Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting Off to Space Academy

Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting Off to Space Academy Photographs by Michael J. Doolittle Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster) Ages 8-12 Available in hardcover, 48 pages. ISBN 0-689-83044-0 Available in paperback, 48 pages. ISBN 0-689-84863-3

A group of kids took the first step into space by spending a week at Space Academy where they used NASA simulators to learn how to walk on the moon and work without gravity. Then, they blasted off on a mission of their own...

"Written with abundant good humor, this is a really attractive addition to the (Ultimate Field Trip) series with lots of kid appeal." --School Library Journal

"The story is so entertaining that readers will scarcely notice how much science is included." --Children's Literature