Twin Trailblazers: Goodnight, Astronaut by Scott Kelly

I WAS BORN FOR ADVENTURE, A BLUR OF ENERGY TIMES TWO.

Scott Kelly was born a twin, and as little kids, he and his twin Mark fought sleep every night, but their mom said...

blockquote>"DREAM... AND GO ANYWHERE!

GOODNIGHT, MY ASTRONAUTS!"<

In toy helmets made from boxes, the two dreamed of blasting off in their treehouse and from their family boat. They looked up to the stars as they camped in the woods. And when Scott Kelley was grown, he became a Navy pilot, soaring off an aircraft carrier's deck, in a "Tomcat" jet. In Navy scuba gear he explored the ocean floor to learn how to manage in astronaut gear. He trained under the stars above Mt. Everest to get used to thin air. And at last he was ready!

AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK AND DREAMING, I FINALLY LEAVE THE EARTH ON A SHUTTLE CALLED DISCOVERY.

AN ASTRONAUT AT LAST.

From the veteran captain of the Shuttle Endeavor and two-time commander of the International Space Station, living in space for a year, Scott Kelly's brand-new autobiographical picture book, Goodnight, Astronaut (Crown Books, 2021) tells the story of how he and his equally adventurous brother Mark (who has run for public office, perhaps the more dangerous career) realized the double dreams of their childhood in this twin-told tale with illustrations by Izzy Burton.

Since Scott and Mark are identical twins, medical studies of their health in space and back on earth were invaluable to the study of the human body during extended time in space, and the twins were perfect for biological study of the effects of life in space. For more of the Twin Trailblazers, see Scott and Mark Kelly's companion book, Endurance, Young Readers Edition: My Year in Space and How I Got There. Mark Kelly is also the author of the imaginative space adventures, Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story (Paula Wiseman Books) and sequel Mousetronaut Goes to Mars.(Paula Wiseman Books) (See reviews https://booksforkidsblog.blogspot.com/search?q=Mark+Kelly.)