Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut by Jose M. Hernandez

Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut



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Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut Jose M. Hernandez ebook
Publisher: Center Street
Page: 224
ISBN: 9781455522804


Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M. HernГ 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. HernГ ndez 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. HernГ ndez message of hard work, education, ...

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