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2017 · réf. 85347 — New York: Vintage 2017. First Printing Stated. Trade paperback. Good. Marco Grob author photograph. 12 447 5 pages. Illustrations 24 full color photographs and photographs in the text. Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Slightly cocked. Scott Joseph Kelly born February 21 1964 is an American engineer retired astronaut and naval aviator. A veteran of four space flights Kelly commanded the International Space Station ISS on Expeditions 26 45 and 46. Kelly's first spaceflight was as pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-103 in December 1999. This was the third servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope and lasted for just under eight days. Kelly's second spaceflight was as mission commander of STS-118 a 12-day Space Shuttle mission to the ISS in August 2007. Kelly's third spaceflight was as a crewmember on Expedition 25/26 on the ISS. He arrived at the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-01M on October 9 2010 and served as a flight engineer until he took over command of the station on November 25 2010 at the start of Expedition 26. Expedition 26 ended on March 16 2011 with the departure of Soyuz TMA-01M. In November 2012 Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko were selected for a year-long mission to the ISS. Their year in space began with the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M on March 27 2015 and they remained on the station for Expeditions 43 44 45 and 46. The mission ended on March 1 2016 with the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M from the station. Kelly retired from NASA on April 1 2016. A stunning personal memoir from the astronaut and modern-day hero who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station a message of hope for the future that will inspire for generations to come. The veteran of four spaceflights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now he takes us inside a sphere utterly hostile to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight both life-threatening and mundane: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the catastrophic risks of colliding with space junk; and the still more haunting threat of being unable to help should tragedy strike at home--an agonizing situation Kelly faced when on a previous mission his twin brother's wife American Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot while he still had two months in space. Kelly's humanity compassion humor and determination resonate throughout as he recalls his rough-and-tumble New Jersey childhood and the youthful inspiration that sparked his astounding career and as he makes clear his belief that Mars will be the next ultimately challenging step in spaceflight. In Endurance we see the triumph of the human imagination the strength of the human will and the infinite wonder of the galaxy. Vintage paperback