, radiation, poor diet)