SCOTT KELLY is a former military fighter pilot and test pilot, an engineer, a retired astronaut, and a retired U.S. Navy captain. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on three expeditions and was a member of the yearlong mission to the ISS. During the Year in Space mission, he set records for the total accumulated number of days spent in space and for the single longest space mission by an American astronaut. He lives in Houston, Texas.
“Captivating, charming . . . . [Kelly] pulls back the curtain
separating the myth of the astronaut from its human realities. . .
. It is easy to imagine future generations of explorers and
daredevils harnessing the lessons and truths within the pages of
‘Endurance’ as the blueprints for their own trips into the
unknown.” —Jaroslav Kalfar, The New York Times Book Review
“[Endurance] is a memoir of the right stuff that will hypnotize any
space geek.” —The Wall Street Journal
“Kelly brings life in space alive—the wonder and awe of it, and
also the jagged edges, the rough parts of living in confined
quarters in an alien element, far from everything familiar and
beloved. . . . Endurance, with its honest, gritty descriptions of
an unimaginable life, a year off Earth, is as close as most readers
will come to making that voyage themselves.” —The Financial
Times
“Kelly’s account is insightful, at times humorous, heart-tugging at
others. And it’s inspiring enough to change the life of some lost
kid, just like The Right Stuff did for him.” —USA
Today
“For space junkies, it’s absolutely required reading. . . . We feel
as though we’re right there with him. A great book.” —Booklist
“Scott Kelly’s saga is a deeply absorbing and vivid look at a year
in space and the many trials and rigors of living weightless inside
a football field-sized machine traveling at 17,000 miles per hour.
But Endurance satisfies far more than the reader’s
technological curiosities; it is replete with humor, thrills,
surreal details, and recurring moments of ordinary humanity that
turn Kelly’s tale into a loving tribute to the pioneering
individuals who risk all to shepherd man’s exploration of the vast
beyond.” —Khaled Hosseini, author of And the Mountains
Echoed
“Read this book and you will believe in our American future, thrill
at our human potential, and laugh at the absurdities of
life. Endurance is about excellence and
perspective, a memorable read.” —Senator Bill Bradley
“This isn’t your usual astronaut’s memoir.” —The Philadelphia
Tribune
“Scott Kelly’s book is as close as I and most everyone else on
Earth will ever get to experiencing the fascinating, complex,
almost preposterously dangerous business of going into space. When
I closed the covers, I felt like I had been out there. Endurance is
an utterly gripping book that can stand comfortably in the company
of Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff.” —Charles C. Mann, author of
1491
“Scott Kelly’s memoir of his year in space and all that preceded it
is the real thing—honest, dramatic, illuminating, and simply
riveting. With clear, compelling writing, he reveals the nature of
space exploration, the current state of the space program, and the
raw experience of leaving Earth as has no other book.” —T.J.
Stiles, author of Custer’s Trials
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