Description
Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M. Hern ndez dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship. REACHING FOR THE STARS is the inspiring story of how he realized that dream, becoming the first Mexican-American astronaut.
Hern ndez didn't speak English until 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.
Hern ndez's message of hard work, education, perseverance, of "reaching for the stars," makes this a classic American autobiography.
Author: José M. Hernández
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 09/04/2012
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781455522828
ISBN10: 1455522821
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | Hispanic & Latino
- Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
About the Author
José M. Hernández is an engineer and a former NASA astronaut who was part of the crew of the STS-128 Space Shuttle mission. Hernández also founded the Reaching for the Stars Foundation, a non-profit organization that "strives to ensure opportunities for children to pursue their educational and professional goals regardless of perceived obstacles."