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Reaching for the stars : the inspiring story of a migrant farmworker turned astronaut  Cover Image Book Book

Reaching for the stars : the inspiring story of a migrant farmworker turned astronaut

Hernández, José M 1962- (author.). Estefan, Emilio. (writer of foreword.).

Summary: Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M. Hernández dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship. [The book] is the inspiring story of how he realized that dream, becoming the first Mexican-American astronaut. Hernández didn't speak English till he was 12, and his peers often joined gangs, or skipped school. And yet, by his twenties he was part of an elite team helping develop technology for the early detection of breast cancer. He was turned down by NASA eleven times on his long journey to donning that famous orange space suit. Hernández message of hard work, education, perseverance, of "reaching for the stars," makes this a classic American autobiography.

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  • ISBN: 9781455522804
  • ISBN: 1455522805
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    xvi, 252 pages, [16] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Center Street, 2012.

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Formatted Contents Note: Chapter 1: About My Father; Chapter 2: The Seed Germinates; Chapter 3: Gaining Traction; Chapter 4: Following My Dream; Chapter 5: For My Mother; Chapter 6: He Who Perseveres Will Achieve; Chapter 7: Happy New Millennium; Chapter 8: Harvesting the Dream; Epilogue; Photos; Newsletters; Table of Contents; Copyright Page.
Subject: Hernández, José M 1962-
Astronauts United States Biography
Migrant agricultural laborers California Biography
Genre: Autobiographies.

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Kirtland Community College Library TL 789.85 .H47 A3 2012 30775305583024 General Collection Checked out 05/02/2025

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